Hi again! We are happy to announce the first beta release of the upcoming Open Build Service (OBS) version 2.9. As a highlight we included the ec2 cloud upload that allows you to upload images to the Amazon Web Services (AWS). More infrmation can be found in our recent blog post: http://openbuildservice.org/2018/03/01/cloud-upload/ Other highlights are the Studio Express features, an improved workflow for producing appliance images in OBS. A message bus, supported by RabbitMQ, to help you connect your own tools to what is happening inside the OBS. And a much improved notifications system to keep you up to date with OBS. More information ---------------- For detailed information of the changes we made please have a look into the 2.9 Release Notes: https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/blob/2.9/ReleaseNotes-2.9 It is also recommended to read these before updating your OBS instance! Setting up the ec2 cloud uploader --------------------------------- You can find information about how to set up the cloud uploader service in our admin guide: http://openbuildservice.org/help/manuals/obs-admin-guide/obs.cha.installatio... Try OBS 2.9 RC 2 ---------------- Those of you that don't want to install our release (yet) can have a peek at https://build.opensuse.org, our reference server. Install 2.9 RC 2 ---------------- Please read our setup instructions https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/blob/2.9/README.md#installati... or better yet, use our appliance http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OBS:/Server:/2.9/images/ Update to 2.9 RC 2 ------------------ We do not recommend this for critical production instances but if you already have a running OBS installation and want to update it to this beta, please read also the README.UPDATERS https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/blob/2.9/dist/README.UPDATERS file about the necessary steps. OBS Appliance users who have setup their LVM http://openbuildservice.org/download/#appliance_config can just replace their appliance image without data loss. The migration will happen automatically. OBS 2.9 Final ------------- We look forward to release the final 2.9 version at the end of this week. We hope you like this RC and look forward to your feedback, here on this list, on IRC or by bug reports in GitHub. Your Open Build Service Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org