Instructiuni de instalare AlmaLinux Beta - AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso

Dupa o luna si jumatate de la anuntul CloudLinux, este disonibila versiunea beta publica pentru AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux este un fork complet gratuit 1: 1 binar compatibil al Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, inspirat de comunitate si construit de inginerii din spatele CloudLinux. Exista trei imagini ISO de instalare disponibile AlmaLinux Beta:

• Descarca AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso - instalare in retea care descarca pachete pe Internet.

• Descarca AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-minimal.iso - o imagine minima care face posibila instalarea offline.

• Descarca AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-dvd1.iso - o imagine de instalare completa care contine in principal toate pachetele AlmaLinux.

Descarcati o imagine ISO si verificati suma de verificare a acesteia.

# import the AlmaLinux public key
$ wget https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux
$ gpg --import RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux

# download a checksums list
$ wget https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.3-beta/isos/x86_64/CHECKSUM

#verify the checksums list
$ gpg --verify CHECKSUM 
gpg: Signature made Thu 28 Jan 2021 11:39:12 PM MSK 
gpg:                using RSA key 51D6647EC21AD6EA 
gpg: Good signature from "AlmaLinux packager@almalinux.org" [unknown] 
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! 
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: 5E9B 8F56 17B5 066C E920  57C3 488F CF7C 3ABB 34F8 Subkey fingerprint: E53C F5EF 91CE B0AD 1812  ECB8 51D6 647E C21A D6EA

# download the network install ISO
$ wget https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.3-beta/isos/x86_64/AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso

# calculate the downloaded ISO SHA256 checksum
$ sha256sum AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso 
d15be406f417e81382b46a54d87dff01c8ca770c847c18703f19146587b61a1f  AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso

# compare it with expected checksum, it should be the same
$ cat CHECKSUM | grep -E 'SHA256.*AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso'
SHA256 (AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso) = d15be406f417e81382b46a54d87dff01c8ca770c847c18703f19146587b61a1f

Creare USB pentru a instala AlmaLinux:

dd if=AlmaLinux-8.3-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso of=/dev/sdX