[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 4.8, Test Suite Updates, and Updated Certification Workflow Site Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of updated
Red Hat Certification 4.8 and associated test suite package updates
(listed below). This Red Hat Certification package update *is* an
official release, superseding the previous GA version of the software,
version 4.6, 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.

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-4.8-20170508.2.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-4.8-20170508.2.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-4.8-20170508.2.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-4.8-20170508.2.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-4.8-20170506.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-4.8-20170506.el7.noarch.rpm


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:

 * Support for Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) 11 Beta

 * Support for RHOSP Feature Based Certification
Certification for Cinder, Manila, and Neutron OpenStack components is
now based on supported features and protocols rather than Tempest API
selections. This change clarifies the requirements for these
certifications and affects new certifications on the currently
supported RHOSP versions. The associated policy guide is also updated
in support of this feature:

Red Hat OpenStack Certification Policy Guide -
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_certification/11/html/red_hat_openstack_certification_policy_guide/

 * Reorganized and Simplified Web UI
The Red Hat Certification web UI for the local test server has been
reorganized and simplified for a workflow focused directly on
certification efforts. The revised UI has top-level pages for
Certifications, Sandboxes, and Test Results. The Certifications page
provides for download of all Red Hat Certifications currently in
progress based on the account of the logged-in user. Creation of new
certifications is streamlined, and vendor product information has been
integrated in certification views. The associated workflow guides are
also updated in support of this feature:

Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider Certification Workflow
Guide - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_certified_cloud_and_service_provider_certification/1.0/html/red_hat_certified_cloud_and_service_provider_certification_workflow_guide/certification_workflow#certification-workflow-overview

Hardware Certification Workflow Guide -
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux_hardware_certification/1.0/html/test_suite_user_guide/

Red Hat OpenStack Certification Workflow Guide -
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_certification_test_suite/11/html/red_hat_openstack_certification_workflow_guide/

Other Changes and Enhancements:

 * The network port subtest in redhat-certification-cloud’s
Configuration test criteria is updated to confirm ports, open ports
and services.

 * The redhat-certification-cloud Supportable software repo sub-test
provides more detailed report in terms of status (enabled/disabled)
and gpg setting for each repo.

 * The test suite version check is relaxed to allow uploads of results
created with no-longer-supported versions of redhat-certification to
simplify the debugging process.

 * Cloud and OpenStack Supportable subtest RPM verify is updated to
show more details explanation to display failures based on their type.

 * rhcert-cli tagging mechanism is improved, to support new tags:
‘neutron’, ‘cinder’ and ‘manila’.

 * Hardware certification virtualization testing has been updated to
use newer versions of redhat-certification-backend and
redhat-certification-hardware for guest testing. Please see the mail
sent on May 16th with the subject "Updated Red Hat Hardware
Certification Data Image Transfer Package Available for RHEL 7" for
more information.

 * The rhcert-ci command now supports the --tag option, allowing CI
testing to easily cover all tests for a specific certification type.

The complete changelog for each package may be found on the download
page by selecting the package name followed by selecting the ChangeLog
tab.


If you encounter any problems, please file bugs against the "Red Hat
Certification Program" product in Red Hat Bugzilla
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com). Note that this may be a change from
some users who are used to using the old "Red Hat Hardware
Certification Program" product.

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 your partner manager or engineering account
manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Certification Team