Build oVirt Node 9 based on AlmaLinux OS 9

[LKHN]

Hey oVirt Team,

Since you are considering producing oVirt Node builds based on a more stable distribution than CentOS Stream 9. As a member of the AlmaLinux OS Virt SIG, I'd like to add another option to this decision:

The AlmaLinux OS 9.0 Beta 1 is available with its cloud images from 18th April 2022. We also expect the 9.0 stable in a couple of days. As AlmaLinux OS Virt SIG, we would love and be honoured to help.

[sandrobonazzola]

welcome aboard!

[srbala]

@sandrobonazzola thanks for the invite.

[sandrobonazzola]

Test build: https://resources.ovirt.org/repos/testing/alma/

[srbala]

@sandrobonazzola Can this ISO can work in VM environment? ISO booted ok, after install system did not booted, showed Grub shell as below. VM had 4 cpus, 8G RAM and 200GB hdd

[srbala]

VM had UEFI and secure boot enabled

[sandrobonazzola]

Looks like it requires some debugging :-/ Worked on CentOS Stream 9 to this point so we need to figure out why this is happening.

[srbala]

@andrewlukoshko recommended to check EFI boot folder creation, since Almalinux and Rocky has it own https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/blob/rhel-9/data/product.d/almalinux.conf#L13

[sandrobonazzola]

Thanks @srbala and @andrewlukoshko , need to dig into this.

[srbala]

@sandrobonazzola It looks like os installer creates the grub.cfg file under centos folder, it is expected under almalinux folder. Moving the file to right location get the system get booted.

Current

Expected

[sandrobonazzola]

Thanks @srbala ! #57 should solve

[sandrobonazzola]

New test build has been uploaded to https://resources.ovirt.org/repos/testing/alma/

[srbala]

@sandrobonazzola Grub boot issue resolved, grub menu shows correctly and boots as expected.

Few points of observations: Testing ISO in VMWare, 4cpus, 9G RAM, 200G HDD

• One service failure (Configure Image Layers due to FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/factory/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi'
• Installer interface - only root user to create/update password - is it by design? It would be nice to have non-root user, which can be oVirt admin
• It would be nice to show the IP address link on boot instead of localhost link, which shows after login

[sandrobonazzola]

Reported the missing file issue on imgbased project.

As for the additional user, oVirt Node is not expected to be administered by anyone else than oVirt Engine itself, so no additional user is being created. About the localhost at first prompt, I would consider it cosmetic.

[sandrobonazzola]

I think now the leftovers are:

• Ensure that an Almalinux based node won't update into a CentOS Stream node and the other way around
• Get AlmaLinux build running somewhere and artifacts published somewhere

[lveyde]

@srbala what help (if any) is needed from us to advance this project?

[czadikem]

Yes I would love to use ovirt with almalinux. So what needs to happen to help change or at least have this option available?

[lveyde]

Yes I would love to use ovirt with almalinux. So what needs to happen to help change or at least have this option available?

Just to avoid confusion - I think that it's possible to use oVirt with AlmaLinux already.

This issue is about creating a native AlmaLinux based node.
Please note the last comment by @sandrobonazzola that listed the last few things we need for that to happen.