[Sisuite-devel] New systemimager rpms for centos6 with ext4 support

2012-12-15 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Dear all, Here are my fixed systemimager rpms for centos-6.3 Now, the ext4 filesystem is fixed (the module was missing in the initrd image) I've tested this on recent hardware and it worked like a charm. Thoses RPMS are for testing purpose RPMS: http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/noarch

[Sisuite-devel] RE : New systemimager rpms for centos6 with ext4 support

2012-12-17 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
system root tree (convenient ugly dirty hack)). Hope this helps, Cheers, Olivier. -- Olivier LAHAYE CEA DRT/LIST/DCSI/DIR De : Jing CDL Sun [sj...@cn.ibm.com] Date d'envoi : lundi 17 décembre 2012 07:42 À : LAHAYE Olivier Cc: sisuite-devel

[Sisuite-devel] RE : RE : RE : New systemimager rpms for centos6 with ext4 support

2013-01-07 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
repos? (I've never used git and need time to learn it) Cheers, Olivier. -- Olivier LAHAYE CEA DRT/LIST/DCSI/DIR De : Jing CDL Sun [sj...@cn.ibm.com] Date d'envoi : jeudi 27 décembre 2012 08:51 À : LAHAYE Olivier Cc: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; sisuite

[Sisuite-devel] git howto?

2013-01-07 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Sorry to disturb the list with this, but I'm pure newbee in git and despite my googleling, I'm unable to understand how to merge back all my changes. I've setup my git like this: $ git config --global user.email my email $ git config --global user.name my login $ git config --global

[Sisuite-devel] RE : git howto?

2013-01-08 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
De : Brian Finley [br...@thefinleys.com] Date d'envoi : lundi 7 janvier 2013 22:29 À : LAHAYE Olivier Cc: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Objet : Re: [Sisuite-devel] git howto? I'm not yet a git expert myself either, but this is what I've been using

[Sisuite-devel] Need help (udev build needs newer kernel includes)

2013-01-30 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, I've understood a little bit better the udev problem (udev not loading required drivers). According to this link

[Sisuite-devel] RE : [sisuite-users] RE : udev Compile Fails - GitHub Master Branch

2013-02-22 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
, Carl On 02/18/2013 01:41 AM, LAHAYE Olivier wrote: Hi, Unfortunately, under centos-6.3 it still fails with the following error: CC udev/udev-builtin-input_id.o udev/udev-builtin-input_id.c: In function ‘test_key’: udev/udev-builtin-input_id.c:165: erreur: ‘BTN_TRIGGER_HAPPY’ undeclared

[Sisuite-devel] systemimager build fixed with latest kernel + latest udev.

2013-03-14 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Dear all, I've finaly managed to build latest udev using a recent kernel. The trick I used is not beautifull, but I saw no other solution. The situation before: The build system did build the components for the initrd image using system installed includes. Thus, when building udev for

[Sisuite-devel] option-140 to 145 dhcp parameters not standard:

2013-03-20 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, I've discoverd that the options that systeimager is using in its dhcp config are not standard and can conflict http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters/bootp-dhcp-parameters.xml What should be done about this? - Still use those wrong values - Use values from the private range?

[Sisuite-devel] Systemimager NG: Working alpha

2017-04-12 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi systemimager users and contributors, The long awaited systemimager that works on modern distros is almost there (as unstable alpha version for now). It works so far on CentOS-7 and Fedora-25. CentOS-6 should also work (not yet tested but its old dracut component is taken into account) rpms

Re: [Sisuite-devel] Systemimager NG: Working alpha

2017-04-12 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
David L, I reply in the list as this mail contains usefull information for every testers. Cool to here that systemimager is of any interest after such a long time without a working solution on modern distros. Be very carefull as I had difficulties to make RHEL-6 working until the imaging

[Sisuite-devel] systemimager CentOS-6: not yet functionnal (but will be soon)

2017-04-13 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, The bad news is that network is not functionnal on CentOS-6 even on real hardware. The good news is that I4ve identified the issue (/sbin/netroot is responsible to setup routes hotname and resolv.conf, but will do that only if a valid netroot= cmdline parameter is provided => Easy fix). A

Re: [Sisuite-devel] [sisuite-users] Net beta release v4.5.0-20170614git

2017-06-30 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
d by > >dracut-systemimager-4.5.0-0.20170615git.el6.noarch > >xfsprogs is needed by > >dracut-systemimager-4.5.0-0.20170615git.el6.noarch > > [root@scdev1 2017]# > > > > Obviously I am missing some packages however nothing is obvious in >

[Sisuite-devel] New SYSTEMIMAGER testing release.

2017-04-27 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, I've juste release the 4.5.0-20170427git release. It features: - Support for grub / grub2 bootloader installation (no more post install script needed). => It is installed before scripts are run. in case it's not working, a post install script can fix the problem. - beep should work

Re: [Sisuite-devel] New beta release (screenshot available!)

2017-04-25 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
, CentOS-7 and Fedora-25 for now. DEB world will be addressed later. NOTE: It should be able to image all kind of linux image anyway. Happy testing. -- Olivier LAHAYE CEA DRT/LIST/DIR De : LAHAYE Olivier Envoyé : lundi 24 avril 2017 19:38 À : sis

[Sisuite-devel] systemimager progress status.

2017-05-04 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, systemimager is progressing fast toward a beta release. What is working and tested: - si_mkautoinstallscript works fine (tested on CentOS-7) - si_mkbootpackage works fine (tested on CentOS-6, CentOS-7, Fedora-25) - imaging using rsync works fine (tested on CentOS-6, CentOS-7, Fedora-25) -

[Sisuite-devel] New 20170505git snapshot (si_pushinstall using SSH works!

2017-05-05 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, New milestone: - pushing an install using ssh from server is working again (SSH_DOWNLOAD_URL points to authorized_keys and when prompted, the sis server admin must issue si_pushinstall command (as stated on screen)) - more code cleanup - si_monitortk has now a color remote console that

[Sisuite-devel] systemimager-4.5.0-20170502git: seems to work fine so far.

2017-05-02 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, I've just uploaded a new release that now hopefully works fine at least for CentOS-6, CentOS-7 and Fedora-25. See previous messages to see how to use it. Available here: http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/repos/unstable/

[Sisuite-devel] New SystemImager beta release (minor fix on si_inspect_client)

2017-09-22 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
hi, A new release which fixes the si_inspect_client command that can be used after imaging if "shell" is selected as action to be performed after imaging. si_inspect_client command will mount all needed filesystems and chroot to client so you can check every bits and pieces are in place. It's

[Sisuite-devel] New systemimager beta release.

2017-09-20 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Dear all, I've built a new systemimager release (4.5.0-0.20170920git). Hopefully there are no more script generation bugs. Packages are available here: http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/SystemImager This is a temporary location and is subject to change anytime soon. You must regenerate your

[Sisuite-devel] Need advise about systemimager work in progress.

2017-09-28 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, I'm currently working on 3 things in systemimager next generation (dracut based) 1/ Add support for systemd (in progress) 2/ SELinux rules to be added (I have no knowledge on that right now but I think it may be relevant to take SElinux into account. Maybe it's not required; I can't tell

Re: [Sisuite-devel] Reworking the partition creation and also the script generator.

2017-12-19 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
1 2 /dev/sda2 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/sda1 /boot ext4defaults1 2 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy autonoauto,owner0 0 nfs_oscar:/home /home nfs rw 0 0 EOF ### END generate new fstab file from autoinst

[Sisuite-devel] systemimager work in progress.

2018-02-01 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Now autoinstallscript.conf (disk layout/raid/lvm/mounts) will not be stored in :/etc/systemimager/autoinstallscript.conf This will allow to have the same image used for nodes with different disks. The file will be parsed and processed during install before running main install script (using

[Sisuite-devel] systemimager big progress.

