George Dunlap
2015-Sep-08 16:43 UTC
[CentOS-virt] Xen 4.4.3 packages available in virt6-xen-44-testing
So first of all, if you've used the CBS before, please note the name change -- it's no longer virt6-testing, but virt6-xen-44-testing. Easiest way to install: rpm -ivh http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-7.el6.x86_64.rpm This will set up yum repositories for both the eventual release repositories (enabled by default), and the community build system repositories (disabled by default). At the moment, all packages will be stored in the virt-xen-44-testing repository. You can either enable this by default by editing /etc/yum.repos.d/VirtSIG-Xen.repo, or by adding "--enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing". If you want, you can edit defaults /etc/sysconfig/xen-kernel Next, run 'yum update' to get the new kernel: yum --enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing update kernel Now install xen: yum --enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing install xen This should grab both xen and the updated kernel package. It should also automatically: * Add default commandline parameters for Xen and Linux when booting under Xen * Arrange for xen to come up first in the grub * Set the default boot entry to Xen. That's it! Reboot and you should be good to go. Libvirt packages haven't been rebuilt -- not sure if they work or not. If they don't, let me know and I'll re-submit them.. Please report any problems or feedback to this list. -George
Scot P. Floess
2015-Sep-08 17:48 UTC
[CentOS-virt] Xen 4.4.3 packages available in virt6-xen-44-testing
George, Just an FYI - I tried to run the rpm command and none of the repos showed up enabled by default. I tried enabling them manually, but I get this error: One of the configured repositories failed (CentOS-7 - xen), and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this: ... I didn't spend too much time debugging - but that was what I got straight away after installing centos-release-xen-7-7.el6.x86_64.rpm and manually enabling some of the repos. On Tue, 8 Sep 2015, George Dunlap wrote:> So first of all, if you've used the CBS before, please note the name > change -- it's no longer virt6-testing, but virt6-xen-44-testing. > > Easiest way to install: > > rpm -ivh http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-7.el6.x86_64.rpm > > This will set up yum repositories for both the eventual release > repositories (enabled by default), and the community build system > repositories (disabled by default). > > At the moment, all packages will be stored in the virt-xen-44-testing > repository. You can either enable this by default by editing > /etc/yum.repos.d/VirtSIG-Xen.repo, or by adding > "--enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing". > > If you want, you can edit defaults /etc/sysconfig/xen-kernel > > Next, run 'yum update' to get the new kernel: > > yum --enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing update kernel > > Now install xen: > > yum --enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing install xen > > This should grab both xen and the updated kernel package. It should > also automatically: > * Add default commandline parameters for Xen and Linux when booting under Xen > * Arrange for xen to come up first in the grub > * Set the default boot entry to Xen. > > That's it! Reboot and you should be good to go. > > Libvirt packages haven't been rebuilt -- not sure if they work or not. > If they don't, let me know and I'll re-submit them.. > > Please report any problems or feedback to this list. > > -George > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare
Scot P. Floess
2015-Sep-08 17:57 UTC
[CentOS-virt] Xen 4.4.3 packages available in virt6-xen-44-testing
George, Never mind - I had an old Xen repo I was trying to use some time ago... This was me. Sorry! Flossy On Tue, 8 Sep 2015, Scot P. Floess wrote:> George, > > Just an FYI - I tried to run the rpm command and none of the repos showed up > enabled by default. > > I tried enabling them manually, but I get this error: > > One of the configured repositories failed (CentOS-7 - xen), > and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the > only safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" > this: > ... > > I didn't spend too much time debugging - but that was what I got straight > away after installing centos-release-xen-7-7.el6.x86_64.rpm and manually > enabling some of the repos. > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2015, George Dunlap wrote: > >> So first of all, if you've used the CBS before, please note the name >> change -- it's no longer virt6-testing, but virt6-xen-44-testing. >> >> Easiest way to install: >> >> rpm -ivh >> http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-7.el6.x86_64.rpm >> >> This will set up yum repositories for both the eventual release >> repositories (enabled by default), and the community build system >> repositories (disabled by default). >> >> At the moment, all packages will be stored in the virt-xen-44-testing >> repository. You can either enable this by default by editing >> /etc/yum.repos.d/VirtSIG-Xen.repo, or by adding >> "--enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing". >> >> If you want, you can edit defaults /etc/sysconfig/xen-kernel >> >> Next, run 'yum update' to get the new kernel: >> >> yum --enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing update kernel >> >> Now install xen: >> >> yum --enablerepo=virt-xen-44-testing install xen >> >> This should grab both xen and the updated kernel package. It should >> also automatically: >> * Add default commandline parameters for Xen and Linux when booting under >> Xen >> * Arrange for xen to come up first in the grub >> * Set the default boot entry to Xen. >> >> That's it! Reboot and you should be good to go. >> >> Libvirt packages haven't been rebuilt -- not sure if they work or not. >> If they don't, let me know and I'll re-submit them.. >> >> Please report any problems or feedback to this list. >> >> -George >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-virt mailing list >> CentOS-virt at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >> > > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) > Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware > http://flossware.sourceforge.net > https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare
George Dunlap
2015-Sep-09 09:04 UTC
[CentOS-virt] Xen 4.4.3 packages available in virt6-xen-44-testing
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Scot P. Floess <sfloess at nc.rr.com> wrote:> George, > > Just an FYI - I tried to run the rpm command and none of the repos showed up > enabled by default.Yes, that's because the CBS is is not meant to be for production use, but only for building and testing. This is for two reasons: 1. The CBS itself is not mirrored, nor provisioned for massive use 2. The binaries in the CBS are not signed, and thus are risky to use in a production environment due to the ease with which one could perform a man-in-the-middle attack After they've been in -testing for a week, they'll be signed and pushed to the main c6 xen4centos repos (which are enabled by default). -George