OS Image

GCP

Latest GCP OS Image will be used (linux rh like)

AWS

The following AMI are selectable with these settings :

Variable	Default	Description
enable-al2023	yes	use newer AMI AL2023 (Amazon Linux 2023) otherwise use AWS2
enable-customami	no	dont use AWS AMI but a custom one (that should be RH like)
ssmamicustompath	notset	full SSM path to the AMI in the region

Note the following images were tested at some point : | Image | Status | Description | | — | — | — | | AWS1 | Highly deprecated (please stop using this !) | legacy AWS AMI , rh6 like , no systemd or wlm ! | | RH/Centos 7| Deprecated | No longer supported , yum update is so slow….. | | RH/Centos 8| Deprecated (*) | works fine but you need a version with os updates/support !| | RH/Centos stream 9| ok but slightly tested| systemd support and cgroup logic for AL2023 should handle all cases but not all versions tested | | AWS2 | OK |Highly tested but you may want to migrate before support end, see https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/faqs/ | | AL2023 | OK | newer and latest, cgroup automatically downgraded to v1 at the moment|