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 Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Markus Hilger HPC Engineer MEGWARE Computer Vertrieb und Service GmbH Tel: +49 3722 528-47 Nordstraße 19 markus.hil...@megware.com<mailto:markus.hil...@megware.com> 09247 Chemnitz-Röhrsdorf, Germany www.megware.com<http://www.megware.com/> Geschäftsführer: André Singer, Axel Auweter Amtsgericht: Chemnitz HRB 584 ________________________________ 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. -- #BlackLivesMatter ____ || \\UTGERS, |---------------------------*O*--------------------------- ||_// the State | Ryan Novosielski - novos...@rutgers.edu || \\ University | Sr. Technologist - 973/972.0922 (2x0922) ~*~ RBHS Campus || \\ of NJ | Office of Advanced Research Computing - MSB A555B, Newark `' 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 _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
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