(A)Periodic Updates to Images

Summary

We want to be able to release updated images not just at release time. Hope for a one-month regular cadence, plus emergency updates if needed.

Owner

Name: Cloud WG collectively, Matthew Miller as point of contact.
Email: cloud at lists.fedoraproject, mattdm at fedoraproject
Release notes owner:

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 21
Last updated: (DATE)
Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

We need to be able to produce official updates to the Fedora Cloud images. Initially, we plan to release these updates monthly, but also need the ability to release an out-of-cycle update in the event of a severe security issue.

This involves:

policy for level of security issue required for out-of-cycle updates
procedure for notification of security updates in images (as with rpm updates)
automated QA (at least smoketests)
documentation of QA expectations
release engineering process
mirroring of updated images
updates to web site for new download links and EC2 AMI IDs.

Note that this will apply to the Cloud Base Image, the Docker Host Image, the Big Data Image, and the Docker Container Base Image. (The latter may need separate handling.)

Benefit to Fedora

Scope

Proposal owners:

Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)