Pulp 2.16.4 Generally Available

Pulp 2.16.4 is now Generally Available in the stable repositories:

• pulp-2-stable
• pulp-stable

This release includes bug fixes for Pulp, Debian Support, Python Support, and RPM Support.

Upgrading

The Pulp 2 stable repositories are included in the pulp repo files:

• Fedora
• RHEL 7

After enabling the pulp-stable or pulp-2-stable repository, you’ll want to follow the standard upgrade path with migrations:

$ sudo systemctl stop httpd pulp_workers pulp_resource_manager pulp_celerybeat pulp_streamer goferd
$ sudo yum upgrade
$ sudo -u apache pulp-manage-db
$ sudo systemctl start httpd pulp_workers pulp_resource_manager pulp_celerybeat pulp_streamer goferd

The pulp_streamer and goferd services should be omitted if those services are not installed.

Issues Addressed

Pulp

• 3828 pulp-gen-ca-certificate script fails when /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled doesn’t exist
• 3882 pulp_resource_manager is unable to start in pulp 2.16.4 beta due to celery issue 3620

Debian Support

• 3370 Unable to sync Ubuntu Trusty Universe
• 3498 gpg_cmd configuration option should not be accepted in repo config or overrides

Python Support

• 3578 pulp-python wrong path to pypi
• 3632 Pulp_python does not normalize project name before publish

RPM Support

• 3736 When the checksum type of the upstream repo changed, syncing a “on_demand” repo fails