Re: [atomic-announce] New Version of CentOS Atomic Host Available for Download

[Jason Brooks <jbrooks redhat com>]

To provide the microcode_ctl package in CentOS Atomic Host, we needed
to explicitly include it in the tree. We've done that [1], updated the
tree (v7.1712.1), and respun the media in the download locations.

[1] https://github.com/CentOS/sig-atomic-buildscripts/pull/314

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Jason Brooks <jbrooks redhat com> wrote:
> The CentOS Atomic SIG has released an updated version
> (https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic/Download) of
> CentOS Atomic Host (7.1712), a lean operating system designed to run
> Linux containers, built from standard CentOS 7 RPMs, and tracking the
> component versions included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host.
>
> This release includes updated kernel[1], linux-firmware[2] and
> microcode_ctl[3] packages to address recent security advisories,
> alongside other minor updates that shipped during the month of
> December.
>
> [1] https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-January/022696.html
> [2] https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-January/022698.html
> [3] https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-January/022697.html
>
> CentOS Atomic Host includes these core component versions:
>
> * atomic-1.20.1-9.git436cf5d.el7.centos.x86_64
> * cloud-init-0.7.9-9.el7.centos.2.x86_64
> * docker-1.12.6-68.gitec8512b.el7.centos.x86_64
> * etcd-3.2.9-3.el7.x86_64
> * flannel-0.7.1-2.el7.x86_64
> * kernel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64
> * kubernetes-node-1.5.2-0.7.git269f928.el7.x86_64
> * ostree-2017.11-1.el7.x86_64
> * rpm-ostree-client-2017.9-1.atomic.el7.x86_64
>
> ## Download CentOS Atomic Host
>
> CentOS Atomic Host is available as a VirtualBox or libvirt-formatted
> Vagrant box, or as an installable ISO, qcow2 or Amazon Machine image.
> For links to media, see the CentOS wiki
> (https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic/Download).
>
> ## Upgrading
>
> If you're running a previous version of CentOS Atomic Host, you can
> upgrade to the current image by running the following command:
>
> # atomic host upgrade
>
> ## Release Cycle
>
> The CentOS Atomic Host image follows the upstream Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux Atomic Host cadence. After sources are released, they're rebuilt
> and included in new images. After the images are tested by the SIG and
> deemed ready, we announce them.
>
> ## Getting Involved
>
> CentOS Atomic Host is produced by the CentOS Atomic SIG
> (http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic), based on
> upstream work from  Project Atomic (http://www.projectatomic.io/). If
> you'd like to work on testing images, help with packaging,
> documentation -- join us!
>
> The SIG meets every two weeks as part of the Project Atomic community
> meeting at 16:00 UTC on Monday in the #atomic channel. You'll often
> find us in #atomic and/or #centos-devel if you have questions. You can
> also join the atomic-devel
> (https://lists.projectatomic.io/mailman/listinfo/atomic-devel) mailing
> list if you'd like to discuss the direction of Project Atomic, its
> components, or have other questions.
>
> ## Getting Help
>
> If you run into any problems with the images or components, feel free
> to ask on the centos-devel
> (http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel) mailing list.
>
> Have questions about using Atomic? See the atomic
> (https://lists.projectatomic.io/mailman/listinfo/atomic) mailing list
> or find us in the #atomic channel on Freenode.