[Hwcert-announce-list] [Reminder] Updating the download for FV images in redhat-certification to no longer use partner ftp

[Red Hat Partner Certification Operations Team]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

This is a reminder that the partner ftp download used by the
redhat-certification (rhcert) test suite to download the FV guest images
and other associated files used by the fv_* tests will no longer be
available at the end of August 2023.

This change will be a change in the distribution method and associated
automated download code in rhcert for the FV guest image files. This change
will not impact the files themselves. Any images you have downloaded to
conduct certification testing will remain valid through the established
certification lifecycle policies.

We have updated rhcert in redhat-certification-8.65, released in July, and
made the images available for download via a web browser (details below) to
minimize the impact on you. However, the FV certification tests may stop
working if you do not take action before access to the partner ftp service
is disabled.  The required action will depend on your testing environment:

   -

   If you are using redhat-certification-8.65 or later where the
   environment can reach https://access.redhat.com the test suite will
   download the FV images automatically as it does today with no interruption.
   -

   If you upgrade an established testing environment to
   redhat-certification-8.65 or later, the FV testing will continue to work as
   it does today using the already downloaded files.



   -

   If you are using redhat-certification-8.64 or earlier, including all
   versions of redhat-certification-7.x, or otherwise need to download the FV
   images separately, the images are available at
   https://rhcert.connect.redhat.com/#/fv-images. The images can be
   downloaded and placed manually onto the system under test in the
   /var/lib/libvirt/images/ directory for use in testing.  Additional
   details about manually downloading the FV images can be found in the Chapter
   9.7 of Test Suite User Guide
   <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux_hardware_certification/8.66/html-single/test_suite_user_guide/index#proc_downloading-guest-images_hw-test-suite-certification-workflow>
   .


We value your ongoing participation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Certification efforts and thank you for your continued partnership. If you
have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact the Red
Hat Certification Operation Team through the Red Hat Partner Acceleration
Desk, in your certification, or directly at cert-ops at redhat.com.

Regards,

The Red Hat Certification Team
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