[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 8.35, Test Suite Updates, and Updated Certification Workflow Site Available

[Ecosystem Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of the first
release of the Red Hat Certification 8.x series, redhat-certification 8.35
and the associated test suite packages (listed below).

This Red Hat Certification package update *is* an official release and
should be used for all new Red Hat certification submissions. Successful
results from the previous certification test suite will be accepted for a
period of 90 days.

This first release of the Red Hat Certification 8.x series,
redhat-certification 8.35, coincides with the release of
redhat-certification 7.35. A separate announcement will be sent for
redhat-certification 7.35.

Please note that redhat-certification 8.35 does not include .el7 builds and
does not support certification testing of RHEL 7 and corresponding
products. The previous release of the Red Hat Certification 7 may continue
to be utilized for certification testing of RHEL 8 and corresponding
products certifications per the normal 90 days window.

To summarize the change using the language of local test server (LTS) and
system under test (SUT), redhat-certification 7.35 will continue to
function as an LTS on RHEL 7 for testing of a SUT running RHEL 7 or RHEL 8,
but it cannot be installed on a RHEL 8 SUT. For testing of a RHEL 8 SUT you
will need to install the redhat-certification 8.35 packages on the SUT.
Alternatively the Red Hat Certification hosted environment (
https://rhcert.connect.redhat.com) may be used in place of an LTS for
requesting new certs, uploading results, engaging in dialog and managing
your certifications.


The updated Red Hat Certification packages listed below are available on
the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following location:

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/282/

redhat-certification-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-baremetal-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-cloud-sap-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-hardware-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-hardware-preview-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-openstack-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-software-8.35-20211005.1.el8.noarch.rpm


The Red Hat Certification management interface on Red Hat Partner Connect,
which is available at https://rhcert.connect.redhat.com, has been updated
to use these packages.

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
New features

Program

Details

Hardware Certification

Added a preview of the firmware test.


   -

   The preview firmware test checks if a system is following best practices
   by validating if  the firmware meets HSI-1 Level standards..
   -

   The test is currently offered as a technology preview in the
   redhat-certification-hardware-preview package.




Improvements

Program

Details

Cloud Certification

The configuration test now allows either the nftables or the firewalld
service to be enabled


   -

   The configuration test may fail on newer RHEL 8 images if both the
   nftables and firewalld services were not enabled.A recent bug fix in the
   RHEL system
   <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/8.3_release_notes/index#bug-fix_networking>,
   changes the services to now be mutually exclusive. The configuration test
   will now check if either of the services is enabled instead of requiring
   both.



Reminder - End of minor release announcements

With the multiple mechanisms and methods to keep partners informed and
systems up to date, Red Hat will stop sending these regular update messages
about Red Hat Certification minor update releases.

We will send one additional Red Hat Certification errata update
announcement after this announcement to provide an adjustment period for
those that rely on this email for information about incremental changes.

Red Hat will continue to send announcements for special and high impact
events.


We value your ongoing participation in Red Hat certification, software
development, and testing efforts. Thank you for your continued partnership.
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact
Ecosystem Partner Management.


Regards,

The Red Hat Certification Team
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