Stackstorm 3.9 with Python3.11 on RHEL 9.4

[lglars269]

Hello there,

I want to know if it's possible to run stackstorm 3.9 on python3.11 on RedHat 9.4. I have already tried multiple setups but for some reason I can't get Stackstorm to use python 3.11, some things i tried:

• Change the python_binary settings in st2.conf, yes the action runners then use 3.11 but I'm encountering some dependency issues (orjson module not found) and the main st2 process is still using python 3.9 then.
• Create symlinks for /usr/local/bin/python3 ~> /usr/bin/python3.11 & /usr/local/bin/python ~> /usr/bin/python3.11 as suggested by redhat: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7128514

Am I missing something or is what i want to achieve not possible?

[nzlosh]

St2 v3.9 RPM for RedHat v9 includes a python 3.9 virtual environment. You can not switch python versions as there are 3rd party dependencies that are pinned for the specific version of Python in the virtual environment at build time. The only way I can think of to get St2 v3.9 running on RH9 with py3.11 would be to build new RPMs with python3.11 as the virtualenv interpreter. If you want to pursue such an idea you can use https://github.com/StackStorm/st2-packages repository to help. The install from source docs may be useful to understand what's involved to build st2 https://docs.stackstorm.com/development/sources.html.

[lglars269]

Thanks for your quick response! Is there any future plan to update the base python version to 3.11 (or higher) or will it always be equal to the system default python?

[nzlosh]

Currently, the St2 project targets the last two releases of RedHat and Ubuntu. St2 v3.9 supports RH8/9 and U20.04/U22.04. St2 v3.10 will target RH9/10 and U22.04/24.04. The newer distributions will have new Python interpreters by default. Release for v3.10 will be at least 5-6 months away.