The Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team (also known as SIG/Core) dedicates themselves to the development, building, management, production, and release of Rocky Linux. This group combines development and infrastructure in a single cohesive unit of individuals that ultimately make the distribution happen.
-While not a strict Special Interest Group (as defined by the Rocky Linux wiki), the primary goal (or "interest") is to ensure Rocky Linux is built and released in a complete and functional manner. The secondary goal is to ensure proper collaboration and development of the Peridot build system.
+The "SIG/Core" reference name is not a strict Special Interest Group (as defined by the Rocky Linux wiki).
+The primary goal (or "interest") is to ensure Rocky Linux is built and released in a complete and functional manner. The secondary goal is to ensure proper collaboration and development of the Peridot build system.
Release Engineering strives to ensure a stable distribution is developed, built, tested, and provided to the community from the RESF as a compatible derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To achieve this goal, some of the things we do are:
The Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team (also known as SIG/Core) dedicates themselves to the development, building, management, production, and release of Rocky Linux. This group combines development and infrastructure in a single cohesive unit of individuals that ultimately make the distribution happen.
While not a strict Special Interest Group (as defined by the Rocky Linux wiki), the primary goal (or \"interest\") is to ensure Rocky Linux is built and released in a complete and functional manner. The secondary goal is to ensure proper collaboration and development of the Peridot build system.
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\"Why the name SIG/Core?\"
While not an actual Special Interest Group, the reality is that Release Engineering is ultimately the \"core\" of Rocky Linux's production. The idea of \"SIG/Core\" stemmed from the thought that without this group, Rocky Linux would not exist as it is now, so we are \"core\" to its existence. The other idea was that SIG/Core would eventually branch out to elsewhere. Where this would go, it is uncertain.
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Step by step, it looks like this:
This page goes over empanadas, which is part of the SIG/Core toolkit. Empanadas assists SIG/Core is composing repositories, creating ISO's, creating images, and various other activities in Rocky Linux. It is also used for general testing and debugging of repositories and its metadata.
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Note that a release profile (for a major version) is still required for this sync to work.
See the items below to see which options are mandatory and optional.
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Legacy documentation comes here.
Debrand List
Koji Tagging
"},{"location":"legacy/debrand_list/","title":"Rocky Debrand Packages List","text":"This is a list of packages that require changes to their material for acceptance in Rocky Linux. Usually this means there is some text or images in the package that reference upstream trademarks, and these must be swapped out before we can distribute them.
The first items in this list are referenced from the excellent CentOS release notes here: https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS8.1905#Packages_modified_by_CentOS
It is assumed that we will have to modify these same packages. It is also assumed that these changed packages might not necessarily be debranding.
However, this list is incomplete. For example, the package Nginx does not appear on the list, and still has RHEL branding in the CentOS repos. We will need to investigate the rest of the package set and find any more packages like this that we must modify.
One way to find said changes is to look for ?centos tags in the SPEC file, while also looking at the manual debranding if there was any for the c8 branches.
There will be cases where a search and replace for ?centos to ?rocky will be sufficient.
Current patches (for staging) are here.
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Package Notes redhat-indexhtml -> centos-indexhtml -> rocky-indexhtml Here redhat-logos -> centos-logos -> rocky-logos Here redhat-release-* -> centos-release -> rocky-release Here centos-backgrounds -> rocky-backgrounds Provided by logos centos-linux-repos -> rocky-repos Here centos-obsolete-packages Here"},{"location":"legacy/debrand_list/#packages-that-exist-in-rhel-but-not-in-centos","title":"Packages that Exist in RHEL, but not in CentOS","text":"For sake of complete information, here is a list of packages that are in RHEL 8, but do not exist in CentOS 8. We do not need to worry about these packages:
This document covers how the Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team handles the tagging for builds in Koji and how it affects the overall build process.
"},{"location":"legacy/koji_tagging/#contact-information","title":"Contact Information","text":"Owner Release Engineering Team Email Contact releng@rockylinux.org Mattermost Contacts@label @mustafa @neil @tgo Mattermost Channels ~Development"},{"location":"legacy/koji_tagging/#what-is-koji","title":"What is Koji?","text":"Koji is the build system used for Rocky Linux, as well as CentOS, Fedora, and likely others. Red Hat is likely to use a variant of Koji called \"brew\" with similar functionality and usage. Koji uses mock, a common RPM building utility, to build RPMs in a chroot environment.
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koji-hub, which is the center of all Koji operations. It runs XML-RPC and relies on other components to call it for actions. This piece will also talk to the database and is one component that has write access to the filesystem.kojid, which is the daemon that runs on the builder nodes. It's responsibility is to talk to the hub for actions in which it can or has to perform, for example, building an RPM or install images. But that is not all that it can do.koji-web is a set of scripts that provides the web interface that anyone can see at our koji.koji is the command line utility that is commonly used - It is a wrapper of the various API commands that can be called. In our environment, it requires a login via kerberos.kojira is a component that ensures repodata is updated among the build tags.Tags are the most important part of the koji ecosystem. With tags, you can have specific repository build roots for the entire distribution or just a simple subset of builds that should not polute the main build tags (for example, for SIGs where a package or two might be newer (or even older) than what's in BaseOS/AppStream.
