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by Amdreas Eichhorn

OTC Public Images Release Notes October 2024

Windows

  • New updates for Windows Server 2016

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.129 (KB890830)
    • 2024-10 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5044293)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2019

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.129 (KB890830)
    • 2024-10 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5044277)
    • 2024-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 and 4.8 for Windows Server 2019 for x64 (KB5044089)

  • New updates for Windows Server 2022

    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 129 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 129.0.2792.79)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.129 (KB890830)
    • 2024-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64 (KB5044099)
    • 2024-10 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5044281)

  • Unchanged drivers and tools of all Windows Server OS versions

    • Cloudbase-Init: 1.1.6 (stable version) with OTC patch 1.0
      • service startup type is set to manual and triggerinfo is set to start/networkon (prevents error messages of not running cloudbase-init service)
    • KVM UVP Vmtools: 2.5.0.156
    • GPU flavors:
      • NVIDIA driver 538.78 for Windows Server 2019 and 2022

New GPG key Cloud:OTC repositories available

The CLOUD:OTC GPG key will be expire on 14th of December 2024. Some Linux based distributions (except RHEL and SUSE) are affected which are currently using the following GPG key:

pub   rsa2048 2018-06-11 [SC] [expires: 2024-12-14]
      3EA8 5041 32B7 F1E9 54A9  C0AD A4F6 B298 05A6 C49C
uid           [ unknown] Cloud:OTC OBS Project <Cloud:OTC@build.opensuse.org>
  • The new extended version of this key is available to download from https://build.opensuse.org/projects/Cloud:OTC/signing_keys.
  • The new expiration date of extended GPG key is 26th of December 2026.
  • The new version of extended GPG key is implemented within all new linux based OTC public images from today on.
  • The new version of extended GPG key will be automatically updated on existing ECS servers by update cloud-otc-keyring package.

If an error message is returning by running an update of packages which have been signed with this GPG key, please follow instructions you can find here: https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/release-notes/otc-public-images-release-notes-august-2020