Description of problem: kolla specified bridge-utils for nova-base container. That package is not available in RHEL 8. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Actual results: container can not build with bridge-utils included because it can not be found Expected results: template overrides to drop or explicit RFE to build bridge-utils in OSP 15 Additional info:
brctl is a hard dependency of os-vif for neutron networking with ml2/ovs and the iptables firewall driver. https://github.com/openstack/os-vif/blob/master/vif_plug_ovs/linux_net.py#L103-L122 it is also a dependency for os-vif for linuxbridge. https://github.com/openstack/os-vif/blob/master/vif_plug_linux_bridge/linux_net.py#L126-L128 additionally there are some code paths in nova related to nova networks that also use require brctl. i have added os-vif to https://bugs.launchpad.net/os-vif/+bug/1801919 we have until feb 27th at the latest to fully remove the dependcy and relase os-vif ideally we will try and complete this by febuary 22nd. if it is not completed by the 27th we will need to package bridge-utils for rhel-8