Security Updates
QuantaStor ISO images uses Ubuntu Server LTS Linux distributions as an OS basis but RHEL based installation options with RHEL/RockyLinux/AlmaLinux are available for specialized environments. QuantaStor has monthly updates to include security patches to the underlying operating system to ensure the security and stability of the system.
The QuantaStor Security Notice (QSN) server processes published Linux CVE and indicates which ones affect packages used by QuantaStor. OSNexus recommends running an upgrade via the 'Upgrade Manager' on a monthly or quarterly basis to keep current with the latest security patches.
QuantaStor Security Notifications
On this page we maintain a summary of all the product changes made to QuantaStor which are security related and we post specific notices about Linux security issues that effect packages distributed with QuantaStor such as the openssl libraries.
For details on the all the latest security notifications for the Ubuntu LTS release used by QuantaStor please see (http://services.osnexus.com/security). We recommend that system administrators perform periodic auditing of their systems and install any and all security updates. It is highly recommended that systems are updated to the latest patched before being initially deployed. To apply the latest updates including security updates you should login to the system as the administrator 'qadmin' account and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