Using tags, you can setup what is called \"inheritance\". So for example. You can have a tag named dist-rocky8-build but it happens to inherit dist-rocky8-updates-build, which will likely have a newer set of packages than the former. Inheritance, in a way, can be considered setting \"dnf priorities\" if you've done that before. Another way to look at it is \"ordering\" and \"what comes first\".
Targets call tags to send packages to build in, generally.
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dist-rocky8-build\n el8\n dist-rocky8\n build-modules\n . . .\nIn this tag, you can see that this build tag inherits el8 packages first, and then the packages in dist-rocky8, and then build-modules. This is where \"base\" packages start out at, generally and a lot of them won't be updated or even change with the lifecycle of the version.
dist-rocky8-updates-build\n el8\n dist-rocky8-updates\n dist-rocky8\n dist-rocky8-build\n build-modules\nThis one is a bit different. Notice that it inherits el8 first, and then dist-rocky8-updates, which inherits dist-rocky8. And then it also pulls in dist-rocky8-build, the previous tag we were talking about. This tag is where updates for a minor release are sent to.
dist-rocky8_4-updates-build\n el8_4\n dist-rocky8-updates\n dist-rocky8\n dist-rocky8-build\n el8\n build-modules\nHere's a more interesting one. Notice something? It's pretty similar to the last one, but see how it's named el8_4 instead? This is where updates during 8.4 are basically sent to and that's how they get tagged as .el8_4 on the RPM's. The el8_4 tag contains a build macros package that instructs the %dist tag to be set that way. When 8.5 comes out, we'll basically have the same setup.
At the end of the day, builds that happen in these updates-build tags get dropped in dist-rocky8-updates.
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There are special tags that have a -compose suffix. These tags are used as a way to pull down packages for repository building during the pungi process.
This section goes over the various SOP's for SIG/Core. Please use the menu items to find the various pages of interest.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose/","title":"SOP: Compose and Repo Sync for Rocky Linux and Peridot","text":"This SOP covers how the Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team handles composes and repository syncs for the distribution. It contains information of the scripts that are utilized and in what order, depending on the use case.
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Pungi - This repository contains all the necessary pungi configuration files that peridot translates into its own configuration. Pungi is no longer used for Rocky Linux.
Comps - This repository contains all the necessary comps (which are groups and other data) for a given major version. Peridot (and pungi) use this information to properly build repositories.
Toolkit - This repository contains various scripts and utilities used by Release Engineering, such as syncing composes, functionality testing, and mirror maintenance.
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/mnt/compose -> Compose data/mnt/repos-staging -> Staging/mnt/repos-production -> ProductionEach repository or set of repositories are controlled by various comps and pungi configurations that are translated into peridot. Empanadas is used to run a reposync from peridot's yumrepofs repositories, generate ISO's, and create a pungi compose look-a-like. Because of this, the comps and pungi-rocky configuration is not referenced with empanadas.
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sync_from_peridotbuild-isobuild-iso-extrapull-unpack-treepull-cloud-imagefinalize_composeTo perform a full compose, this order is expected (replacing X with major version or config profile)
# This creates a brand new directory under /mnt/compose/X and symlinks it to latest-Rocky-X\npoertry run sync_from_peridot --release X --hashed --repoclosure --full-run\n\n# On each architecture, this must be ran to generate the lorax images\n# !! Use --rc if the image is a release candidate or a beta image\n# Note: This is typically done using kubernetes and uploaded to a bucket\npoetry run build-iso --release X --isolation=None\n\n# The images are pulled from the bucket\npoetry run pull-unpack-tree --release X\n\n# The extra ISO's (usually just DVD) are generated\n# !! Use --rc if the image is a release candidate or a beta image\n# !! Set --extra-iso-mode to mock if desired\n# !! If there is more than the dvd, remove --extra-iso dvd\npoetry run build-iso-extra --release X --extra-iso dvd --extra-iso-mode podman\n\n# This pulls the generic and EC2 cloud images\npoetry run pull-cloud-image --release X\n\n# This ensures everything is closed out for a release. This copies iso's, images,\n# generates metadata, and the like.\n# !! DO NOT RUN DURING INCREMENTAL UPDATES !!\npoetry run finalize_compose --release X\nIt is possible to simply compose singular repos if you know which ones you want to sync. This can be done when it's not for a brand new release.
# Set your repos as desired. --arch is also acceptable.\n# --ignore-debug and --ignore-source are also acceptable options.\npoetry run sync_from_peridot --release X --hashed --clean-old-packages --repo X,Y,Z\nSyncing utilizes the sync scripts provided in the release engineering toolkit.
When the scripts are being ran, they are usually ran with a specific purpose, as each major version may be different.
The below are common vars files. common_X will override what's in common. Typically these set what repositories exist and how they are named or look at the top level. These also set the current major.minor release as necessary.
.\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_8\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_9\nThese are for the releases in general. What they do is noted below.
