From d537e1ca1023a97c0fd1a02047039e1a88649c9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Bucheli Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:44:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] reflect beta state of RHEL 8 --- rhel8/index.md | 17 +++++++++-------- rhel8/installation.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/rhel8/index.md b/rhel8/index.md index eff91b17..5f39a7f1 100644 --- a/rhel8/index.md +++ b/rhel8/index.md @@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ toc: true --- # Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 -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. +The current state of RHEL 8.6 support is beta. + +The central infrastructure (automatic provisioning, upstream package synchronisation and Puppet) are stable and production ready. + +The configuration management is done with Puppet like for RHEL 7. RHEL7 and RHEL8 hosts can share the same hierarchy in Hiera and thus also the "same" configuration. In cases where the configuration for RHEL7 or RHEL8 differs, the idea is to have both in parallel in Hiera and Puppet shall select the right one. ## 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 8.6 Alpha Test](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-93) lists the currently knowns issues. Please add your bugs there too. +A lot works already out of the box, but no guarantee can be given unless your specfic setup has been tested. The epic [RHEL 8.6 Beta Test](https://jira.psi.ch/browse/PSILINUX-125) lists the currently knowns issues. Please add your bugs there too. ## Major Known Issues @@ -54,10 +57,6 @@ The underlying problem is - so NX server machines now use `lightdm` as Display Manager - Gnome does not integrate with `lightdm` screen locking -### 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`. - ### AFS cache partition not created due to existing XFS signature It can happen when upgrading an existing RHEL 7 installation that the puppet run produces ``` @@ -80,6 +79,8 @@ which is IMHO OK to not allow a normal user to do changes there. ## Documenatation -* [Installation (Alpha)](installation) +* [Installation](installation) * [Package Management](packages) +* [Desktop](desktop) * [Vendor Documentation](vendor_documentation) + diff --git a/rhel8/installation.md b/rhel8/installation.md index 197d5d84..a4b4ddbd 100644 --- a/rhel8/installation.md +++ b/rhel8/installation.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Installation (Beta) +# Installation ## Network Installation