Daniel Hilst
b2d19b4afe
Every diskfull install stopped in the installer. The node installed the OS and answered ping, but no postscript ran, so remoteshell never wrote the root key and the management node got "Permission denied (publickey,password)". The node stayed at status powering-on and reinstalled in a loop. append_xcatpost_cleanup in xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost writes the cleanup with a here-document whose delimiter is EOF, so the file holds a line "EOF". post.xcat, post.xcat.ng, post.xcat.rhels10, post.debian and the two s390x scripts embed the whole file with "#INCLUDE:<path>#" inside "cat >/opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost << 'EOF'". That line ends the outer here-document early, and the remaining 890 lines of xcatdsklspost become shell code in the generated install script. bash reports a syntax error and curtin fails the late-command that runs it. The here-document now ends at XCATPOST_CLEANUP, and a comment states the constraint the file is under. postscript_heredoc_embedding.t assembles each embedding and parses it. It fails on the six install scripts without this change. Signed-off-by: Daniel Hilst <392820+dhilst@users.noreply.github.com>
xCAT
xCAT is a toolkit for deployment and administration of clusters of all sizes.
The xCAT sunset was only a quick eclipse
Dear xCAT Community,
The xCAT sunset has changed course. VersatusHPC has been invited to join the xCAT Consortium, and future development will move toward direct upstream contributions coordinated with the Consortium and its existing member companies.
That matters most for Enterprise Linux 10 (EL10). EL10 support is coming to xCAT, restoring a future operating-system path for sites that still rely on xCAT. This is an important change from the previous sunset guidance, where the lack of an EL10 path was one of the strongest reasons to move away from xCAT.
The xCAT Consortium continues to recommend Confluent as the long-term successor to xCAT, and that remains the Consortium position. Users planning new cluster-management deployments should evaluate Confluent and its xCAT comparison documentation.
At the same time, xCAT is no longer sunsetted. The Consortium and participating companies will continue updating xCAT while there is community and user demand for it.
In summary:
- xCAT development is continuing upstream through the Consortium and participating companies.
- Enterprise Linux 10 support is coming.
- Confluent remains the Consortium-recommended successor and migration path.
- xCAT updates will continue while there is community and user demand.
We want to thank the xCAT Consortium and community for keeping this project moving. The sun went behind the moon for a moment, but xCAT is still here.
For more information on Confluent and how to get started, please visit the Confluent: Project Page, Documentation or Confluent vs xCAT comparison.
With thanks,
The xCAT Consortium
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