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.
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 |
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 |
cloud-user |
BIOS |
unknown |
Upstream RHEL |
Debian 10 |
Debian |
debian |
BIOS |
June, 2024 |
“Buster” release |
Debian 11 |
Debian |
debian |
UEFI |
June, 2026 |
“Bullseye” release |
Fedora 37 |
RedHat |
fedora |
UEFI |
December, 2023 |
|
Fedora 38 |
RedHat |
fedora |
UEFI |
April, 2024 |
|
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 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 |
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 |
vGPU Alma Linux 9 |
RedHat |
almalinux |
UEFI |
May, 2032 |
Downstream RHEL |
vGPU Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
Debian |
ubuntu |
BIOS |
April, 2025 |
|
vGPU Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
Debian |
ubuntu |
UEFI |
April, 2027 |
|
The following GOLD images are retired and no longer available:
GOLD image |
Family |
Default user name |
Boot FW |
End of Life |
Notes |
CentOS 8 |
RedHat |
centos |
BIOS |
Dec, 2021 |
Downstream RHEL |
Fedora 34 |
RedHat |
fedora |
BIOS |
May, 2022 |
|
Fedora 35 |
RedHat |
fedora |
BIOS |
November, 2022 |
|
Fedora 36 |
RedHat |
fedora |
BIOS |
June, 2023 |
|
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS |
Debian |
ubuntu |
BIOS |
April, 2023 |
|
Ubuntu 21.04 |
Debian |
ubuntu |
BIOS |
Dec, 2021 |
|
Ubuntu 21.10 |
Debian |
ubuntu |
BIOS |
July, 2022 |
|
Debian 9 |
Debian |
debian |
BIOS |
June, 2022 |
“Stretch” release |
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.