README

                       Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Beta


Thank you for your interest in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Beta.  This Beta
is available for the following hardware architectures:

   Intel/AMD 64-bit
   IBM Power Systems Little Endian
   IBM z Systems
   ARM 64-bit

You may also run this Beta as a guest in virtualized environments.  You can find
detailed installation instructions and full product documentation on the Red Hat
Customer Portal here:

https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/beta


QUICKSTART INSTALLATION

1. Download the Binary DVD ISO file for your hardware architecture from the
   location corresponding to your hardware architecture:

   Intel/AMD 64-bit
   https://red.ht/2FufQQC

   IBM Power little endian
   https://red.ht/2HdJTOf

   IBM z Systems
   https://red.ht/2RQPwWC

   ARM 64-bit
   https://red.ht/2TQbdn2

   Optionally, you can create bootable installation media on a USB drive or DVD,
   using software on your computer and appropriate hardware . The exact series
   of steps to create bootable installable media from an ISO image file varies,
   depending on the operating system and application. Consult your application
   documentation for the exact steps, taking care to ensure that the media is
   created to be bootable.

2. Boot the system directly from the ISO files (if installing as a guest) or
   from the newly created physical media or USB flash drive.

3. Follow instructions provided by the graphical installer to complete the
   installation.


CONFIGURING A REMOTE BETA SOFTWARE SOURCE

Your system can be configured to install additional software packages that were
not selected at the time of initial installation. The recommended approach is to
configure remote repositories by following these steps:

1. Download the file “rhel-8-beta.repo” from
   https://downloads.redhat.com/redhat/rhel/rhel-8-beta/rhel-8-beta.repo and
   copy it to a temporary location (e.g. /tmp).

2. Edit the file locally and change “enabled = 0” to “enabled = 1” for the
   architecture-specific repositories you want your RHEL 8 Beta installation to
   have access to.  Enable both rhel-8-for-$arch-baseos-beta-rpms and
   rhel-8-for-$arch-appstream-beta-rpms for your specific architecture.

3. As the root user, copy this file to the following location:
   /etc/yum.repos.d/

4. Clean the cache in Yum using the following command:
   yum clean all

5. Re-create the Yum repository cache by typing the following command:
   yum makecache

You are now ready to install additional software packages from the remote Beta
software location.

For additional details, please review “INSTALLING AND DEPLOYING RHEL” available
here:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8-beta/html-single/installing_and_deploying_rhel/


ADDITIONAL CONTENT

This Beta also provides access to additional content for evaluation.  Note that
this content may require you to purchase additional subscriptions at the time of
General Availability.

High-Availability Add-On

   Intel/AMD 64-bit
   https://red.ht/2DcBCpN

   IBM Power little endian
   https://red.ht/2suhoS5

   IBM z Systems
   https://red.ht/2APkhlg

Resilient Storage Add-On

   Intel/AMD 64-bit
   https://red.ht/2RNPAGI

   IBM Power little endian
   https://red.ht/2DcnOvq

   IBM z Systems
   https://red.ht/2SYAsUg

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time

   Intel/AMD 64-bit
   https://red.ht/2Db9t29


PROVIDING FEEDBACK

We welcome your feedback. If you are a current Red Hat customer, please open a
case through the Red Hat Customer Portal:

https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/new

For those evaluating the public beta, you may report software defects via Red
Hat Bugzilla using the steps outlined below:

1. Go to https://bugzilla.redhat.com and log in. If you do not have a Bugzilla
   account you can create one here:
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/createaccount.cgi

2. Click Enter a new bug report Under the “Most Common Actions” panel.

3. Click on the Red Hat link on the “Select Classification” page.

4. Choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on the “Select Product” page.

5. Provide details on the nature of the bug you are reporting:

   a. Choose a Component. Component is another name for the package you are
      reporting the bug against such as kernel or sudo. If you are unsure, use
      “distribution”.

   b. For Version, select “8.0”.

   c. Add a Summary for the bug report. The Summary is a short sentence that
      briefly describes the issue.

   d. Use the Description field to provide details about the bug. The more
      details you provide here, the better. It is especially helpful to provide
      steps to reproduce the bug.

   e. Use the Attachment field to upload a sosreport, logs, console output, or a
      screenshot, if appropriate. A sosreport is created by an automated tool
      that collects system log files, configuration details, and system
      information from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system to provide to Red Hat
      for analysis. Details on how to run a sosreport can be found here:
      https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3592

6. After entering as much information as possible to help us reproduce and fix
   your bug, click on the “Submit Bug” button at the bottom of this screen.


Thank you,

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux team