Thanks Markus, And a big thanks to everyone that's kept xCAT going over the years. We've been using xCAT since 2008 (and CSM before it), so it's sad to say goodbye.
We were reluctant to move to Confluent given how long we'd been with xCAT, but we finally made the jump earlier this year and have been very happy with it. We were very time limited during implementation and did have some issues getting node discovery and bmcsetup working. But plan to revisit that early next year to sort out. Is there a plan for a Confluent specific mailing list, or will this list continue to take on that role. Regards, Carl. On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 at 03:08, Markus Hilger <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear xCAT Community, > > As noted in our previous updates and during the informal BoF sessions at > SC’23 and SC’24, the consortium has been focused on both completing the > final work for xCAT and preparing for the transition to its successor. > > As committed, we delivered Enterprise Linux 9 (EL9) support in the xCAT > 2.17 release. This represents the final planned enablement for xCAT. > > xCAT is now officially being sunsetted. The consortium will not provide > support beyond existing platforms, and Enterprise Linux 10 (EL10) will not > be supported. Active development and all new feature work have transitioned > fully to *Confluent*, which we recognise as the official successor to > xCAT. > > While xCAT will remain in maintenance mode, with community pull requests > still welcome and reviewed, there will be no new features or support for > future operating systems. > > *In summary:* > > - xCAT has delivered its final milestone with EL9 support. > - No EL10 or future OS enablement will be added. > - Community contributions are still accepted and reviewed. > - All development effort is now focused on *Confluent*, the successor > to xCAT. > > > We want to sincerely thank the community for the years of contributions, > support, and participation in shaping xCAT. We now look forward to > continuing that journey with you in the *Confluent community*, where the > future of open, vendor-agnostic cluster management will continue to grow. > > For more information on Confluent and how to get started, please visit the > Confluent: Project Page <https://github.com/xcat2/confluent>, > Documentation <https://xcat2.github.io/confluent-docs/> or Confluent vs > xCAT comparison > <https://xcat2.github.io/confluent-docs/miscellaneous/confluentvxcat/>. > > With thanks, > The xCAT Consortium > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards > > *Markus Hilger* > > > > HPC Engineer > > > > MEGWARE Computer Vertrieb und Service GmbH > > Tel: +49 3722 528-47 > > > > Nordstraße 19 > [email protected] > > > > 09247 Chemnitz-Röhrsdorf, Germany > > www.megware.com > > > > Geschäftsführer: André Singer, Dr. Axel Auweter > > > > > > Amtsgericht: Chemnitz HRB 584 > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user >
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