\u251c\u2500\u2500 gen-torrents.sh -> Generates torrents for images\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a minor release to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 prep-staging-X.sh -> Preps staging updates and signs repos (only for 8)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sign-repos-only.sh -> Signs the repomd (only for 8)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-file-list-parallel.sh -> Generates file lists in parallel for mirror sync scripts\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod.sh -> Syncs staging to production\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod.delete.sh -> Syncs staging to production (deletes artifacts that are no longer in staging)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod-sig.sh -> Syncs a sig provided compose to production\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a provided compose to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging.delete.sh -> Syncs a provided compose to staging (deletes artifacts that are no longer in the compose)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging-sig.sh -> Syncs a sig provided compose to staging\nGenerally, you will only run sync-to-staging.sh or sync-to-staging.delete.sh to sync. The former is for older releases, the latter is for newer releases. Optionally, if you are syncing a \"beta\" or \"lookahead\" release, you will need to also provide the RLREL variable as beta or lookahead.
# The below syncs to staging for Rocky Linux 8\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Rocky\n# The below syncs to staging for Rocky Linux 9\nRLVER=9 bash sync-to-staging.delete.sh Rocky\nOnce the syncs are done, staging must be tested and vetted before being sent to production. Once staging is completed, it is synced to production.
# Set X to whatever release\nbash RLVER=X sync-to-prod.delete.sh\nbash sync-file-list-parallel.sh\nDuring this phase, staging is rsynced with production, the file list is updated, and the full time list is also updated to allow mirrors to know that the repositories have been updated and that they can sync.
Note: If multiple releases are being updated, it is important to run the syncs to completion before running the file list parallel script.
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Please see the other SOP for Rocky Linux 9+ that are managed via empanadas and peridot.
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Comps - This repository contains all the necessary comps (which are groups and other data) for a given major version. Pungi uses this information to properly build the repositories.
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/mnt/koji -> Koji files store/mnt/compose -> Compose data/mnt/repos-staging -> Staging/mnt/repos-production -> ProductionEach repository or set of repositories are controlled by various pungi configurations. For example, r8.conf will control the absolute base of Rocky Linux 8, which imports other git repository data as well as accompanying json or other configuration files.
Inside the pungi git repository, the folder scripts contain the necessary scripts that are ran to perform a compose. There are different types of composes:
Each script is titled appropriately:
produce-X.sh -> Generates a full compose for X major release, typically set to the current minor release according to rX.confproduce-X-full.sh -> Generates a full compose for X major release, including extras, plus, and devel in one go.updates-X.sh -> Generates a smaller compose for X major release, typically set to the current minor release according to rX.confupdates-X-NAME.sh -> Generates a compose for the specific compose, such as NFV, Rocky-devel, Extras, or Plusupdates-X-full.sh -> Generates a full incremental compose for the X release, which includes extras, plus, and devel in one go. Does NOT make ISO's.When these scripts are ran, they generate an appropriate directory under /mnt/compose/X with a directory and an accompanying symlink. For example. If an update to Rocky was made using updates-8.sh, the below would be made:
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 6144 Jul 21 17:44 Rocky-8-updates-20210721.1\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Jul 21 18:26 latest-Rocky-8 -> Rocky-8-updates-20210721.1\nThis setup also allows pungi to reuse previous package set data to reduce the time it takes to build a compose. Typically during a new minor release, all composes should be ran so they can be properly combined. Example of a typical order if releasing 8.X:
produce-8.sh\nupdates-8-devel.sh\nupdates-8-extras.sh\n\n# ! OR !\nproduce-8-full.sh\nSyncing utilizes the sync scripts provided in the release engineering toolkit.
When the scripts are being ran, they are usually ran for a specific purpose. They are also ran in a certain order to ensure integrity and consistency of a release.
The below are common vars files. common_X will override what's in common. Typically these set what repositories exist and how they are named or look at the top level. These also set the current major.minor release as necessary.
.\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_8\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_9\nThese are for the releases in general. What they do is noted below.
\u251c\u2500\u2500 gen-torrents.sh -> Generates torrents for images\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a minor release to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sign-repos-only.sh -> Signs the repomd (only)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod.sh -> Syncs staging to production\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a provided compose to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging-sig.sh -> Syncs a sig provided compose to staging\nGenerally, you will only run minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh when a full minor release is being produced. So for example, if 8.5 has been built out, you would run that after a compose. gen-torrents.sh would be ran shortly after.
When doing updates, the order of operations (preferably) would be:
* sync-to-staging.sh\n* sync-to-staging-sig.sh -> Only if sigs are updated\n* sync-to-prod.sh -> After the initial testing, it is sent to prod.\nAn example of order:
# The below syncs to staging\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Extras\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Rocky-devel\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Rocky\nOnce the syncs are done, staging must be tested and vetted before being sent to production. During this stage, the updateinfo.xml is also applied where necessary to the repositories to provide errata. Once staging is completed, it is synced to production.
pushd /mnt/repos-staging/mirror/pub/rocky/8.X\npython3.9 /usr/local/bin/apollo_tree -p $(pwd) -n 'Rocky Linux 8 $arch' -i Live -i Minimal -i devel -i extras -i images -i isos -i live -i metadata -i Devel -i plus -i nfv\npopd\nRLVER=8 bash sign-repos-only.sh\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-prod.sh\nbash sync-file-list-parallel.sh\nDuring this phase, staging is rsynced with production, the file list is updated, and the full time list is also updated to allow mirrors to know that the repositories have been updated and that they can sync.
Note: If multiple releases are being updated, it is important to run the syncs to completion before running the file list parallel script.
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cd /root/cron\nbash stable-updates\nThe same goes for a full production.
bash stable\nThis SOP covers how the Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team handles composes and repository syncs for Special Interest Groups.
