The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of oVirt 4.4.2 First Release Candidate for testing, as of July 30h, 2020.
This update is the second in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.4 series.
Please note this is a pre-release build.
The oVirt Project makes no guarantees as to its suitability or usefulness.
This pre-release must not be used in production.
For the engine: either use appliance or:
- Install CentOS Linux 8.2 minimal from:
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/centos/8.2.2004/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.2.2004-x86_64-minimal.iso
- dnf install https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release44-pre.rpm
- dnf update (reboot if needed)
- dnf module enable -y javapackages-tools pki-deps postgresql:12
- dnf install ovirt-engine
- engine-setup
For the nodes:
Either use oVirt Node ISO or:
- Install CentOS Linux 8.2 from
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/centos/8.2.2004/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.2.2004-x86_64-minimal.iso ; select minimal installation
- dnf install https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release44-pre.rpm
- dnf update (reboot if needed)
- Attach the host to the engine and let it be deployed.
This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or newer
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.2 or newer
This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or newer
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.2 or newer
* oVirt Node 4.4 based on CentOS Linux 8.2 (available for x86_64 only)
See the release notes [1] for installation instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed.
Notes:
- oVirt Appliance is already available for CentOS Linux 8
- oVirt Node NG is already available for CentOS Linux 8
Additional Resources:
* Read more about the oVirt 4.4.2 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.2/
* Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt
* Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/
