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June 2024: CMS Gold Image Monthly Updates

June 2024: CMS Gold Image Monthly Updates








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June 2024: CMS Gold Image Monthly Updates

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Below you will find this month's updates for CMS Gold Images (GIs) from the CMS Hybrid Cloud Team.

Upcoming Updates

* *New AWS V4 CMS GIs available now:*
* Starting May 17, 2024, the CMS Hybrid Cloud Team unified enterprise-wide scanning with Tenable Security Center.
* This applies to CMS customers utilizing the GI for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8) and Amazon Linux 2 (AL2).
* As a result, we highly recommend ingesting the latest GI released [ https://cloud.cms.gov/cms-cloud-gold-images ]. 
* "Note: This updated GI will not affect how customers ingest or interact with their CMS GI: this is a back-end change only. "


* *New June GIs to include PACE Root CA Certificate:*
* Beginning June 14, 2024, the Privately Accredited Certifications for the Enterprise (PACE) will be included in all CMS GIs. 
* This improvement helps our customers currently utilizing PACE certificates. 

* "Note: This updated GI will not affect how customers ingest or interact with their CMS GI: this is a back-end change only. "


* *Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) End of Life (EOL) in June 2025:*
* In anticipation of the AL2 EOL, we have begun developing the Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) GI.
* The CMS AL2023 GI will be available in the July GI release, providing customers approximately a year to transition from AL2.
* Additional information with a detailed timeline will be shared as soon as possible. 

Gold Image Accessibility

CMS GI availability is based on the respective team's CAMP details. If a team would like to request a new CMS GI, please open a Hybrid Cloud Support Jira Ticket [ https://jiraent.cms.gov/plugins/servlet/desk/portal/22 ] and notify your IUSG Advisor.

"*Reminder:* The last" "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) CMS GI was published in March 2024. As RHEL7 has reached end-of-life this month, please reach out to your IUSG Advisor for any help upgrading to RHEL8."

Below is a table of the currently available CMS GIs by operating system (OS) and the respective EOLs.

*CMS Gold Image* **OS Vendor-provided End of Life (EOL)** Amazon Linux 2  EOL June 2025 Amazon Linux 2 with EKS EOL June 2025 RHEL8 EOL May 2029 Windows2016 EOL January 2027 Windows2019 EOL January 2029 Windows2022 EOL October 2031

Future release dates for 2024 CMS GIs are available in our CMS Cloud Gold Image and patching calendar [ https://cloud.cms.gov/cms-cloud-patching-gold-image-calendar-new ].

For more information about CMS GIs, please review the available Gold Image documentation [ https://cloud.cms.gov/intro-gold-image ]. 

Questions or Concerns

For questions or issues, please file a CMS Hybrid Cloud support ticket [ https://jiraent.cms.gov/plugins/servlet/desk/portal/22 ]. 



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