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# This creates a brand new directory under /mnt/compose/X and symlinks it to latest-SIG-Y-X\n~/.local/bin/poetry run sync_sig --release 9 --sig core --hashed --clean-old-packages --full-run\n\n# This assumes the directories already exist and will update in place.\n~/.local/bin/poetry run sync_sig --release 9 --sig core --hashed --clean-old-packages\nSyncing utilizes the sync scripts provided in the release engineering toolkit.
When the scripts are being ran, they are usually ran with a specific purpose, as each major version may be different.
For SIG's, the only files you'll need to know of are sync-to-staging-sig.sh and sync-to-prod-sig.sh. Both scripts will delete packages and data that are no longer in the compose.
# The below syncs the core 8 repos to staging\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging-sig.sh core\n# The below syncs the core 9 repos to staging\nRLVER=9 bash sync-to-staging-sig.sh core\n\n# The below syncs everything in staging for 8 core to prod\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-prod-sig.sh core\n\n# The below syncs everything in staging for 9 core to prod\nRLVER=9 bash sync-to-prod-sig.sh core\nOnce staging is completed and reviewed, it is synced to production.
bash sync-file-list-parallel.sh\nDuring this phase, staging is rsynced with production, the file list is updated, and the full time list is also updated to allow mirrors to know that the repositories have been updated and that they can sync.
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Every fifteen (15) minutes: Mirrorlist cache is regenerated
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/debuglist is restartedNote that the timing for the restart of the mirror list instances are arbitrary.
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Fastly sits in front of mirror manager. VPN is required to access the /admin endpoints.
If the backend of the CDN is down, it will attempt to guess what the user wanted to access and spit out a result on the dl.rockylinux.org website. For example, a request for AppStream-8 and x86_64 will result in a AppStream/x86_64/os directory on dl.rockylinux.org. Note that this isn't perfect, but it helps in potential down time or patching.
Fastly -> www firewall -> mirrormanager server\nIn reality, the flow is a lot more complex, and a diagram should be created to map it out in a more user-friendly manner (@TODO)
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a. Use psql to mirrormanager server: psql -U mirrormanager -W -h mirrormanager_db_host mirrormanager_db
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Website should be ready (typically with an open PR in github). The content should be verified that the design and content are correct and finalized.
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This SOP contains general checklists required by SIG/Core to prepare and plan for the upcoming release. This work, in general, is required to be done on a routine basis, even months out before the next major or minor release, as it requires monitoring of upstream's (CentOS Stream) work to ensure Rocky Linux will remain ready and compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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The \"SIG/Core\" reference name is not a strict Special Interest Group (as defined by the Rocky Linux wiki).
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\"Why the name SIG/Core?\"
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Step by step, it looks like this:
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Legacy documentation comes here.
Debrand List
Koji Tagging
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The first items in this list are referenced from the excellent CentOS release notes here: https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS8.1905#Packages_modified_by_CentOS
It is assumed that we will have to modify these same packages. It is also assumed that these changed packages might not necessarily be debranding.
However, this list is incomplete. For example, the package Nginx does not appear on the list, and still has RHEL branding in the CentOS repos. We will need to investigate the rest of the package set and find any more packages like this that we must modify.
One way to find said changes is to look for ?centos tags in the SPEC file, while also looking at the manual debranding if there was any for the c8 branches.
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There are special tags that have a -compose suffix. These tags are used as a way to pull down packages for repository building during the pungi process.
This section goes over the various SOP's for SIG/Core. Please use the menu items to find the various pages of interest.
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Pungi - This repository contains all the necessary pungi configuration files that peridot translates into its own configuration. Pungi is no longer used for Rocky Linux.
Comps - This repository contains all the necessary comps (which are groups and other data) for a given major version. Peridot (and pungi) use this information to properly build repositories.
Toolkit - This repository contains various scripts and utilities used by Release Engineering, such as syncing composes, functionality testing, and mirror maintenance.
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/mnt/compose -> Compose data/mnt/repos-staging -> Staging/mnt/repos-production -> ProductionEach repository or set of repositories are controlled by various comps and pungi configurations that are translated into peridot. Empanadas is used to run a reposync from peridot's yumrepofs repositories, generate ISO's, and create a pungi compose look-a-like. Because of this, the comps and pungi-rocky configuration is not referenced with empanadas.
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sync_from_peridotbuild-isobuild-iso-extrapull-unpack-treepull-cloud-imagefinalize_composeTo perform a full compose, this order is expected (replacing X with major version or config profile)
# This creates a brand new directory under /mnt/compose/X and symlinks it to latest-Rocky-X\npoertry run sync_from_peridot --release X --hashed --repoclosure --full-run\n\n# On each architecture, this must be ran to generate the lorax images\n# !! Use --rc if the image is a release candidate or a beta image\n# Note: This is typically done using kubernetes and uploaded to a bucket\npoetry run build-iso --release X --isolation=None\n\n# The images are pulled from the bucket\npoetry run pull-unpack-tree --release X\n\n# The extra ISO's (usually just DVD) are generated\n# !! Use --rc if the image is a release candidate or a beta image\n# !! Set --extra-iso-mode to mock if desired\n# !! If there is more than the dvd, remove --extra-iso dvd\npoetry run build-iso-extra --release X --extra-iso dvd --extra-iso-mode podman\n\n# This pulls the generic and EC2 cloud images\npoetry run pull-cloud-image --release X\n\n# This ensures everything is closed out for a release. This copies iso's, images,\n# generates metadata, and the like.\n# !! DO NOT RUN DURING INCREMENTAL UPDATES !!\npoetry run finalize_compose --release X\nIt is possible to simply compose singular repos if you know which ones you want to sync. This can be done when it's not for a brand new release.
# Set your repos as desired. --arch is also acceptable.\n# --ignore-debug and --ignore-source are also acceptable options.\npoetry run sync_from_peridot --release X --hashed --clean-old-packages --repo X,Y,Z\nSyncing utilizes the sync scripts provided in the release engineering toolkit.
When the scripts are being ran, they are usually ran with a specific purpose, as each major version may be different.
The below are common vars files. common_X will override what's in common. Typically these set what repositories exist and how they are named or look at the top level. These also set the current major.minor release as necessary.
.\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_8\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_9\nThese are for the releases in general. What they do is noted below.
\u251c\u2500\u2500 gen-torrents.sh -> Generates torrents for images\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a minor release to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 prep-staging-X.sh -> Preps staging updates and signs repos (only for 8)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sign-repos-only.sh -> Signs the repomd (only for 8)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-file-list-parallel.sh -> Generates file lists in parallel for mirror sync scripts\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod.sh -> Syncs staging to production\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod.delete.sh -> Syncs staging to production (deletes artifacts that are no longer in staging)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod-sig.sh -> Syncs a sig provided compose to production\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a provided compose to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging.delete.sh -> Syncs a provided compose to staging (deletes artifacts that are no longer in the compose)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging-sig.sh -> Syncs a sig provided compose to staging\nGenerally, you will only run sync-to-staging.sh or sync-to-staging.delete.sh to sync. The former is for older releases, the latter is for newer releases. Optionally, if you are syncing a \"beta\" or \"lookahead\" release, you will need to also provide the RLREL variable as beta or lookahead.
# The below syncs to staging for Rocky Linux 8\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Rocky\n# The below syncs to staging for Rocky Linux 9\nRLVER=9 bash sync-to-staging.delete.sh Rocky\nOnce the syncs are done, staging must be tested and vetted before being sent to production. Once staging is completed, it is synced to production.
# Set X to whatever release\nbash RLVER=X sync-to-prod.delete.sh\nbash sync-file-list-parallel.sh\nDuring this phase, staging is rsynced with production, the file list is updated, and the full time list is also updated to allow mirrors to know that the repositories have been updated and that they can sync.
Note: If multiple releases are being updated, it is important to run the syncs to completion before running the file list parallel script.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_8/","title":"SOP: Compose and Repo Sync for Rocky Linux 8","text":"This SOP covers how the Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team handles composes and repository syncs for Rocky Linux 8. It contains information of the scripts that are utilized and in what order, depending on the use case.
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"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_8/#contact-information","title":"Contact Information","text":"Owner Release Engineering Team Email Contact releng@rockylinux.org Email Contact infrastructure@rockylinux.org Mattermost Contacts@label @mustafa @neil @tgo Mattermost Channels ~Development"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_8/#related-git-repositories","title":"Related Git Repositories","text":"There are several git repositories used in the overall composition of a repository or a set of repositories.
Pungi - This repository contains all the necessary pungi configuration files for composes that come from koji. Pungi interacts with koji to build the composes.
Comps - This repository contains all the necessary comps (which are groups and other data) for a given major version. Pungi uses this information to properly build the repositories.
Toolkit - This repository contains various scripts and utilities used by Release Engineering, such as syncing composes, functionality testing, and mirror maintenance.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_8/#composing-repositories","title":"Composing Repositories","text":"For every stable script, there is an equal beta or lookahead script available.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_8/#mount-structure","title":"Mount Structure","text":"There is a designated system that takes care of composing repositories. These systems contain the necessary EFS/NFS mounts for the staging and production repositories as well as composes.
/mnt/koji -> Koji files store/mnt/compose -> Compose data/mnt/repos-staging -> Staging/mnt/repos-production -> ProductionEach repository or set of repositories are controlled by various pungi configurations. For example, r8.conf will control the absolute base of Rocky Linux 8, which imports other git repository data as well as accompanying json or other configuration files.
Inside the pungi git repository, the folder scripts contain the necessary scripts that are ran to perform a compose. There are different types of composes:
Each script is titled appropriately:
produce-X.sh -> Generates a full compose for X major release, typically set to the current minor release according to rX.confproduce-X-full.sh -> Generates a full compose for X major release, including extras, plus, and devel in one go.updates-X.sh -> Generates a smaller compose for X major release, typically set to the current minor release according to rX.confupdates-X-NAME.sh -> Generates a compose for the specific compose, such as NFV, Rocky-devel, Extras, or Plusupdates-X-full.sh -> Generates a full incremental compose for the X release, which includes extras, plus, and devel in one go. Does NOT make ISO's.When these scripts are ran, they generate an appropriate directory under /mnt/compose/X with a directory and an accompanying symlink. For example. If an update to Rocky was made using updates-8.sh, the below would be made:
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 6144 Jul 21 17:44 Rocky-8-updates-20210721.1\nlrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 26 Jul 21 18:26 latest-Rocky-8 -> Rocky-8-updates-20210721.1\nThis setup also allows pungi to reuse previous package set data to reduce the time it takes to build a compose. Typically during a new minor release, all composes should be ran so they can be properly combined. Example of a typical order if releasing 8.X:
produce-8.sh\nupdates-8-devel.sh\nupdates-8-extras.sh\n\n# ! OR !\nproduce-8-full.sh\nSyncing utilizes the sync scripts provided in the release engineering toolkit.
