As CentOS 7 has reached its end of life on the 30th June, the Tier-1 computing farm is planning to update farmhas completed the upgrade of the Operating System on all user-interfaces and worker-nodes to AlmaLinux 9 by the end of the year.
To ease the transition to the new OS we prepared a new general-purpose user-interface (ui9-tier1.cr.cnaf.infn.it) where users can test their software and workflows.
Test submission on AlmaLinux 9
As some worker-nodes are already running the new OS users can request to run on those machines by including these lines in their submit files:
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+SingularityImage = false
Requirements = (TARGET.OpSysAndVer == "AlmaLinux9") |
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$ cat submit-alma9.sub
# Unix submit description file
# sleep.sub -- simple sleep job
+SingularityImage = false
Requirements = (TARGET.OpSysAndVer == "AlmaLinux9")
batch_name = Alma9-Sleep
executable = sleep.sh
arguments = 60
log = $(batch_name).log.$(Cluster).$(Process)
output = $(batch_name).out.$(Cluster).$(Process)
error = $(batch_name).err.$(Cluster).$(Process)
should_transfer_files = Yes
when_to_transfer_output = ON_EXIT
queue |
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| title | Missing Packages |
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In order to review the list of packages we install on our worker nodes, we selected only the strictly necessary ones.
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a singularity image, based on the old CentOS7 worker-nodes has been created to temporary run jobs into.
Keep executing jobs on CentOS7
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