[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 6.2, 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 Red Hat
Certification 6.2 and its associated test suite package updates
(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.

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-backend-6.2-20181120.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-6.2-20181120.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-6.2-20181113.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-6.2-20181114.el6.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-6.2-20181120.el7.noarch.rpm

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:

1. Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Public Beta for Cloud Images
in CCSP. For details on the RHEL 8 Beta image certification
requirements see The Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider
Certification Policy Guide. Highlights of the RHEL 8 Beta Cloud Image
requirement changes include:
   a. Updates to the Supportable test
      i. The root filesystem subtest is renamed to filesystem layout.
      ii. The filesystem layout test also requires that /boot be
separate from the root filesystem and is at least 1GB in size.
      iii. A new Software Container subtest is added that verifies
containers in the running image are certified in the Red Hat Container
Catalog.
      iv. The Software Repositories subtest now requires that the
AppStream repository also be enabled for RHEL 8 Beta.
      v.The Unsupported Hardware subtest now confirms a minimum of 1GB
RAM per logical core is provisioned.
   b. Update to the Configuration/Network Access test ensures that
nftables is enabled and running on instead of iptables.

2. The manila_share_types test is now a subtest and will run as a
standard as part of the manila_share feature test.

3. An issue is fixed where rhcertd may not start on RHEL 6.5 and older.

4. A traceback was fixed that may occur when creating a new VNF certification.

5. Removed an errant command in the RHOSP 13 baremetal test.

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).

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