SUSE-RU-2025:21163-1: important: Recommended update for python-azure-agent

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# Recommended update for python-azure-agent

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:21163-1  
Release Date: 2025-11-28T09:35:09Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1253001
  * bsc#1254129

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

  
  
An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for python-azure-agent fixes the following issues:

  * Fix dependencies for SLE 16 (bsc#1254129)
    * procps instead of sysvinit-tools
  * Update to version 2.14.0.1 (bsc#1253001)
    * FIPS 140-3 support
    * Block extensions disallowed by policy
    * Report ext policy errors in heartbeat
    * Implement signature validation helper functions
    * Prevent ssh public key override
    * Use proper filesystem creation flag for btrfs
    * Enable resource monitoring in cgroup v2 machines
    * Update agent cgroup cleanup
    * Add cgroupv2 distros to supported list
    * Clean old agent cgroup setup
    * Redact sas tokens in telemetry events and agent log
    * Add conf option to use hardcoded wireserver ip instead of dhcp request to discover wireserver ip
    * Support for python 3.12
    * Update telemetry message for agent updates and send new telemetry for ext resource governance
    * Disable rsm downgrade
    * Add community support for Chainguard OS
    * Swap out legacycrypt for crypt-r for Python 3.13+
    * Pin setuptools version
    * Set the agent config file path for FreeBSD
    * Handle errors importing crypt module
  * From 2.13.1.1
    * Setup: Fix install_requires list syntax
    * Pickup latest goal state on tenant certificate rotation + Avoid infinite loop when the tenant certificate is missing
    * Fix unsupported syntax in py2.6
    * Cgroup rewrite: uses systemctl for expressing desired configuration instead drop-in files
    * Remove usages of tempfile.mktemp
    * Use random time for attempting new Agent update
    * Enable logcollector in v2 machines
    * Clean history files
    * Missing firewall rules reason
    * Add support for nftables (+ refactoring of firewall code)
    * Create walinuxagent nftable atomically

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-83=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-83=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    * python-azure-agent-config-micro-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-config-hpc-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-config-server-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-config-default-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (noarch)
    * python-azure-agent-config-micro-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-config-hpc-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-config-server-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1
    * python-azure-agent-config-default-2.14.0.1-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253001
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254129

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