CentOS roadmap and schedule with opalstack ?

sean

anjanesh our best estimate right now is some time in 2023.

dragonxi

Will the Fast Process Management (FPM) & PHP be supported by the new Linux OS version whatever you choose ?

sean

dragonxi yes, the new servers will still use PHP-FPM.

anjanesh

Just wondering in which month the major OS update would be in.

nick

Thanks for following!

Unfortunately, we don't have a set date or month yet.

I'm sure it will be announced on all our social media when that becomes more clear.

Please stay tuned 🙂

pjrobertson

Hey Opalstack 🙂

Any clear timeline on upgrades to Centos 8 / Alma / Rocky? Installing modern software/apps on Opalstack is really difficult now (I just came across an issue that g++ 4.9+ is required to build a node module). I may end up having to leave Opalstack if there's no light at the end of this tunnel by mid 2024 🙁

sean

pjrobertson I believe we're on track to have new servers with Rocky 9 some time in Q2.

Note that we most likely will not be upgrading existing servers, but we can migrate customers to new servers with minimal downtime.

Regarding g++, you can use an updated dev stack in your shell by running source scl_source enable devtoolset-11, for example:

[demo@opal14 ~]$ source scl_source enable devtoolset-11
[demo@opal14 ~]$ g++ --version
g++ (GCC) 11.2.1 20220127 (Red Hat 11.2.1-9)
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

pjrobertson

Great to here about the Q2 schedule, and thanks for the devtoolset-11 tip 🙂

anjanesh

Will the Rocky servers be ready by this year end ?

sean

anjanesh we're not going to use Rocky, it's going to be AlmaLinux 9. We should have the first new servers ready before the end of the year.

zaps

sean I'm sure that many of us here appreciate how much work it must be, to set up servers with a new platform and new major versions of many crucial software packages. And we're really willing you on to success, knowing how many unforeseeable obstacles are likely turn up, on the path you are treading.

How's it going, there? First AlmaLinux 9 VPS within a month, and first AlmaLinux in Q1 2025, do you think? I guess that we're not going to see new services being offered in the next couple of weeks, are we? No sense in launching such a major change just before a period when you'll all be hoping for a quiet, low-maintenance Christmas & New Year.

Will you be looking for some users to volunteer to beta-test setups and things in the New Year?

sean

zaps we're super-close to being ready and it's still 🤞possible🤞 that we'll have a rollout prior to the end of the year.

If you'd like to volunteer to test then please email our support team and we'll contact you when the time comes. Thanks for volunteering!

dragonxi

What is your schedule for the Linux distro Alma ?

peter

dragonxi We are getting closer to finalizing the new AlmaLinux OS setup, but we are not ready to commit to a specific ETA just yet. It's probably going to be a couple more weeks until the new OS build is deployed into production environment. There is no other info we can share at this point, but we'll make an announcement across all our communication channels as soon as the first AlmaLinux servers are available.

dragonxi

What is Linux distro Alma project status ?

When will you have pilot phase
tests completed ?

When will you start building the first
Linux distro Alma production release ?

What is the estimated time when
migrations to Linux distro Alma will start ?

sean

dragonxi if all goes well we should have new AlmaLinux VPS available within the next 1-2 weeks.

There will be no scheduled mass server migrations to the new OS, only scheduled individual migrations for customers who request to migrate.

dragonxi

Linux 9 distro Alma questions
[1] OS
(a) release ?
(b) version ?
(c,) size ?
(d) url ?

[2] system software
(a) component ?
(b) versions ?
(c,) size ?
(d) url ?

[3] software tools ?
(a) component ?
(b) versions ?
(c,) size ?
(d) url ?

[4] software installable later on
(a) component ?
(b) versions ?
(c,) size ?
(d) url ?

Answers to above question
will help to provide valuable
info how to further develop
our current content as well
as explore alternstives to
upgrade our VPS plan.

Thanks id advance & we keep
fingers crossed you guys
get your first Linux 9 distro
Alma build up and running well!

sean

dragonxi there's still no release date but we do expect it to be within a few weeks.

I believe the OS version will be 9.5.

The minimum versions supported for some common languages and tools are:

PHP v8.3
Python v3.9
Node.js v16.20
Ruby v3.3
Go 1.21
Git 2.43
MySQL v8.4
PostgreSQL v17.2

Note that the following software will not be supported on our AlmaLinux 9 servers:

Python v2.x
PHP v5.x
PHP v7.x

I don't know what you're referring to regarding "size" and "url", but if you can clarify that then I'll do my best to answer.

dragonxi

sean

sean
How much
[1] RAM memory
[2] SDD storage
will there be
available for applications
in the VPS
[4] Plan 4GB 80GB 2vCPU 2TB
[5] Plan 8GB 160GB 4vCPU 5TB

taking into account the
resource requirements of
OS 9.5
+
Common languages
+
Tools
which
use the VPS platform
resources
simultaneously

Thanks for your previous
answers &
good luck building the
Linux 9.5 distro Alma

sean

dragonxi The OS and hosting infrastructure typically consume around 10-15 GB of storage and 1GB of RAM (although that can vary with system usage) so if you subtract that from the plan specs you'll see what's left for your apps.