Red hat published Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 . Installation assemblies are prepared for architectures x86_64, S390x (IBM System Z), PPC64LE and AARCH64, but Available for Downloads Only registered users of Red Hat Customer Portal. The source texts of the RPM packets Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 are distributed through Git repository CentOS.
Branch 8.x, which will be supported at least until 2029, develops in accordance with the new predictable development cycle, implying the formation of releases once every six months at a predetermined time. New Development cycle Rhel products covers several levels, including Fedora as a bridgehead for the implementation of new features, Centos Stream for Access to packages formed for the next RHEL intermediate release (RHEL RHEL), minimalist universal basic image (UBI, Universal Base Image) to start applications in isolated containers and Rhel Developer Subscription for free use RHEL in the development process.
Key Changes :
- An experimental support for MPLS technology (MultiproTocol Label Switching) has been added to routing packets using multi-protocol switching by tags. The use of MPLS, for example, allows you to define filters through the TC utility to manage packages coming from specified ports or related to a certain type of traffic.
- The iProute2 package includes three new actions TC utility – Mac_Push, Push_eth and POP_ETH, allowing you to attach MPLS labels, add or delete Ethernet headers.
- Experimental support for the BareUDP module, which allows you to encapsulate various L3 protocols in the UDP tunnel, such as MPLS, IP and NSH.
- offers a KPATCH-DNF packet with a plugin to a DNF packet manager, which allows you to subscribe to get fixes to the Linux kernel installed without rebooting (Live Patch).