HI, On Fri, May 7, 2021 2:55 am, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:39 AM Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com> wrote: [snip]
*THIS* truly answers my underlying question(s). I was concerned that the engine would be like the node, but this assures me it is not, it's just a "faster" way to build the engine VM, but it turns into (effectively) a standard CentOS+Engine VM post-install... Which SHOULD be good enough for what I want to do! (I have the engine running a few extra services, and wanted to make sure I could continue to do so).
OK. But in the mid term the problem will impact you anyway. What to do after 31/12/2021 with this system, as no new updates from CentOS repos?
Umm, according to https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-resets-centos-linux-and-users-are-angr... which links back to https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates which claims CentOS 7 will retain support through 2024-06-30. I think your 2021-12-31 date refers to EL8, not EL7.
I think in the next months it would be nice to have at least a CentOS --> CentOS Stream migration path for the Hosted Engine VM or for an external engine that are now based on CentOS
There is no "stream" for EL7.
Or to confirm that the standard path described at https://centos.org/centos-stream/ works also for CentOS systems where oVirt repos are configured and active and engine packages installed. Currently it says: dnf swap centos-linux-repos centos-stream-repos dnf distro-sync
Gianluca
-derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 derek@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant