[Enhancement] 2.14 Infra / Build Improvements

[peterzhuamazon]

[Enhancement] 2.14 Infra / Build Improvements

• [BUG] Windows Docker Container failed with ffmpeg missing libs #4427
  • Switch windows/servercore to windows image as base to resolve multiple lib missing issues #4458
  • Switch ci images to almalinux8/windows2019/ubuntu20.04 #4525
  • Switch ci images to almalinux8/windows2019/ubuntu20.04 #4525
  • Restore video recording on Windows with DISABLE_VIDEO parameter opensearch-dashboards-functional-test#1142
• [Enhancement] Add higher specs jenkins agent for integTest opensearch-ci#412
  • Add M54xlarge / M6g4xlarge jenkins agents for integTests opensearch-ci#413
  • Updating integTest to use the new M54xlarge/C6g4xlarge agents #4594
  • Lock integTest resources to 4cpu/16g on linux agents #4597
  • Replace c54xlarge with m54xlarge for Windows Docker Host opensearch-ci#417
  • Update Windows docker host with AMI and M54xlarge from #417 opensearch-ci#418
  • Update jenkinsfile with latest Windows M54xlarge Agents #4642
• [BUG] Debian packages show "chown: warning: '.' should be ':': 'opensearch.opensearch'" during install #4612
  • Update . to : for all chown coomands in deb/rpm build templates #4641
• [Deprecation] Properly deprecate CentOS7 as CI build image/Supported OS and switch to Almalinux8 #4379 (paused for 2.14.0)
  • Use almalinux8 docker images for 2.14.0 builds #4645
  • Update gcc from 9.2.1 to 12.2.1 to fix k-NN compile bug on ARM64 #4647
  • Update gcc restrictions to version 12.0.0 k-NN#1634
  • Replace gcc12 with gcc11 due to binutils 2.38 bug #4663
  • Ensure gcc is newer >= 11.2.1 < 12.0.0 when building knn lib k-NN#1664
  • Revert #4651 #4654 and partially #4657 for KNN to use CentOS7 in 2.14.0 #4667
  • Revert #1634 #1664 to switch back to CentOS7 k-NN#1674
• [Bug]: Configuration files overwritten when updating .rpm package #4084
  • Make sure opensearch rpm config folders configs preserve on updates #4665
• [Renew Key] Upcoming expiration of our current sub public key (expire on 20240512) #3468
  • Update 2024 OpenSearch Project Public PGP Key Renewal Changelog project-website#2833
• [BUG] Deb assemble does not correctly show found deb artifact #4532
  • Fix the bundle_artifact_path value and remove wrong comments for deb assemble #4673

• updating

[gaiksaya]

Hi @peterzhuamazon Looks like most tasks in this issue are complete and also 2.14.0 (labelled) is out. Can we close it?

[peterzhuamazon]

Closing as it is a 2.14.0 task and completed now.
Thanks.