Issued:
2020-03-03
Updated:
2020-03-03

RHBA-2020:0674 - WALinuxAgent bug fix update

Synopsis

WALinuxAgent bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for WALinuxAgent is now available in the Extras channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The Windows Azure Linux Agent supports provisioning and running Linux virtual machines in the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud.

Bug fix:

  • Previously, Gen2 virtual machines (VMs) could not be started in Azure due to missing resource disk support. This update adds the missing support, and users can now create Gen2 VMs in Azure as expected.(BZ#1714167)

Users of Windows Azure Linux Agent are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements. The package should be installed on Linux disk images that are built to run in the Windows Azure environment.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • WALinuxAgent-2.2.38-2.el7_7.noarch.rpm
  • WALinuxAgent-2.2.38-2.el7_7.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information