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> We'll now need to plan to move over 20k instances to Rocky Linux. No judgement - curious, what does Rocky give vs. al2022? RPM compatibility? Or maybe, what
by jeppesen-io 5y ago
> We'll now need to plan to move over 20k instances to Rocky Linux.
No judgement - curious, what does Rocky give vs. al2022? RPM compatibility? Or maybe, what do you like about RHEL compatibility?
- sandGorgon 5y agocompliance i suspect. If you're working in compliance heavy industries, then RHEL certification is signed off on. Any other linux (including Rocky Linux) will need to be painfully certified.
- someguydave 5y agowhy would amazon linux be a suitable substitute for genuine RHEL if compliance is an issue?
- AstroDogCatcher 5y agoIf compliance is an issue, I doubt whether there is such a thing as a "suitable substitute". Certainly none of the commercial applications I interact with accepted CentOS as an alternative to RHEL, so they certainly won't allow a substitution for Rocky or Alma. While AL2022 isn't a drop-in RHEL alternative, it seems much more likely that vendors will accept it as a commercially supported install base given that it is a first-class citizen on the biggest cloud.
- sandGorgon 5y agoamazon linux is BETTER than rhel in that regard. AWS has a secret weapon in compliance - its called AWS Artifact. most compliance certifying agencies will pass-through accept AWS Artifact reports. No technical reason. Just sheer Amazon muscle i guess. https://aws.amazon.com/artifact/ https://aws.amazon.com/artifact/
- bradknowles 5y agoWe used that for PCI compliance when I was working at Whole Foods. That only covers their part of the shared responsibility model. There’s still a whole boatload of things that still need to be covered which do not fall on their side of the shared responsibility model.
- jeppesen-io 5y agoThat makes sense, but wouldn't you expect al2022 to reach compliance before Rocky? I just deal with iso cert, so not clear on possible requirements