BigFix Patch is pleased to announce that it has extended support to include patching content for Amazon Linux 2 Extras Libraries on Graviton.
The new site called ‘Patches for Amazon Linux 2 Graviton Extras’ uses YUM, which is Amazon Linux’s default package manager. Here are the subset of supported repositories for Amazon Linux 2 systems under this new site is:
- Amazon Kernel-5.4
- Amazon Kernel-5.10
- Amazon Kernel-5.15
- Tomcat, Mariadb,
- Postgresql, Ruby, Python
- Firefox, etc…
The full list of supported libraries is available in the following page.
Please note that livepatch, testing and deprecated libraries are not supported.
Actions to take:
The new site ‘Patches for Amazon Linux 2 Graviton Extras’ requires entitlement to any of the following licenses:
- BigFix Remediate
- BigFix Lifecycle
- BigFix Compliance
- BigFix Workspace / Workspace+
- BigFix Enterprise / Enterprise+
Subscribe to the ‘Patches for Amazon Linux 2 Graviton Extras’ site from the License Overview dashboard.This new site requires BigFix Client version 10 or later.
Note: If the site is not showing in the License Overview dashboard, update your license from the dashboard by clicking on ‘Check for license update’, then run the BigFix Administration Tool (BFAdmin.exe).
Published Sites:
- Patches for Amazon Linux 2 Graviton Extras, version 1.
- Patching Support, Version 1166
Application Engineering Team
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