End of Life for Oracle Linux 7 and RHEL7

README.adoc

@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ Read link:doc/featurelist.adoc[here] for a detailed list of features of `ansible
 
 
 ## Pre-requisites
-* Ansible Version >= 2.9.   (Version 2.12 or newer of Ansible is recommended)
-* Oracle Linux (or any RHEL-based Linux System) >= 7
+* Ansible Version >= 2.14.
+* Oracle Linux (or any RHEL-based Linux System) >= 8
 * Oracle Database/Grid Infrastructure 21.3.0.0, 19.3.0.0

README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # ansible-oracle
 
-
-_IMPORTANT_
-
-*This an a beta release of `ansible-oracle`.* Use Version 3.x for production instead of this version.
-
-
 * Automated installation of
    * Oracle RAC databases
    * RAC One Node database and
@@ -15,15 +9,18 @@ _IMPORTANT_
 # Documentation
 
 ## Features
+
 1. Full list of features of ansible-oracle <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle/blob/master/doc/featurelist.adoc>
 1. More details <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle>
 
 
 ## Getting Started
+
 1. Vagrant setup on Windows <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle/blob/master/doc/vagrant.adoc>
 1. Beginner <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle/blob/master/doc/guides/beginner.adoc>
 
 ### Next Steps
+
 1. Read the full documentation <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle/tree/master/doc>
 1. How to develop in ansible-oracle <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle/blob/master/doc/development.adoc>
 1. List of roles in ansible-oracle <https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle/blob/master/doc/roles.adoc>
@@ -34,5 +31,5 @@ _IMPORTANT_
 * Ansible Version >= 2.14
 
   Version 2.14 or newer of Ansible is recommended
-* Oracle Linux (or any RHEL-based Linux System) >= 7
+* Oracle Linux (or any RHEL-based Linux System) >= 8
 * Oracle Database/Grid Infrastructure 21.3.0.0, 19.3.0.0

changelogs/fragments/rhel_ol7.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+deprecated_features:
+  - "End of Life for Oracle Linux 7 and RHEL7 ()"

doc/featurelist.adoc

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ See documentation from Oracle for differences between Enterprise and Standard Ed
 |OracleLinux +
 Redhat Enterprise Linux
 |6 <<table1footnote,^[1]^>> +
-7 +
+7 <<table1footnote,^[1]^>> +
 8 +
 9 (experimental!) <<table1footnote,^[5]^>>
 

example/beginner/vagrant/Vagrantfile

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
 
   config.vm.disk :disk, size: "150GB", name: "#{vm_name}_oracle"
 
-  config.vm.box =  "Rendanic/oraclelinux-7.x"
+  config.vm.box =  "Rendanic/oraclelinux-8.x"
   config.vm.box_check_update = false
 
   config.vm.network :private_network, ip: lanip

example/rac/vagrant/Vagrantfile

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
 
   # Every Vagrant virtual environment requires a box to build off of.
   config.ssh.insert_key = false
-  config.vm.box = "Rendanic/oraclelinux-7.x"
+  config.vm.box = "Rendanic/oraclelinux-8.x"
 
   (1..num_DB_INSTANCES).each do |i|
     # this is to start machines higher to lower

extensions/molecule/default/molecule.yml

@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@ dependency:
 driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
-  - name: ol7
-    image: "quay.io/rendanic/docker-ol7-ansible:latest"
-    pre_build_image: true
-    # The following 4 lines are needed only for making systemd work
-    command: ${MOLECULE_DOCKER_COMMAND:-""}
-    volumes:
-      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
-    cgroupns_mode: host
-    privileged: true
   - name: ol8
     image: "quay.io/rendanic/docker-ol8-ansible:latest"
     pre_build_image: true

roles/common/README.md

@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ Url for epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
 #### Default value
 
 ```YAML
-epel7_rpm: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+epel7_rpm: 
+  https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-14.noarch.rpm
 ```
 
 ### epel8_rpm

roles/common/defaults/main.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ epel9_rpm: oracle-epel-release-el9
 epel8_rpm: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
 
 # @var epel7_rpm:description: Url for epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-epel7_rpm: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+epel7_rpm: https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-14.noarch.rpm
 
 # @var epel6_rpm:description: Url for epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
 epel6_rpm: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm