Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 distribution release

Following the announcement of the release of Rhel 9 Red Hat published Release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 . Installation assemblies are prepared for architectures X86_64, S390X (IBM System Z), PPC64le and AARCH64, but available for downloads Only registered users Red Hat Customer Portal. The initial texts of the RPM packages Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 are distributed through git-repository centos. Branch 8.x, which will be supported at least until 2029, develops in accordance with the development cycle, which implies the formation of releases every six months at a predetermined time.

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  • Openssh implemented the ability to use in the SSHD_Config configuration file the Include directives to substitute settings from other files, which, for example, allows you to put into a separate file specific for a specific setup system.
  • The Semodule team has been added to the “-Checksum” option to check the integrity of the installed modules with Selinux.
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  • includes new versions of compilers and tools for developers: Perl 5.32, PHP 8.0, LLVM Toolset 13.0.1, GCC Toolset 11.2.1, Rust Toolset 1.58.1, Go Toolset 1.17.7, Java-17-Openjdk ( Java-11-openjdk and Java-1.8.0-Openjdk also continue to be supplied).
  • Updated server and system packages: NetworkManager 1.36.0, RPM-Sostree 2022.2, Bind 9.11.36 and 9.16.23, Libreswan 4.5, Audit 3.0.7, Samba 4.15.5, 389 Directory Server 1.4.3. Li>
  • Image Builder adds the ability to create images for various intermediate RHEL issues other than the version of the current system, and also supports the configuration and change in the size of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the LVM sections.
  • In NFTables, memory consumption (up to 40%) is significantly reduced when the large SET records are restored. The NFT utility supports support for packages and traffic meters, tied to the SET-list elements and included help from the keyword “Counter” (“@Myset {IP Saddr Counter}”).
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