Red Hat has finally released a beta version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8



Here the announcement:

Thank you for your interest in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Beta. This Beta
is available for the following hardware architectures:

Intel/AMD 64-bit
IBM Power Systems Little Endian
IBM z Systems
ARM 64-bit

You may also run this Beta as a guest in virtualized environments. You can find
detailed installation instructions and full product documentation on the Red Hat
Customer Portal here:

https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/beta


QUICKSTART INSTALLATION

1. Download the Binary DVD ISO file for your hardware architecture from the
location corresponding to your hardware architecture:

Intel/AMD 64-bit
https://red.ht/2ROrd80

IBM Power little endian
https://red.ht/2FnoQb6

IBM z Systems
https://red.ht/2RUif9k

ARM 64-bit
https://red.ht/2DmPZbn

Optionally, you can create bootable installation media on a USB drive or DVD,
using software on your computer and appropriate hardware . The exact series
of steps to create bootable installable media from an ISO image file varies,
depending on the operating system and application. Consult your application
documentation for the exact steps, taking care to ensure that the media is
created to be bootable.

2. Boot the system directly from the ISO files (if installing as a guest) or
from the newly created physical media or USB flash drive.

3. Follow instructions provided by the graphical installer to complete the
installation.


CONFIGURING A REMOTE BETA SOFTWARE SOURCE

Your system can be configured to install additional software packages that were
not selected at the time of initial installation. The recommended approach is to
configure remote repositories by following these steps:

1. Download the file “rhel-8-beta.repo” from
https://downloads.redhat.com/redhat/rhel/rhel-8-beta/rhel-8-beta.repo and
copy it to a temporary location (e.g. /tmp).

2. Edit the file locally and change “enabled = 0” to “enabled = 1” for the
architecture-specific repositories you want your RHEL 8 Beta installation to
have access to. Enable both rhel-8-for-$arch-baseos-beta-rpms and
rhel-8-for-$arch-appstream-beta-rpms for your specific architecture.

3. As the root user, copy this file to the following location:
/etc/yum.repos.d/

4. Clean the cache in Yum using the following command:
yum clean all

5. Re-create the Yum repository cache by typing the following command:
yum makecache

You are now ready to install additional software packages from the remote Beta
software location.

For additional details, please review “INSTALLING AND DEPLOYING RHEL” available
here:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html-single/installing_and_deploying_rhel/


ADDITIONAL CONTENT

This Beta also provides access to additional content for evaluation. Note that
this content may require you to purchase additional subscriptions at the time of
General Availability.

High-Availability Add-On

Intel/AMD 64-bit
https://red.ht/2Ptbvml

IBM Power little endian
https://red.ht/2zPheYS

IBM z Systems
https://red.ht/2Di2IMJ

Resilient Storage Add-On

Intel/AMD 64-bit
https://red.ht/2FlGo7t

IBM Power little endian
https://red.ht/2OJN1Qp

IBM z Systems
https://red.ht/2Te4QKM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time

Intel/AMD 64-bit
https://red.ht/2Dm7t7N


PROVIDING FEEDBACK

We welcome your feedback. If you are a current Red Hat customer, please open a
case through the Red Hat Customer Portal:

https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/new

For those evaluating the public beta, you may report software defects via Red
Hat Bugzilla using the steps outlined below:

1. Go to https://bugzilla.redhat.com and log in. If you do not have a Bugzilla
account you can create one here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/createaccount.cgi

2. Click Enter a new bug report Under the “Most Common Actions” panel.

3. Click on the Red Hat link on the “Select Classification” page.

4. Choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on the “Select Product” page.

5. Provide details on the nature of the bug you are reporting:

a. Choose a Component. Component is another name for the package you are
reporting the bug against such as kernel or sudo. If you are unsure, use
“distribution”.

b. For Version, select “8.0”.

c. Add a Summary for the bug report. The Summary is a short sentence that
briefly describes the issue.

d. Use the Description field to provide details about the bug. The more
details you provide here, the better. It is especially helpful to provide
steps to reproduce the bug.

e. Use the Attachment field to upload a sosreport, logs, console output, or a
screenshot, if appropriate. A sosreport is created by an automated tool
that collects system log files, configuration details, and system
information from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system to provide to Red Hat
for analysis. Details on how to run a sosreport can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3592

6. After entering as much information as possible to help us reproduce and fix
your bug, click on the “Submit Bug” button at the bottom of this screen.


Thank you,

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux team

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta 1 released