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RHEL 8 - Install instructions

The following methods are currently available to install RHEL 8

  • AIMS interactive - select the menu item Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8) x86_64 or Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8) aarch64
  • AIMS host registration - define your host to use the RHEL8_X86_64 or RHEL8_AARCH64
  • OpenStack VM - boot from the image RHEL8 - x86_64 or RHEL8 - aarch64
  • ai-bs puppet managed VM - use ai-bs --rhel8

For a detailed installation of a Linux Desktop, check the step by step guide

Software repositories

Install software repository definitions on a RHEL8 previously-installation done without using our kickstart/image, by running as root:

# curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel8.repo https://linux.web.cern.ch/rhel/repofiles/rhel8.repo

You may also want to consider adding the 'CERN' repository

# dnf --repofrompath='tmpcern,https://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/rhel/$releasever/CERN/$basearch/' install redhat-release --nogpgcheck

Direct download: rhel8.repo and rhel8-cern.repo.