I fully agree with Alma as the choice for a multitude of reasons. Even Arista uses AlmaLinux for their EOS-based products. The fact it's run by a 501(c) non-profit unlike Rocky is a pretty good reason to go that route, as we've already dealt with one major headache related to a for-profit changing direction. Cheers, David On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, at 02:34, Alexander Patrakov wrote: > Just as another consideration, AlmaLinux is targeting x86_64 v2, while > other RHEL clones target v3. So, basing Ceph builds and containers on > AlmaLinux will make containerized builds assembled from these RPMs more > compatible with ancient hardware still found in labs, and with test > clusters running on misconfigured third-party cloud hypervisors. > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM Patrick Begou < > Patrick.Begou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Michel, >> >> and what about using Almalinux for your build ? In my mind Almalinux is >> closest to REHL as Rocky linux kernels are more advanced. Just to >> maximize the compatibility of the x86_64 rpm. >> >> Patrick >> >> Le 31/07/2025 à 22:31, Michel Jouvin a écrit : >> > Hi Dan, >> > >> > I think it would be a good move. Now that CentOS Stream has been >> > repurposed as a RHEL upstream instead of downstream as it was >> > initially, it really makes sense. I would not expect any trouble for >> > CS users as the backward compatibility is maintained in CS as un RHEL >> > The problem that happened with recent Ceph rebuilds is because CS by >> > design introduces things not yet present in RHEL releases and it's >> > derivatives. >> > >> > Best regards, >> > >> > Michel >> > Sent from my mobile >> > Le 31 juillet 2025 18:34:32 Dan van der Ster >> > <dan.vanderster@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM Moritz Baumann <mo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I have problems upgrading ceph from >> >>> >> >>> https://download.ceph.com/rpm-19.2.3/el9/x86_64/ >> >>> >> >>> and have broken dependencies on host running Almalinux 9.6 >> >>> >> >>> So: >> >>> >> >>> ceph orch upgrade start --ceph_version 19.2.3 >> >>> >> >>> works, >> >>> but a dnf --refresh upgrade on ceph nodes gives broken dependencies >> >>> >> >>> ceph-poc1[0]:~# dnf --refresh upgrade >> >>> ... >> >>> Error: >> >>> Problem 1: cannot install the best update candidate for package >> >>> ceph-common-2:19.2.2-0.el9.x86_64 >> >>> - nothing provides libcrypto.so.3(OPENSSL_3.4.0)(64bit) needed by >> >>> ceph-common-2:19.2.3-0.el9.x86_64 from Ceph >> >> >> >> Thanks for sharing this. The upstream build team is aware of this (and >> >> the same issue in reef) and actively are working on a path forward. >> >> It's unfortunate that Stream broke compatibility this way -- the team >> >> is testing the impact if we move to Rocky 9 going forward for >> >> reef/squid. >> >> >> >> One concern is if such a change might similarly break our Stream 9 >> >> users -- but... are there any Stream 9 users out there? >> >> >> >> Cheers, dan >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dan van der Ster >> >> Ceph Executive Council | CTO @ CLYSO >> >> Try our Ceph Analyzer -- https://analyzer.clyso.com/ >> >> https://clyso.com | dan.vanderster@xxxxxxxxx >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx >> > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx >> > > > -- > Alexander Patrakov > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
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