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-title: Change Log
+title: Changelog 8
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+---
+title: Current Release 9.0
+tags:
+  - 9.0
+  - 9.0 release
+  - Rocky 9.0
+---
+
+# Release Notes For Rocky Linux 9.0
+
+## Major Changes
+
+For a complete list of major changes, please see the upstream listing [here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.0_release_notes/overview#overview-major-changes).
+
+Some highlights from this release are detailed next.
+
+### New Build system (Peridot)
+
+Rocky Linux 9 was lovingly built with our in-house developed and open-source Cloud Native build system called Peridot. Peridot was used to build Rocky Linux 9 for the -  x86_64, aarch64, s390x, and ppc64le architectures.
+
+Amongst other things, this release represents our standing promise and commitment to the community to ensure the longevity of the Rocky Linux project by enabling users to build, enhance or reproduce Rocky Linux from scratch independently. The source code for the build system is available [here](https://github.com/rocky-linux/peridot)
+
+### Security
+
+* Using **SHA-1** message digest for cryptographic purposes has been deprecated. The cryptographic hash functions produced by SHA-1 are no longer considered secure.  There are some exceptions, which are detailed in the upstream link above.
+* **OpenSSL** is now version 3.0.1 with many improvements, including provider concept, new versioning scheme, an improved HTTP(S) client, support for new protocols, formats, and algorithms, and more.
+* **OpenSSH** is now version 8.7p1 with many improvements, most notably the replacement of the SCP/RCP protocol with the SFTP protocol which offers more predictable filename handling.
+* **SELinux** performance, memory overhead, time to load, and more have been substantially improved. There are a whole host of changes with more details in the upstream release notes.
+* Rocky Linux 9 supports automatically configuring security compliance settings for PCI-DSS, HIPAA, DISA, and many others directly through the Anaconda installer, saving time and effort to meet the complicated requirements in the quickly evolving security landscape.
+
+### Networking
+
+The main networking related changes are listed below. For detailed coverage of these changes as well as other network related changes please visit the upstream link [here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.0_release_notes/new-features#enhancement_networking).
+
+* **mptcpd** or MultiPath TCP Daemon, can be used instead of `iproute2` to configure MultiPath TCP endpoints.
+* NetworkManager now uses key files to store new connection profiles as a default, but still supports the use of `ifcfg`.
+* **iptables-nft** and **ipset** are now deprecated which included the utilities, `iptables`, `ip6tables`, `ebtables`, and `arptables`. These are all replaced by the `nftables` framework.
+* **network-scripts** package has been removed. Use NetworkManager to configure network connections.
+
+### Web and Programming
+
+Several dynamic programming, version control and web related application suites listed next have been updated to newer versions in Rocky Linux 9.0.
+For a complete list of changes and descriptions, please see [this upstream link](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.0_release_notes/New-features#enhancement_dynamic-programming-languages-web-and-database-servers).
+
+
+#### Dynamic Programming
+
+* **Node.js 16**
+* **Perl 5.32**
+* **PHP 8.0**
+* **Python 3.9**
+* **Ruby 3.0**
+
+#### Version Control
+
+* **Git 2.31**
+* **Subversion 1.14**
+
+#### Web Servers
+
+* **Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51**
+* **nginx 1.20**
+
+#### Proxy Caching Servers
+
+* **Varnish Cache 6.6**
+* **Squid 5.2**
+
+#### Database Servers
+
+* **MariaDB 10.5**
+* **MySQL 8.0**
+* **PostgreSQL 13**
+* **Redis 6.2**
+
+### Compilers and Development Tools
+
+For a complete detailed list of changes, please see [this upstream link](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.0_release_notes/New-features#enhancement_compilers-and-development-tools). The highlights are below.
+
+#### System Toolchain
+
+* **GCC 11.2.1**
+* **glibc 2.34**
+* **binutils 2.35.2**
+
+#### Performance and Debugging Tools
+
+* **GDB 10.2**
+* **Valgrind 3.18.1**
+* **SystemTap 4.6**
+* **Dyninst 11.0.0**
+* **elfutils 0.186**
+
+#### Performance Monitoring Tools
+
+* **PCP 5.3.5**
+* **Grafana 7.5.11**
+
+#### Compiler Toolsets
+
+* **LLVM Toolset 13.0.1**
+* **Rust Toolset 1.58.1**
+* **Go Toolset 1.17.7**
+
+#### Java Implementation
+
+The following Java Runtime Environments and Java Development Kits are provided:
+
+* `java-17-openjdk`
+* `java-11-openjdk`
+* `java-1.8.0-openjdk`
+
+The following Java tools are provided:
+
+* **Maven 3.6**
+* **Ant 1.10**
+
+### Virtualization
+
+For a complete list of changes and enhancements in Virtualization, please see [this upstream link](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.0_release_notes/New-features#enhancement_virtualization).
+
+Key highlights are:
+
+* QEMU is now built using the CLANG compiler which allows the KVM Hypervisor to use a number of advanced security and debugging features.
+* vTPM (Virtual Trusted Platform Module) is now fully supported.
+* `virtiofs` feature has been implemented, which you can use to more efficiently share files between a Rocky Linux host and its VMs.
+* `cgroup-v2` which implements a single hierarchy model, is now the default Linux control group in 9.0. This will have some ramifications for those using container-based systems (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) More information is available in the link above.
+
+## Upgrading
+
+The Rocky Linux team does not recommend upgrades from one major version to the next (in this case 8.6 to 9.0). While it is technically possible to upgrade between major versions, we instead recommend a fresh install of the desired latest major version.
+
+## Installing
+
+To install Rocky Linux 9.0, head to the [download page](https://rockylinux.org/download/) and download the version you need for your architecture. 
+A complete installation walk-through for Rocky Linux 9.0 is available on the [Rocky Linux documentation website here](https://docs.rockylinux.org/guides/installation/).
+
+## Known Issues
+
+As with any release, there are issues that are already known. You can see the current listing of issues from the upstream [here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.0_release_notes/known-issues).
+
+* **Limitation to using the Minimal ISO installation** - Most (if not all) of the security related packages will not work. If you need security/SCAP profiles and packages at the time of install, please use the DVD ISO.
+
+## Reporting Bugs
+
+Please report any bugs you encounter to the [Rocky Linux Bug Tracker](https://bugs.rockylinux.org/). We also welcome you to join our community in any way you wish be it on our [Forums](https://forums.rockylinux.org), [Mattermost](https://chat.rockylinux.org), [IRC on Libera.Chat](irc://irc.liberachat/rockylinux), [Reddit](https://reddit.com/r/rockylinux), [Mailing Lists](https://lists.resf.org), or any other way you wish to participate!

docs/release_notes/index.md

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+title: Rocky Release Notes
+tags:
+  - release
+  - release notes
+---
+
+# Rocky Linux Release Notes
+
+Welcome to our listing of release notes and changelogs for both Rocky Linux 8 and Rocky Linux 9. You will find the release notes for the most recent released versions with the newest first.
+
+If you have any questions or comments, please join the discussion [here](https://chat.rockylinux.org/rocky-linux/channels/documentation).