oVirt 4.4.2 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing


The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of oVirt 4.4.2 Second Release Candidate for testing, as of August 6th, 2020.


This update is the second in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.4 series.

Important notes before you try it

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.

Installation instructions


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/



[1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.2/

[2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.4-pre/iso/


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Lev Veyde

Senior Software Engineer, RHCE | RHCVA | MCITP

Red Hat Israel

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