Leap Micro 6.0 Release Candidate is now available

Here is a little gift for the weekend. openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 RC is now available! Images can be found at get.opensuse.org.

The main difference from Beta is a working upgrade path from 5.5 and slightly smoother upgrade support to commercial products. So let’s test it out.

Upgrade instructions

I’d personally recommend a clean install, especially in between major versions on a system that can be redeployed with self-install within 2 minutes. At the same time, the online upgrade takes longer. Another aspect to consider is that we don’t have a developed migration test suite for online migration, unlike for Leap 15.X.

The easiest way to test the upgrade would be in a VM. Get Leap micro 5.5 images from get.opensuse.org and ensure you have all updates applied via transactional-update.

I’d recommend upgrading to 6.0 via SSH or console instead of cockpit, as the service might stop responding. Upgrade instructions and known issues are captured in the SDB:System_upgrade_to_LeapMicro_6.0 wiki page.

Make sure to check known issues before proceeding.

Documentation

Please refer to SLE Micro 6.0 documentation including Release notes.

Reporting Issues

Please refer to the Leap Micro section in our Submitting bug reports page.

Next steps

Leap Micro 6.0 GA can be expected before oSC2024 next week.