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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 8.2 Release Notes Release Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Last Updated: 2020-12-01 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 8.2 Release Notes Release Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Legal Notice Copyright © 2020 Red Hat, Inc. The text of and illustrations in this document are licensed by Red Hat under a Creative Commons Attribution–Share Alike 3.0 Unported license ("CC-BY-SA"). An explanation of CC-BY-SA is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ . In accordance with CC-BY-SA, if you distribute this document or an adaptation of it, you must provide the URL for the original version. Red Hat, as the licensor of this document, waives the right to enforce, and agrees not to assert, Section 4d of CC-BY-SA to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 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Installer and image creation 6 Infrastructure services 6 Security 6 Dynamic programming languages, web and database servers 6 Compiler toolsets 6 Identity Management 6 The web console 7 Desktop 7 In-place upgrade 7 Additional resources 7 Red Hat Customer Portal Labs 8 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 2. A. .R . C. .H . I. T. E. .C . T. .U . R. .E . S. 9. .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 3. D. I.S . T. R. .I B. .U . T. .I O. N. O. .F . .C . O. N. .T . E. N. T. .I N. .R .H . .E .L . .8 . 1.0 . 3.1. INSTALLATION 10 3.2. REPOSITORIES 10 3.3. APPLICATION STREAMS 11 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 4. .R . H. .E .L . .8 . ..2 .. 1. .R . E. L. .E . A. .S .E . 1. 2. 4.1. NEW FEATURES 12 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 5. N. E. W. .F . E. .A . T. U. R. E. .S . 1.4 . 5.1. INSTALLER AND IMAGE CREATION 14 5.2. SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT 14 5.3. SHELLS AND COMMAND-LINE TOOLS 15 5.4. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 15 5.5. SECURITY 17 5.6. NETWORKING 23 5.7. KERNEL 25 5.8. FILE SYSTEMS AND STORAGE 29 5.9. HIGH AVAILABILITY AND CLUSTERS 30 5.10. DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, WEB AND DATABASE SERVERS 32 5.11. COMPILERS AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS 34 5.12. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT 43 5.13. DESKTOP 47 5.14. GRAPHICS INFRASTRUCTURES 47 5.15. THE WEB CONSOLE 48 5.16. VIRTUALIZATION 49 5.17. CONTAINERS 50 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 6. .I M. P. O. R. .T .A . N. T. .C . .H . A. .N . G. .E . S. T. O. .E . X. .T .E . R. .N . A. .L . .K . E. R. .N . E. .L . .P . A. .R . A. .M . E. .T . E. R. .S . 5. .1 . 6.1. NEW KERNEL PARAMETERS 51 6.2. UPDATED KERNEL PARAMETERS 53 6.3. NEW /PROC/SYS/KERNEL PARAMETERS 55 6.4. UPDATED /PROC/SYS/KERNEL PARAMETERS 56 6.5. UPDATED /PROC/SYS/NET PARAMETERS 56 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 7. D. E. V. .I C. .E . .D . R. .I V. .E . R. .S . .5 . 7. 7.1. NEW DRIVERS 57 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 8.2 Release Notes Network drivers 57 Graphics drivers and miscellaneous drivers 57 Storage drivers 58 7.2. UPDATED DRIVERS 58 Network driver updates 58 Graphics and miscellaneous driver updates 58 Storage driver updates 58 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 8. .B . U. .G . .F . I.X . E. .S . .6 .0 . 8.1. INSTALLER AND IMAGE CREATION 60 8.2. SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT 61 8.3. SHELLS AND COMMAND-LINE TOOLS 61 8.4. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 62 8.5. SECURITY 64 8.6. NETWORKING 65 8.7. KERNEL 67 8.8. FILE SYSTEMS AND STORAGE 68 8.9. DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, WEB AND DATABASE SERVERS 68 8.10. COMPILERS AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS 68 8.11. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT 71 8.12. DESKTOP 72 8.13. VIRTUALIZATION 72 8.14. CONTAINERS 73 .C . H. .A . P. .T .E . R. 9. .T .E . C. .H . N. O. .L . O. .G . .Y . P. .R . E. .V . I.E . W. S. .7 . 4. 9.1. NETWORKING 74 9.2. KERNEL 75 9.3. FILE SYSTEMS AND STORAGE 76 9.4. HIGH AVAILABILITY AND CLUSTERS 78 9.5. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT 79 9.6. DESKTOP 80 9.7. GRAPHICS INFRASTRUCTURES 80 9.8. RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX SYSTEM ROLES 81 9.9. VIRTUALIZATION 82 9.10. CONTAINERS 83 .C . H. .A . 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