aws / aws/aws-parallelcluster

Add AlmaLinux 8 custom AMI support

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Description

### Feature request

Add first-class `almalinux8` support for customer-provided ParentImage and CustomAmi workflows. No official ParallelCluster image is requested.

### Current behavior

The image-build operating-system detector reads `/etc/os-release` and rejects an AlmaLinux 8 parent before the ParallelCluster cookbook can run, even though supported Enterprise Linux 8 variants share most package and service behavior.

### Proposed scope

- Add an explicit `almalinux8` operating-system value.
- Accept AlmaLinux 8 in image-build detection and image metadata.
- Require an explicit customer-provided parent/custom AMI.
- Extend schema, validators, serialization, documentation, and tests.
- Coordinate the platform implementation with `aws-parallelcluster-cookbook`.

### Reproduction

Run `pcluster build-image` with an official AlmaLinux Foundation AlmaLinux 8 x86_64 AMI as `Build.ParentImage`. The default ParallelCluster Image Builder component exits during OS validation after identifying `almalinux.8.10`.

I am preparing focused CLI/ImageBuilder and cookbook changes with unit tests and a public AlmaLinux integration build.

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Research direction

Start with the pcluster build-image path and its /etc/os-release operating-system detector, then trace the related schema, validators, serialization, and tests named in the issue. Check the aws-parallelcluster-cookbook coordination point and verify that AlmaLinux 8 custom ParentImage and CustomAmi workflows accept explicit customer images without requesting an official ParallelCluster image.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, python
Domain
build-system, cli, cloud, documentation, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
47/100

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