RHDS 11.7 packages are not included in the dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms repository

Environment

• Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 and later versions of RHDS 11

Issue

• RHDS 11.7 packages are missing from the dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms repository
• Red Hat Directory server 11.7 rpms are not included in the "Red Hat Directory Server 11 for RHEL 8 x86_64 RPMs" repo
• RHDS 11.7 packages are only included in the "Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 for RHEL 8 x86_64 RPMs" repo

Resolution

• Enable the dot release repo, such as dirsrv-11.7-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms and do not use the the dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms repository.
• See the Red Hat Directory Server Installation Guide¹ and Release Notes² for additional information about upgrading Red Hat Directory Server.

Root Cause

• Starting with RHDS 11.7, the updated versions of Red Hat Directory Server will only be provided in the version specific RHDS repositories, such as "Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 for RHEL 8 x86_64 RPMs".

¹ <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_directory_server/11/html-single/installation_guide/index>
² <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_directory_server/11/html-single/release_notes/index>

Diagnostic Steps

• Enable the repo dirsrv-11-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms and disable the dirsrv-11.7-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms repo
• Run yum module repoquery redhat-ds| grep 389-ds
• Note that the RHDS 11.7 packages, such as 389-ds-base-1.4.3.34, are not available.

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