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


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________________________________
Von: Ryan Novosielski via xCAT-user <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2024 17:40
An: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Ryan Novosielski <novos...@rutgers.edu>
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 <techie...@gmail.com> 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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