[AWIPS #QKV-178239]: Centos 7 and AWIPSII

Hi there,

> My I.T. department is asking me when I will stop using Centos 7. I know 
> Centos 7 is
> not EOL until June 30, 2024, but has any decision been made on what the next 
> OS will
> be used for AWIPSII? I'd like to be able to tell them what I will be moving 
> to.

Thanks for your great question.  We are planning on putting out a production 
release of
version 20 of AWIPS before the end of the year (still dependent on RHEL7), and 
then 
immediately transitioning to working on a release of version 24, which is based 
on 
RHEL8 (Redhat Enterprise Linux).  We have not yet chosen the exact open-source 
version
of RHEL8 that we'll use, but we have been looking at using Rocky8.  I think 
that will
likely be the next OS we support for our EDEX.

I also want to make it known, if you're using CAVE, we do support installations 
for both
Windows and MacOS outside of CentOS7, if that is an option for you?

Sorry I don't have a more definitive answer, but I hope it is somewhat helpful.
Thanks.

--Shay Carter

She/Her/Hers
AWIPS Software Engineer
UCAR - Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QKV-178239
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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