Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3

A Documentation Updates #

This chapter lists content changes for this document.

This manual was updated on the following dates:

Section A.1, “February 2019 (Maintenance Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3)”
Section A.2, “October 2018 (Maintenance Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3)”
Section A.3, “September 2017 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3)”
Section A.4, “November 2016 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2)”

A.1 February 2019 (Maintenance Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3) #

Bugfixes

Improved information on Portus image in Section 4.4, “Portus” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109636, https://github.com/SUSE/doc-caasp/issues/115).

A.2 October 2018 (Maintenance Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3) #

General Changes to the Documentation

Improved consistency of Docker terminology throughout the documentation. This includes renaming a guide to Docker Open Source Engine Guide.

Bugfixes

Improved consistency of occurrences of Docker terminology. This includes renaming the guide to Docker Open Source Engine Guide.
Portus is no longer technical preview only, hence removed this sentence from Section 4.4, “Portus” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098836).
In Section 5.2.2, “Creating a Custom SLE 11 SP4 Image”, updated the example to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088500).
Using a better suited example for background applications (apache2 rather than postfix) in Section 6.4, “Applications Running in the Background” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084275).
In Section 4.4, “Portus”, updated the link to the upstream Portus documentation and removed the installation procedure, because Portus is now provided as a Docker image (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080879).
Switched the example application to create a Docker container with from postfix to Apache (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080879).
Corrected the name of pre-built packages for SLE 12 SP3 in Section 5.1, “Obtaining Base SLES Images” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064156).
Corrected package name from Portus to portus (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058365).
Adjusted names of base images to latest product versions (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050754).
There is no need to disable copy-on-write for a /var/lib/docker partition on Btrfs, see Section 1.2.1, “Container Drivers” (doc comment #34198).

A.3 September 2017 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3) #

General

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.
Removed all references to the faillog package, which is no longer shipped (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710788).

Chapter 1, Docker Open Source Engine Overview

Added container orchestration description to Section 1.1, “Docker Open Source Engine Architecture”.

Bugfixes

In Section 5.2.3, “Adding SLE Extensions and Modules to Images”, added a procedure for adding extensions to custom images (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029270).
Adjusted names of base images to latest product versions (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050754).

A.4 November 2016 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2) #

General

The e-mail address for documentation feedback has changed to doc-team@suse.com.
The documentation for Docker Open Source Engine has been enhanced and renamed to Docker Guide.

General Changes to this Guide

Added Chapter 1, Docker Open Source Engine Overview.
Updated Chapter 2, Docker Open Source Engine Installation (Fate #321136).
Added Chapter 6, Creating Docker Images of Applications (Fate #319368).
Added Chapter 7, Working with Containers.

Bugfixes

Rephrased text about restricting access to Docker images (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947502).
Added configuration for SSL to installation chapter (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=993115).