When the scripts are being ran, they are usually ran for a specific purpose. They are also ran in a certain order to ensure integrity and consistency of a release.
The below are common vars files. common_X will override what's in common. Typically these set what repositories exist and how they are named or look at the top level. These also set the current major.minor release as necessary.
.\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_8\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 common_9\nThese are for the releases in general. What they do is noted below.
\u251c\u2500\u2500 gen-torrents.sh -> Generates torrents for images\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a minor release to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sign-repos-only.sh -> Signs the repomd (only)\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-prod.sh -> Syncs staging to production\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging.sh -> Syncs a provided compose to staging\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 sync-to-staging-sig.sh -> Syncs a sig provided compose to staging\nGenerally, you will only run minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh when a full minor release is being produced. So for example, if 8.5 has been built out, you would run that after a compose. gen-torrents.sh would be ran shortly after.
When doing updates, the order of operations (preferably) would be:
* sync-to-staging.sh\n* sync-to-staging-sig.sh -> Only if sigs are updated\n* sync-to-prod.sh -> After the initial testing, it is sent to prod.\nAn example of order:
# The below syncs to staging\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Extras\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Rocky-devel\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging.sh Rocky\nOnce the syncs are done, staging must be tested and vetted before being sent to production. During this stage, the updateinfo.xml is also applied where necessary to the repositories to provide errata. Once staging is completed, it is synced to production.
pushd /mnt/repos-staging/mirror/pub/rocky/8.X\npython3.9 /usr/local/bin/apollo_tree -p $(pwd) -n 'Rocky Linux 8 $arch' -i Live -i Minimal -i devel -i extras -i images -i isos -i live -i metadata -i Devel -i plus -i nfv\npopd\nRLVER=8 bash sign-repos-only.sh\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-prod.sh\nbash sync-file-list-parallel.sh\nDuring this phase, staging is rsynced with production, the file list is updated, and the full time list is also updated to allow mirrors to know that the repositories have been updated and that they can sync.
Note: If multiple releases are being updated, it is important to run the syncs to completion before running the file list parallel script.
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cd /root/cron\nbash stable-updates\nThe same goes for a full production.
bash stable\nThis SOP covers how the Rocky Linux Release Engineering Team handles composes and repository syncs for Special Interest Groups.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_sig/#contact-information","title":"Contact Information","text":"Owner Release Engineering Team Email Contact releng@rockylinux.org Email Contact infrastructure@rockylinux.org Mattermost Contacts@label @mustafa @neil @tgo Mattermost Channels ~Development"},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_sig/#composing-repositories","title":"Composing Repositories","text":""},{"location":"sop/sop_compose_sig/#mount-structure","title":"Mount Structure","text":"There is a designated system that takes care of composing repositories. These systems contain the necessary EFS/NFS mounts for the staging and production repositories as well as composes.
/mnt/compose -> Compose data/mnt/repos-staging -> Staging/mnt/repos-production -> ProductionEach repository or set of repositories are controlled by various comps and pungi configurations that are translated into peridot. Empanadas is used to run a reposync from peridot's yumrepofs repositories, generate ISO's, and create a pungi compose look-a-like. Because of this, the comps and pungi-rocky configuration is not referenced with empanadas.
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sync_sigTo perform a compose of a SIG, it must be defined in the configuration. As an example, here is composing the core sig.
# This creates a brand new directory under /mnt/compose/X and symlinks it to latest-SIG-Y-X\n~/.local/bin/poetry run sync_sig --release 9 --sig core --hashed --clean-old-packages --full-run\n\n# This assumes the directories already exist and will update in place.\n~/.local/bin/poetry run sync_sig --release 9 --sig core --hashed --clean-old-packages\nSyncing utilizes the sync scripts provided in the release engineering toolkit.
When the scripts are being ran, they are usually ran with a specific purpose, as each major version may be different.
For SIG's, the only files you'll need to know of are sync-to-staging-sig.sh and sync-to-prod-sig.sh. Both scripts will delete packages and data that are no longer in the compose.
# The below syncs the core 8 repos to staging\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-staging-sig.sh core\n# The below syncs the core 9 repos to staging\nRLVER=9 bash sync-to-staging-sig.sh core\n\n# The below syncs everything in staging for 8 core to prod\nRLVER=8 bash sync-to-prod-sig.sh core\n\n# The below syncs everything in staging for 9 core to prod\nRLVER=9 bash sync-to-prod-sig.sh core\nOnce staging is completed and reviewed, it is synced to production.
