From 775faae55b33efcbc6dde45eb4c9acc0d650bbc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Bucheli Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 15:41:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add caveats of RHEL 8 --- rhel8/index.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/rhel8/index.md b/rhel8/index.md index 01cddae5..064d692c 100644 --- a/rhel8/index.md +++ b/rhel8/index.md @@ -19,12 +19,25 @@ It looks like it works already a lot out of the box, but no guarantee can be giv ### Major Known Issues +- using a package snapshot tag (`yum_client::repo_tag` in hiera) different than `prod` will fail horribly + ### Major Missing Features - default user home is local unless configured to be on AFS [PSILINUX-97](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-97) - security patches are automatically installed [PSILINUX-98](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-98) - minimal default installation, aka gem, git and postfix is not installed by default [PSILINUX-100](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-100) +### Caveats + +#### Workstation Installation Takes Long and Seams to Hang +On the very first puppet run the command to install the GUI packages takes up to 10 minutes and it looks like it +is hanging. Usually it is after the installation of `/etc/sssd/sssd.conf`. Just give it a bit time. + +#### Installing a Machine with YFS and an Old Package Snapshot Tag +After the `pli-firstboot` script it stopps due to errors (installed yfs kernel module version does not fit running kernel). Still it manages to install everything fine. +So please restart the machine (so it loads the right kernel) and run `puppet agent` again to finally start and enable the `yfs-service`. + + ## Documenatation * [Installation (Alpha)](installation)