oVirt 4.4.9 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of oVirt 4.4.9 Third Release Candidate for testing, as of October 15th, 2021.

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

Documentation

• If you want to try oVirt as quickly as possible, follow the instructions on the Download page.

• For complete installation, administration, and usage instructions, see the oVirt Documentation.

• For upgrading from a previous version, see the oVirt Upgrade Guide.

• For a general overview of oVirt, see About oVirt.

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 installation instructions and additional information please refer to:

https://ovirt.org/documentation/

This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 or similar

* CentOS Stream 8

This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures for:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 or similar

* CentOS Stream 8

* oVirt Node 4.4 based on CentOS Stream 8 (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 based on CentOS Stream 8

- oVirt Node NG is already available based on CentOS Stream 8

Additional Resources:

* Read more about the oVirt 4.4.9 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.9/ 

* 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/4.4.9/