NREC GOLD images¶
Last changed: 2022-09-23
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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:
| GOLD image | Family | Default user name | Boot FW | End of Life | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Linux 8 | RedHat | almalinux |
UEFI | May, 2029 | Downstream RHEL * |
| Alma Linux 9 | RedHat | almalinux |
UEFI | May, 2032 | Downstream RHEL * |
| CentOS 7 | RedHat | centos |
BIOS | May, 2024 | Downstream RHEL * |
| CentOS Stream 8 | RedHat | centos |
BIOS | May, 2024 | Upstream RHEL * |
| CentOS Stream 9 | RedHat | centos ** |
BIOS | unknown | Upstream RHEL * |
| Debian 10 | Debian | debian |
BIOS | June, 2024 | “Buster” release |
| Debian 11 | Debian | debian |
UEFI | June, 2026 | “Bullseye” release |
| Fedora 36 | RedHat | fedora |
BIOS | June, 2023 | |
| UiO Managed RHEL 7 | RedHat | cloud-user |
BIOS | June 2024 | UiO projects only |
| 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 * |
| Rocky Linux 9 | RedHat | rocky |
UEFI | May, 2032 | Downstream RHEL * |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | Debian | ubuntu |
BIOS | April, 2023 | |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Debian | ubuntu |
BIOS | April, 2025 | |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | Debian | ubuntu |
UEFI | April, 2027 | |
| Windows Server 2019 Std | Windows | Admin |
BIOS | Janary, 2024 | Activation in BGO only |
Retired GOLD images:
| GOLD image | Family | Default user name | Boot FW | End of Life | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RedHat | centos |
BIOS | Dec, 2021 | Downstream RHEL * | |
| RedHat | fedora |
BIOS | May, 2022 | ||
| RedHat | fedora |
BIOS | November, 2022 | ||
| Debian | ubuntu |
BIOS | Dec, 2021 | ||
| Debian | ubuntu |
BIOS | July, 2022 | ||
| Debian | debian |
BIOS | June, 2022 | “Stretch” release |
*- “Downstream RHEL” means that this is a binary compatible distribution build on Redhat 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.
**- Prior to GOLD images released after July 1, 2022 the default username for CentOS Stream 9 was “cloud-user”
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.