Platform

Upgrade Alma Linux to 8.7

Feature Summary and Revision History

Table 1. Summary Data

Applicable Product(s) or Functional Area

CPS

Applicable Platform(s)

Not Applicable

Feature Default

Enabled – Always-on

Related Changes in This Release

Not Applicable

Related Documentation

Not Applicable

Revision History

Revision Details

Release

First introduced.

23.2.0

Feature Description

In CPS 23.2.0 release, Alma Linux version 8.6 is replaced with Alma Linux 8.7 along with upgrading to the latest rpm packages and their dependencies.

With Alma Linux 8.7, the kernel version is modified to: 

root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel-[0-9]
kernel-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]#

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
AlmaLinux release 8.7 (Stone Smilodon)
[root@localhost ~]#

[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 4 05:30:47 EDT 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]#

Support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Version

Table 2. Summary Data

Applicable Product(s) or Functional Area

vDRA

Applicable Platform(s)

Not Applicable

Default Setting

Enabled – Always-on

Related Changes in This Release

Not Applicable

Related Documentation

Not Applicable
Table 3. Revision History

Revision Details

Release

First Introduced

23.2.0

Feature Description

In CPS vDRA, Ubuntu is upgraded to the latest 20.04 stable version. The following package versions are also upgraded:

Table 4. Package Versions

Package Name

20.04 Version

Openssl

1.1.1f

Python

3.8.10

Weave

2.8.1

Haproxy

2.0.31-0ubuntu0.1

Docker

20.10.24

collectd

5.12.0

Zing

23.02.101

Use the following latest release and Kernel version in Base VM’s:


## cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS"
# uname -a
Linux vpas-A-dra-master-0 5.4.0-152-generic #169-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 6 22:23:09 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Prerequisite

Upgrade the ESXI Hosts to minimum of 7.0 version.

Upgrade, Migration, Backward Compatibility Considerations

  • Verify ISSM procedure with rollback changes.

  • Backward compatible with Ubuntu-18 for CPS 22.2.0 and 23.1.0 releases.

Troubleshooting

For service-related issues, use the journactl to get the systemctl logs.