[CASSANDRA-17331] For rpm packaging replace centos8 docker images with almalinux

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.26, 3.11.12, 4.0.2, 4.1-alpha1, 4.1
• Component/s: Packaging
• Bug Category: Packaging - Package Distribution
• Severity: Critical
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Discovered By: Unit Test
• Platform: All
• Since Version: 3.0.26

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra-builds/commit/c29f6802329df0ef40f4a415e9e9fa2ad94c2c7e

Test and Documentation Plan

local testing of

cd cassandra-builds
./build-scripts/cassandra-rpm-packaging.sh trunk 8

and

cd cassandra
cassandra_builds_dir=../cassandra-builds ../cassandra-builds/build-scripts/cassandra-artifacts.sh

• Assignee: Michael Semb Wever
• Reporter: Michael Semb Wever

Authors

Michael Semb Wever

Reviewers

Brandon Williams

• Created: 31/Jan/22 22:59
• Updated: 27/May/22 19:25
• Resolved: 01/Feb/22 14:48

Description

Centos went EOL, and CI started failing today with

Failed to download metadata for repo 'appstream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: No URLs in mirrorlist

ref: https://ci-cassandra.apache.org/job/Cassandra-trunk-artifacts/1010/jdk=jdk_1.8_latest,label=cassandra/consoleFull

Switching to almalinux seems one common path forward…