CentOS virt - Sep 2015 - CentOS 7 Xen 4.4.3 packages available for in virt7-xen-44-testing

Updated Xen 4.4.3 packages have passed my local smoke tests, and are
now available.

Full C7 release is still waiting on suitable testing for the libvirt packages.

If someone wants to step up to give the libvirt packages a decent
smoke test, that will speed the C7 release process significantly.
Otherwise it will have to wait until I get a chance to write some
automated smoke tests.

In the mean time, here's how to install the core Xen packages:

rpm -ivh
http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt7-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-3.el7.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.

Please report any problems or feedback to this list.

 -George

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 02:24:15PM +0100, George Dunlap
wrote:
> Updated Xen 4.4.3 packages have passed my local smoke tests, and are
> now available.
> 
> Full C7 release is still waiting on suitable testing for the libvirt
packages.
> 
> If someone wants to step up to give the libvirt packages a decent
> smoke test, that will speed the C7 release process significantly.
> Otherwise it will have to wait until I get a chance to write some
> automated smoke tests.
>
I'm currently in the process of testing these latest Xen 4.4.3 rpms on
centos7.
 
> In the mean time, here's how to install the core Xen packages:
> 
> rpm -ivh
http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt7-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
> 
That link seems broken.. this one works:
http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt7-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-5.el7.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.
> 
> Please report any problems or feedback to this list.
> 
>  -George

Thanks,

-- Pasi

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:10:06AM +0300, Pasi K?rkk?inen
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 02:24:15PM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> > Updated Xen 4.4.3 packages have passed my local smoke tests, and are
> > now available.
> > 
> > Full C7 release is still waiting on suitable testing for the libvirt
packages.
> > 
> > If someone wants to step up to give the libvirt packages a decent
> > smoke test, that will speed the C7 release process significantly.
> > Otherwise it will have to wait until I get a chance to write some
> > automated smoke tests.
> >
> 
> I'm currently in the process of testing these latest Xen 4.4.3 rpms on
centos7.
> 
Actually I don't see libvirt rpms in the virt7-xen-44-testing repo. Which
libvirt rpms should I be testing?

Currently I have these installed:

virt-viewer-0.6.0-12.el7.x86_64
libvirt-daemon-1.2.8-16.el7_1.4.x86_64
virt-manager-common-1.1.0-12.el7.noarch
libvirt-client-1.2.8-16.el7_1.4.x86_64
libvirt-python-1.2.8-7.el7_1.1.x86_64
virt-manager-1.1.0-12.el7.noarch
libvirt-daemon-driver-network-1.2.8-16.el7_1.4.x86_64
libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.2.8-16.el7_1.4.x86_64
libvirt-glib-0.1.7-3.el7.x86_64

 
> > In the mean time, here's how to install the core Xen packages:
> > 
> > rpm -ivh
http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt7-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
> > 
> 
> That link seems broken.. this one works:
>
http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt7-xen-44-testing/x86_64/os/Packages/centos-release-xen-7-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
> 
> 

Thanks,

-- Pasi