Red Hat

Enterprise Linux
Retro Summit 2024

Aude Mazeas
Senior Solution Architect - Platform Automation
@AutomationWitch
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 Agenda

Agenda
▸ Life Cycle

▸ Updates

▸ Retro Summit 2024

▸ Q&A

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Découvrez des RETEX, des
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Mardi 28 mai à Paris au Pavillon Royal - Inscription
 Life Cycle

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 CentOS Linux End of Life

Migrate to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Unlock in-place upgrades or Extended Lifecycle Support

46 days left until June 30, 2024 ▸ CentOS Linux 7 End Of Life
▸ RHEL 7 End of Maintenance / Start of Extended Life
▸ RHEL 7 Extended Lifecycle Support available

Jun 30, 2024 CentOS Linux 7 EOL

CentOS Linux 7

RHEL 7

RHEL 7 Extended Life June 20, 2028

ELS option for 4 years

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 Product Lifecycle

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Release timeline
8.10
8.9
8.8
8.7
8.6
8.5
8.4
8.3
8.2
8.1
8.0

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

Minor release Extended update support Update services for SAP solutions

Published May 2024

All content contained herein subject to change
 Product Lifecycle

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Release timeline
9.10
9.9
9.8
9.7
9.6
9.5
9.4
9.3
9.2
9.1
9.0

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031

Minor release Extended update support Enhanced extended update support / Update services for SAP solutions

Published May 2024

All content contained herein subject to change
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The Route to RHEL 10

We continue to depend on our open source
development model from Fedora to CentOS Stream to
RHEL.

Upcoming :

▸ CentOS Stream 10

▸ RHEL 10 Beta

▸ RHEL 10 GA

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 Product lifecycle

RHEL Minor Release Changes

There will be no betas for minor releases moving
forward.

▸ Does not impact major release betas

▸ Begins with RHEL 9.5
▸ Get installation media through image builder and packages
through Beta channels

Read more:

Upcoming improvements to Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor

release betas

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 Updates

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 What’s new in Red Hat Satellite 6.15

Satellite 6.15 ▸

▸
katello-agent removed

Host - Installed usage report with SCA

▸ UI improvements

▸ Webhooks improvements

▸ Repository synchronization failure email notifications

▸ Convert to RHEL toolkit

▸ Security hardening

▸ Improved scalability and performance

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 What’s new in Red Hat Satellite 6.15

Important notice
Simple Content Access (SCA)

In 6.16, entitlement mode will be removed and Simple

Content Access will be the only available content access mode.

In 6.16, the Subscription - Entitlement report will be removed.

Use the Host Installed Products report instead.

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 Simple Content Access

System Purpose:
simple markup for non-technical
subscription attributes

Simple content access: Subscriptions service:

use the software you’ve paid for without provides the reporting and tracking you need to
complicated operational burdens efficiently self-govern

[Reporting transparency]

Each tool can be used individually, but they were designed to maximize efficiency by
working together to bring you the full subscription experience.

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 RHSM -> Hybrid Cloud Console Rosetta stone

https://access.redhat.com/management/ Subscription Inventory https://console.redhat.com/subscriptions/inventory

https://access.redhat.com/management/systems System Inventory https://console.redhat.com/insights/inventory

https://access.redhat.com/management/activation_keys Activation Keys https://console.redhat.com/insights/connector/activation-keys

https://access.redhat.com/management/subscription_ https://console.redhat.com/subscriptions/manifests
allocations
Manifests

https://access.redhat.com/management/cloud https://console.redhat.com/settings/integrations
Gold Images

WAS NOW
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 Summit 2024

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 What’s new with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Combining the power of RHEL with the benefits of containers

All RHEL users benefit from standardization

Simplify operating system (OS) portability across hybrid
cloud environments

DevOps teams can reduce platform and application friction

Integrate the operating system into continuous integration
and continuous delivery (CI/CD) and GitOps workflows

Security teams can make their jobs far less complex

Apply container security tools to the base elements of the
operating system

Solution providers can more easily deliver offerings

Build, test, and distribute Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based
applications more easily

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 What’s new with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Podman Desktop AI Lab simplifies AI adoption for developers

Brings key open source tools and AI models to local development environments

Build, test, and run generative AI-powered

applications in containers

Use a recipe catalog to jump start applications like

chatbots, text summarizers, and code generators

Experiment in a playground environment that gives

users space to run large language models locally

Create prototypes using a curated list of lightweight

and quantized open source models

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 What’s new with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

RHEL Lightspeed brings Linux to the next generation of IT talent

Intelligent, natural language processing capabilities designed to bridge the skills gap

RHEL Lightspeed is currently in the planning stages.

Improve the productivity and efficiency of operations and

developer teams by integrating AI into the operating system

Simplify enterprise planning and system administration,

improve performance, and enhance security

Extend expertise to architects and operators, from the

novice system administrator to the most senior architect

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 What’s new with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Insights with proactive guidance for image builder

Standardize foundational IT technologies to create a force multiplier

Coming soon

Proactively provides recommendations to create standard

operating environment (SOE) images based on RHEL

Analyzes selected packages and recommends related,

relevant packages to include

Recommends repositories to find packages that are not

available in the currently selected repositories

Highlights upcoming life cycle milestones to prepare

for possible upgrades

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What’s new with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Console Virtual Assistant

Always eager to help !

Get around Insights services

with quick pointers

Manage permissions with easier

Org admin contact

Ask about features you’re not yet

familiar with
 Resources

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 See for yourself

Get your hands on the terminal

lab.redhat.com

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Q&A

Aude Mazeas
Senior Solution Architect - Platform Automation
@AutomationWitch

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