AlmaLinux¶
What is AlmaLinux ?¶
From the AlmaLinux website:
An Open Source, community owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is ABI compatible with RHELĀ®.
AlmaLinux versions at CERN?¶
For the 9 family: AlmaLinux 9 (ALMA9) is provided by using the upstream content. Integration to the CERN computing environment is still possible via the addon 'CERN' repository
- ALMA9 was made available at CERN on 16.01.2023 and support will end on 31.05.2032
- More information on ALMA9 can be found on the dedicated ALMA9 page
For the 8 family: AlmaLinux 8 (ALMA8) is provided by using the upstream content. Integration to the CERN computing environment is still possible via the addon 'CERN' repository
- ALMA8 was made available at CERN on 16.01.2023 and support will end on 31.05.2029
- More information on ALMA8 can be found on the dedicated ALMA8 page
Which AlmaLinux version should I use?¶
We recommend all users to use AlmaLinux9 as this version has a longer product life
Installation¶
OpenStack images (VM and Ironic bare-metal)¶
OpenStack AlmaLinux images (VM and Ironic bare-metal) are available as public images within https://openstack.cern.ch
Container images (docker / podman)¶
docker images are available
For AlmaLinux 9: docker pull gitlab-registry.cern.ch/linuxsupport/alma9-base:latest
For AlmaLinux 8: docker pull gitlab-registry.cern.ch/linuxsupport/alma8-base:latest
AIMS PXE boot¶
AlmaLinux can also be installed via network boot, using same methods as CentOS distributions.
Please see PXE Network boot and AIMS2 client for more information.