RHEL 8 Beta

Red Hat released the Beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8) on 15 November 2018.

Installing this new release we see that the codename for RHEL 8 is ootpa!

So, how to get started with the new Beta? Here are some useful resources:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta README
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta Download Area
• Introducing Application Streams in RHEL 8 Application Streams are based on Fedora Modularity As an admin this is rather nice. Rather than having an 8Server, extras, supplementary, optional and software collections repository on each server:

most RHEL 8 systems will only need two repositories enabled.

• Python in RHEL 8

To install or run Python on RHEL 8, use python3 – unless you have a different version in mind.

Do not use sudo pip.

Do not use platform-python for your applications. However, use platform-python if you are writing system/admin code for RHEL 8.

And if you have some code for Python 2, now is a great time to start modernizing it.

• Testing out Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta – No Hard Disks Found Hints if the installer is unable to find disks
• Product Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta
• Modularity: Establishing Balance Between Devs and Ops
• I just don’t get modules An interesting Reddit thread on how Application Steams (modularity) compares and contrasts with Red Hat Software Collections (SCL)
• Kata Containers + podman in RHEL8 Beta The versatility of containers, with the isolation of a VM using podman and Kata Containers