Hi,
yes, EL9 distros are working mostly fine.
Officially EL9 is in alpha state right now. See:
https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core/wiki/XCAT_2.16.5_Release_Notes
The next release will most probably move this to the next level, but it will
take some more time. Please bear with us.
Some special configs like nics.nicextraparms etc. do not work (because ifcfg is
deprecated and nicextraparams is not using nmcli yet).
But otherwise, management node installation and stateless/stateful node
deployment is working fine.
Some example default osimage definitions with alma9:
# <xCAT data object stanza file>
alma9-x86_64-install-compute:
objtype=osimage
imagetype=linux
osarch=x86_64
osdistroname=rhels9-x86_64
osname=linux
osvers=rhels9
otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/alma9/x86_64
pkgdir=/install/repos/almalinux/9/BaseOS/x86_64/os,/install/repos/almalinux/9/AppStream/x86_64/os,/install/repos/almalinux/9/CRB/x86_64/os,/install/repos/epel/9/Everything/x86_64
pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.x86_64.pkglist
profile=compute
provmethod=install
synclists=/install/custom/install/alma/compute.alma9.synclist
template=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/compute.rhels9.tmpl
# <xCAT data object stanza file>
alma9-x86_64-netboot-compute:
objtype=osimage
exlist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.x86_64.exlist
imagetype=linux
osarch=x86_64
osdistroname=rhels9-x86_64
osname=linux
osvers=rhels9
otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/alma9/x86_64
permission=755
pkgdir=/install/repos/almalinux/9/BaseOS/x86_64/os,/install/repos/almalinux/9/AppStream/x86_64/os,/install/repos/almalinux/9/CRB/x86_64/os,/install/repos/epel/9/Everything/x86_64
pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.x86_64.pkglist
postinstall=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/rh/compute.rhels9.x86_64.postinstall
profile=compute
provmethod=netboot
rootimgdir=/install/netboot/alma9/x86_64/compute
synclists=/install/custom/netboot/alma/compute.alma9.synclist
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
Markus Hilger
HPC Engineer
MEGWARE Computer Vertrieb und Service GmbH
Tel: +49 3722 528-47
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Von: Ryan Novosielski via xCAT-user <[email protected]>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2024 17:40
An: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
Cc: Ryan Novosielski <[email protected]>
Betreff: Re: [xcat-user] RHEL9 support in xcat
I don’t know what-all happened at SC or whether a group has come together to
continue it, but just remember that there’s a thread on this mailing list about
the fact that xCAT is not going to be maintained going forward.
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On Jan 10, 2024, at 11:54, Imam Toufique <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
Are there any plans to add RHEL9 support for xcat? If so, will it be available
for community use?
Thanks
Regards,
Imam Toufique
213-700-5485
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