.. |ss| raw:: html .. |se| raw:: html NREC GOLD images ================ .. contents:: The NREC Team provides prebuilt images for user consumption. We try to include popular Linux distributions as well as Windows images with an up to date patch level and basic features needed for working in the cloud. Current GOLD images ------------------- Currently available GOLD images in NREC: ============================== ======== ===================== ======== ==================== ======================= GOLD image Family Default user name Boot FW End of Life Notes ============================== ======== ===================== ======== ==================== ======================= **Alma Linux 8** RedHat ``almalinux`` UEFI May, 2029 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ **Alma Linux 9** RedHat ``almalinux`` UEFI May, 2032 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ **CentOS Stream 9** RedHat ``cloud-user`` [#f2]_ BIOS *unknown* Upstream RHEL [#f1]_ **Debian 11** Debian ``debian`` UEFI June, 2026 "Bullseye" release **Debian 12** Debian ``debian`` UEFI June, 2028 "Bookworm" release **Fedora 39** RedHat ``fedora`` UEFI Dec, 2024 **UiO Managed RHEL 8** RedHat ``cloud-user`` BIOS May, 2029 UiO projects only **UiO Managed RHEL 9** RedHat ``cloud-user`` UEFI May, 2032 UiO projects only **Rocky Linux 8** RedHat ``rocky`` BIOS May, 2029 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ **Rocky Linux 9** RedHat ``rocky`` UEFI May, 2032 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ **Ubuntu 20.04 LTS** Debian ``ubuntu`` BIOS April, 2025 **Ubuntu 22.04 LTS** Debian ``ubuntu`` UEFI April, 2027 **Windows Server 2019 Std** Windows ``Admin`` UEFI January, 2029 Licensed in BGO only **Windows Server 2022 Std** Windows ``Admin`` UEFI October, 2031 Licensed in BGO only ============================== ======== ===================== ======== ==================== ======================= In addition, the following GOLD images are available to GPU users. These images have the correct GPU driver preinstalled: ============================== ======== ===================== ======== ==================== ======================= GOLD image Family Default user name Boot FW End of Life Notes ============================== ======== ===================== ======== ==================== ======================= **vGPU Alma Linux 8** RedHat ``almalinux`` UEFI May, 2029 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ **vGPU Alma Linux 9** RedHat ``almalinux`` UEFI May, 2032 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ **vGPU Ubuntu 20.04 LTS** Debian ``ubuntu`` BIOS April, 2025 **vGPU Ubuntu 22.04 LTS** Debian ``ubuntu`` UEFI April, 2027 ============================== ======== ===================== ======== ==================== ======================= .. [#f1] "Downstream RHEL" means that this is a binary compatible distribution built from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), trailing the release closely. "Upstream RHEL" means that this distribution is *ahead* of RHEL, so if RHEL is in 8.n release, the Stream release will be somewhere near the future 8.n+1 RHEL release. .. [#f2] GOLD images for CentOS Stream 9 released in the period between July 1, 2022 and November 1, 2022 had their default username set to "centos". .. [#f3] GOLD images for CentOS Stream 8 released before December 1, 2022 had their default username set to "centos". Between December 1 and May 1, 2023 the default username was set to "cloud-user". Retired GOLD images ------------------- The following GOLD images are retired and no longer available: ============================== ======== ================== ======== ==================== ======================= GOLD image Family Default user name Boot FW End of Life Notes ============================== ======== ================== ======== ==================== ======================= |ss| CentOS 7 |se| RedHat ``centos`` BIOS May, 2024 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ |ss| CentOS 8 |se| RedHat ``centos`` BIOS Dec, 2021 Downstream RHEL [#f1]_ |ss| CentOS Stream 8 |se| RedHat ``centos`` [#f3]_ BIOS May, 2024 Upstream RHEL [#f1]_ |ss| Fedora 34 |se| RedHat ``fedora`` BIOS May, 2022 |ss| Fedora 35 |se| RedHat ``fedora`` BIOS November, 2022 |ss| Fedora 36 |se| RedHat ``fedora`` BIOS June, 2023 |ss| Fedora 37 |se| RedHat ``fedora`` UEFI December, 2023 |ss| Fedora 38 |se| RedHat ``fedora`` UEFI May, 2024 |ss| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS |se| Debian ``ubuntu`` BIOS April, 2023 |ss| Ubuntu 21.04 |se| Debian ``ubuntu`` BIOS Dec, 2021 |ss| Ubuntu 21.10 |se| Debian ``ubuntu`` BIOS July, 2022 |ss| Debian 9 |se| Debian ``debian`` BIOS June, 2022 "Stretch" release |ss| Debian 10 |se| Debian ``debian`` BIOS June, 2024 "Buster" release |ss| UiO Managed RHEL 7 |se| RedHat ``cloud-user`` BIOS June, 2024 UiO projects only ============================== ======== ================== ======== ==================== ======================= UiO Managed ----------- Shared projects with an organization affiliation to UiO have access to the "UiO Managed" images. An instance created from any of these images will instantly be automatically managed by the IT department at UiO. This includes CFEngine configuration management, monitoring and everything else.