Epic Goal

• Switch MicroShift CI to RHEL 9.8 to gain confidence about the new OS version

Why is this important?

• Alignment with the operating system version used by the OpenShift 4.22 release

Scenarios

1. MicroShift CI is using RHEL 9.8 bootc from the staging registry
2. MicroShift CI is using RHEL 9.8 ostree built with osbuild-composer

Acceptance Criteria

• CI - MUST be running successfully with tests automated

Dependencies (internal and external)

1. The bootc RHEL 9.8 images should be available and functional pre-release from registry.stage.redhat.io/rhel9/rhel-bootc:9.8
2. The ostree RHEL 9.8 images should be supported by osbuild-composer pre-release   

Previous Work (Optional):

1. None

Open questions:

1. RHEL 9.8 bootc images from the staging registry does not allow installation of all the required RPM packages

Done Checklist

• CI - CI is running, tests are automated and merged.
• Release Enablement <link to Feature Enablement Presentation>
• DEV - Upstream code and tests merged: <link to meaningful PR or GitHub Issue>
• DEV - Upstream documentation merged: <link to meaningful PR or GitHub Issue>
• DEV - Downstream build attached to advisory: <link to errata>
• QE - Test plans in Polarion: <link or reference to Polarion>
• QE - Automated tests merged: <link or reference to automated tests>
• DOC - Downstream documentation merged: <link to meaningful PR>