From 6dbc89225230594e91614e54ce97ebaf603c72f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Bucheli Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 10:30:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update current state of RHEL 8 migration --- rhel8/index.md | 12 ++++++++---- rhel8/installation.md | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/rhel8/index.md b/rhel8/index.md index 31e87ba..01cddae 100644 --- a/rhel8/index.md +++ b/rhel8/index.md @@ -10,16 +10,20 @@ toc: true --- # Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 -The current stateof RHEL 8.5 support is very alpha. It is possible to install a system and install packages provided by Red Hat. +The current state of RHEL 8.6 support is very alpha. It is possible to install a system and install packages provided by Red Hat. The configuration management is done with Puppet like for RHEL 7. ## Testing -It looks like it works already a lot out of the box, but no guarantee can be given unless your specfic setup has been tested. The epic [RHEL 8.5 Alpha Test](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-93) lists the currently knowns issues. Please add your bugs there too. +It looks like it works already a lot out of the box, but no guarantee can be given unless your specfic setup has been tested. The epic [RHEL 8.6 Alpha Test](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-93) lists the currently knowns issues. Please add your bugs there too. ### Major Known Issues -- [AFS not yet working](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-94) -- [Icinga monitoring not yet working](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-95) + +### 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) ## Documenatation diff --git a/rhel8/installation.md b/rhel8/installation.md index b5a0fa3..2de8fd3 100644 --- a/rhel8/installation.md +++ b/rhel8/installation.md @@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ ## Network Installation +(note the screenshots still show v8.5, but v8.6 was just released so we proceed with it) + The machine you want to install needs to be registered in `sysdb`, so far it works best in the `rhel8_preprod` Puppet environment: ``` FQDN=... bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_env=rhel8_preprod ``` -Optional you can set `netboot` and RHEL 8.5 installer but that can also be selected manually in be boot menu: +Optional you can set `netboot` and RHEL 8.6 installer but that can also be selected manually in be boot menu: ``` bob node netboot $FQDN bob node set-attr $FQDN ipxe_installer=rhel85install