bash sync-file-list-parallel.sh\nDuring this phase, staging is rsynced with production, the file list is updated, and the full time list is also updated to allow mirrors to know that the repositories have been updated and that they can sync.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/","title":"Mirror Manager Maintenance","text":"This SOP contains most if not all the information needed for SIG/Core to maintain and operate Mirror Manager for Rocky Linux.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/#contact-information","title":"Contact Information","text":"Owner SIG/Core (Release Engineering & Infrastructure) Email Contact infrastructure@rockylinux.org Email Contact releng@rockylinux.org Mattermost Contacts@label @neil @tgo Mattermost Channels ~Infrastructure"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/#introduction","title":"Introduction","text":"So you made a bad decision and now have to do things to Mirror Manager. Good luck.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/#pieces","title":"Pieces","text":"Item Runs on... Software Mirrorlist Server mirrormanager001 https://github.com/adrianreber/mirrorlist-server/ Mirror Manager 2 mirrormanager001 https://github.com/fedora-infra/mirrormanager2"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/#mirrorlist-server","title":"Mirrorlist Server","text":"This runs two (2) instances. Apache/httpd is configured to send /mirrorlist to one and /debuglist to the other.
Every fifteen (15) minutes: Mirrorlist cache is regenerated
Every twenty (20) minutes: Service hosting /mirrorlist is restarted
/debuglist is restartedNote that the timing for the restart of the mirror list instances are arbitrary.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/#mirror-manager-2","title":"Mirror Manager 2","text":"This is a uwsgi service fronted by an apache/httpd instance. This is responsible for everything else that is not /mirrorlist or /debuglist. This allows the mirror managers to, well, manage their mirrors.
Fastly sits in front of mirror manager. VPN is required to access the /admin endpoints.
If the backend of the CDN is down, it will attempt to guess what the user wanted to access and spit out a result on the dl.rockylinux.org website. For example, a request for AppStream-8 and x86_64 will result in a AppStream/x86_64/os directory on dl.rockylinux.org. Note that this isn't perfect, but it helps in potential down time or patching.
Fastly -> www firewall -> mirrormanager server\nIn reality, the flow is a lot more complex, and a diagram should be created to map it out in a more user-friendly manner (@TODO)
User -> Fastly -> AWS NLB over TLS, passthru -> www firewall cluster (decrypt TLS) -> mirrormanager server (Rocky CA TLS)\nBelow are a list of possible tasks to take with mirror manager, depending on the scenario.
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Disable mirrormanager user cronjobs
Update the database with the new content. This is run on a schedule normally (see previous section) but can be done manually.
a. As the mirror manager user, run the following:
/opt/mirrormanager/scan-primary-mirror-0.4.2/target/debug/scan-primary-mirror --debug --config $HOME/scan-primary-mirror.toml --category 'Rocky Linux'\n/opt/mirrormanager/scan-primary-mirror-0.4.2/target/debug/scan-primary-mirror --debug --config $HOME/scan-primary-mirror.toml --category 'Rocky Linux SIGs'\nUpdate the redirects for $reponame-$releasever
a. Use psql to mirrormanager server: psql -U mirrormanager -W -h mirrormanager_db_host mirrormanager_db
b. Confirm that all three columns are filled and that the second and third columns are identical:
select rr.from_repo AS \"From Repo\", rr.to_repo AS \"To Repo\", r.prefix AS \"Target Repo\" FROM repository_redirect AS rr LEFT JOIN repository AS r ON rr.to_repo = r.prefix GROUP BY r.prefix, rr.to_repo, rr.from_repo ORDER BY r.prefix ASC;`\nc. Change the majorversion redirects to point to the new point release, for example:
update repository_redirect set to_repo = regexp_replace(to_repo, '9\\.2', '9.3') where from_repo ~ '(\\w+)-9-(debug|source)';`\nd. Insert new redirects for the major version expected by the installer
insert into repository_redirect (from_repo,to_repo) select REGEXP_REPLACE(rr.from_repo,'9\\.2','9.3'),REGEXP_REPLACE(rr.to_repo,'9\\.2','9.3')FROM repository_redirect AS rr WHERE from_repo ~ '(\\w+)-9.2';\nGenerate the mirrorlist cache and restart the debuglist and verify.
Once the bitflip is initiated, restart mirrorlist and reenable all cronjobs.
"},{"location":"sop/sop_mirrormanager2/#out-of-date-mirrors","title":"Out-of-date Mirrors","text":"shasum=$(curl https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml | sha256sum)tail -latr /var/log/mirrormanager/propagation/rocky-9.3-BaseOS-x86_64_propagation.log.*`\n\nexport VER=9.3\nawk -v shasum=$(curl -s https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/$VER/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}') -F'::' '{split($0,data,\":\")} {if ($4 != shasum) {print data[5], data[6], $2, $7}}' < $(find /var/log/mirrormanager/propagation/ -name \"rocky-${VER}-BaseOS-x86_64_propagation.log*\" -mtime -1 | tail -1)'\nThis will generate a table. You can take the IDs in the first column and use the database to disable them by ID (table name: hosts) or go to https://mirrors.rockylinux.org/mirrormanager/host/ID and uncheck 'User active'.
Users can change user active, but they cannot change admin active. It is better to flip user active in this case.
Admins can also view https://mirrors.rockylinux.org/mirrormanager/admin/all_sites if necessary.
Example of table columns:
Note
These mirrors are here soley as an example and not to call anyone out, every mirror shows up on here at one point, for some reason, due to natural variations in how mirrors sync.
