NREC GOLD images¶
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 |
|
UEFI |
May, 2029 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
Alma Linux 9 |
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
May, 2032 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
CentOS Stream 9 |
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
unknown |
Upstream RHEL [1] |
Debian 11 |
Debian |
|
UEFI |
June, 2026 |
“Bullseye” release |
Debian 12 |
Debian |
|
UEFI |
June, 2028 |
“Bookworm” release |
Fedora 39 |
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
Dec, 2024 |
|
UiO Managed RHEL 8 |
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
May, 2029 |
UiO projects only |
UiO Managed RHEL 9 |
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
May, 2032 |
UiO projects only |
Rocky Linux 8 |
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
May, 2029 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
Rocky Linux 9 |
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
May, 2032 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
Debian |
|
BIOS |
April, 2025 |
|
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
Debian |
|
UEFI |
April, 2027 |
|
Windows Server 2019 Std |
Windows |
|
UEFI |
January, 2029 |
Licensed in BGO only |
Windows Server 2022 Std |
Windows |
|
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 |
|
UEFI |
May, 2029 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
vGPU Alma Linux 9 |
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
May, 2032 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
vGPU Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
Debian |
|
BIOS |
April, 2025 |
|
vGPU Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
Debian |
|
UEFI |
April, 2027 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
May, 2024 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
|
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
Dec, 2021 |
Downstream RHEL [1] |
|
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
May, 2024 |
Upstream RHEL [1] |
|
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
May, 2022 |
|
|
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
November, 2022 |
|
|
RedHat |
|
BIOS |
June, 2023 |
|
|
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
December, 2023 |
|
|
RedHat |
|
UEFI |
May, 2024 |
|
|
Debian |
|
BIOS |
April, 2023 |
|
|
Debian |
|
BIOS |
Dec, 2021 |
|
|
Debian |
|
BIOS |
July, 2022 |
|
|
Debian |
|
BIOS |
June, 2022 |
“Stretch” release |
|
Debian |
|
BIOS |
June, 2024 |
“Buster” release |
|
RedHat |
|
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.