Provision RHEL 7 host if explicitly requested through flag

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/GroupPreparer.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/GroupPreparer.java
index 29f3bcebfbf..81a56e4d47e 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/GroupPreparer.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/GroupPreparer.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public class GroupPreparer {
                 final Version osVersion;
                 if (allocateOsRequirement.equals("rhel8")) {
                     osVersion = new Version(8, Integer.MAX_VALUE /* always use latest 8 version */, 0);
+                } else if (allocateOsRequirement.equals("rhel7")) {
+                    osVersion = new Version(7, Integer.MAX_VALUE /* always use latest 7 version */, 0);
                 } else {
                     osVersion = nodeRepository.osVersions().targetFor(hostType).orElse(Version.emptyVersion);
                 }