[mirrormanager@ord1-prod-mirrormanager001 propagation]$ awk -v shasum=$(curl -s https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}') -F'::' '{split($0,data,\":\")} {if ($4 != shasum) {print data[5], data[6], $2, $7}}' < rocky-9.3-BaseOS-x86_64_propagation.log.1660611632 | column -t\n164 mirror.host.ag http://mirror.host.ag/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n173 rocky.centos-repo.net http://rocky.centos-repo.net/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 403\n92 rocky.mirror.co.ge http://rocky.mirror.co.ge/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n289 mirror.vsys.host http://mirror.vsys.host/rockylinux/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n269 mirrors.rackbud.com http://mirrors.rackbud.com/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 200\n295 mirror.ps.kz http://mirror.ps.kz/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 200\n114 mirror.liteserver.nl http://rockylinux.mirror.liteserver.nl/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 200\n275 mirror.upsi.edu.my http://mirror.upsi.edu.my/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 200\n190 mirror.kku.ac.th http://mirror.kku.ac.th/rocky-linux/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n292 mirrors.cat.pdx.edu http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 200\n370 mirrors.gbnetwork.com http://mirrors.gbnetwork.com/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n308 mirror.ihost.md http://mirror.ihost.md/rockylinux/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n87 mirror.freedif.org http://mirror.freedif.org/Rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n194 mirrors.bestthaihost.com http://mirrors.bestthaihost.com/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n30 mirror.admax.se http://mirror.admax.se/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 200\n195 mirror.uepg.br http://mirror.uepg.br/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404\n247 mirrors.ipserverone.com http://mirrors.ipserverone.com/rocky/9.3/BaseOS/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml 404'\nThis SOP contains all the steps required by SIG/Core (a mix of Release Engineering and Infrastructure) to perform releases of all Rocky Linux versions. Work is in all collaboration within the entire group of engineerings.
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Torrents should be setup. All files can be synced with the seed box(es) but not yet published. The data should be verified using sha256sum and compared to the CHECKSUM files provided with the files.
Website should be ready (typically with an open PR in github). The content should be verified that the design and content are correct and finalized.
Enough mirrors should be setup. This essentially means that all content for a release should be synced to our primary mirror with the executable bit turned off, and the content should also be hard linked. In theory, mirror manager can be queried to verify if mirrors are or appear to be in sync.
Within a minimum of one (1) to two (2) days, the following should be true:
Updates should be completed in the build system, and verified in staging.
Updates should be sent to production and file lists updated to allow mirrors to sync.
Ensure the SIG/Core Checklist is read thoroughly and executed as listed.
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Website - The primary website and user landing at rockylinux.org should allow the user to efficiently click through to a download link of an ISO, image, or torrent. It must be kept up.
Torrent - The seed box(es) should be primed and ready to go for users downloading via torrent.
Release Notes & Documentation - The release notes are often on the same website as the documentation. The main website and where applicable in the docs should refer to the Release Notes of Rocky Linux.
Wiki - If applicable, the necessary changes and resources should be available for a release. In particular, if a major release has new repos, changed repo names, this should be documented.
Everything else!
Mirror Manager
Pass image to Testing Team for final validation
Mirror Manager
Pass image to Testing Team for validation
Mirror Manager
Pass image to Testing Team for final validation
URL: https://accounts.rockylinux.org
Purpose: Account Services maintains the accounts for almost all components of the Rocky ecosystem
Technology: Noggin used by Fedora Infrastructure
Contact: ~Infrastructure in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra in Libera IRC
URL: https://git.resf.org
Purpose: General projects, code, and so on for the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation.
Technology: Gitea
Contact: ~Infrastructure, ~Development in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra, #rockylinux-devel in Libera IRC
URL: https://github.com/rocky-linux
Purpose: General purpose code, assets, and so on for Rocky Linux. Some content is mirrored to the RESF Git Service.
Technology: GitHub
Contact: ~Infrastructure, ~Development in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra, #rockylinux-devel in Libera IRC
URL: https://git.rockylinux.org
Purpose: Packages and light code for the Rocky Linux distribution
Technology: GitLab
Contact: ~Infrastructure, ~Development in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra, #rockylinux-devel in Libera IRC
URL: https://lists.resf.org
Purpose: Users can subscribe and interact with various mail lists for the Rocky ecosystem
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This SOP contains general checklists required by SIG/Core to prepare and plan for the upcoming release. This work, in general, is required to be done on a routine basis, even months out before the next major or minor release, as it requires monitoring of upstream's (CentOS Stream) work to ensure Rocky Linux will remain ready and compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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These repositories can be monitored by setting to \"all activity\" on the bell icon.
Upon changes to the upstream repositories, SIG/Core member should analyze the changes and apply the same to the lookahead branches:
rocky-release
rocky-logos
pungi-rocky
sync-from-upstreamperidot-rocky
comps
sync-from-upstreamrocky-module-defaults
sync-from-upstreamRepositories that generally track for LookAhead and Beta releases will flow downward to the stable branch. For example:
* rXs / rXlh\n |\n |----> rX-beta\n |\n |----> rX\nThis applies to any specific rocky repo, such as comps, pungi, peridot-config, and so on. As it is expected some repos will deviate in commit history, it is OK to force push, under the assumption that changes made in the lower branch exists in the upper branch. That way you can avoid changes/functionality being reverted on accident.
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