2018-02-08 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Dear all, systemimager is still progressing a lot. 1/ now, installscript is not responsible anymore to create the filesystems raids, lvm and such. An simple autoinstallscript.conf file named .xml located in/var/lib/systemimager/disks-layouts/ will give

Re: [Sisuite-devel] SystemImager next generation BIG progress: CentOS-6 and Open SuSE-42.3 support!

2018-03-22 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
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[Sisuite-devel] Debian packaging 1st success!

2018-11-28 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Debian packaging on its way! (built in docker container) Need to work on dependencies, but most stuffs are in place. === deb packages for systemimager === -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61782546 Nov 28 09:21 /root/SystemImager/tmp/systemimager-boot-amd64-standard_4.9.0_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

[Sisuite-devel] Systemimager NG v4.9.0 (5.0.0-pre) package for Debian 8 done.

2018-11-28 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Package for latest systemimager (v4.9.0) are available on OSCAR debian 8 repo here: http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/repos/unstable/debian-8-x86_64/ There are untested yet and are likely not working well. (need to see if Dracut is not too much broken; fixed i18n broken module, but

[Sisuite-devel] New system imager test build with network configuration support.

2019-04-02 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Small message to inform the community that a new systemimager build (4.9.0-0.20190402git) introduce a major enhancement: the client network configuration. This configuration supports most common network usages: * Ipv4/ipv6 support (ipv6 support is basic) * Ethernet and Infiniband

[Sisuite-devel] New build: 4.9.0-0.20190405git.el7

2019-04-05 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Small update (4.9.0-0.20190405git.el7) with minor fixes. Peerdns and ipv6_peerdns have been moved from ip and ip6 tags to dns tag. The example file has been updated to reflexct this. Network configuration donc still to be written. Cmdline parameter for a specific config file: si.network-conf=.xml

[Sisuite-devel] New systemimager beta build (4.9.0-0.20190320git.el7)

2019-03-20 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, A new systemimager build (4.9.0-0.20190320git.el7) is available for centos-7 / rhel-7 distro. Source: https://github.com/finley/SystemImager/tree/initrd-from-imageserver-and-dont-package-initrd Those who want to test can install it. See quick start guide here:

[Sisuite-devel] New systemimager beta build (4.9.0-0.20190321git.el7)

2019-03-21 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Today build add a new server command: si_lint. This command aims to check the client configuration (disks layout, config file, ….) The aim is to check everything before trying to image a client and discover a client configuration problem. As of today, only disks layout check is available:

[Sisuite-devel] New system imager v5 pre build with new functionalities.

2019-05-21 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, A new build has been released for centos-6 and centos-7. The new feature is that now, the network is setup by imaged from the network layout configuration file. This means that you don’t need a post-install script to setup the imaged client network. The quick start guide has been updated

[Sisuite-devel] New Systeimager development build with new features.

2019-07-05 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, A new SystemImager build is available 4.9.0-0.20190705git See https://github.com/finley/SystemImager/wiki/QuickStartGuide for Installation and Migration guide from v4.1.6 and earlier. (make sure it is 20190705 build when installing; sometime, web cache show older build) Basically, new

[Sisuite-devel] Call for Ideas and Help for systemimager development and enhancements.

2019-07-04 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Dear users and developers, SystemImager is in heavy development right now, but as I’m alone on this development, progress is slower than I wish. Some features are hard to maintain in term of OS compatibility and one of them is the remote console (using si_monitortk and clicking on a host being

[Sisuite-devel] Systemimager update.

2019-09-16 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, a small message about major enhancements on the way. * The imaging logging mechanism has been completely rewritten (and works perfectly on non-systemd distro and systemd based distro. Now, the imager is able to catch all messages from kernel, imaging logic or stdout+stderr. This means

[Sisuite-devel] New SystemImager Build.

2019-12-19 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Dear developers and curious testers, A new build of SystemImager is available for CentOS-6, CentOS-7, CentOS-8 and openSUSE-42 (build 20191219) Soon available here: http://www.usablesecurity.net/OSCAR/repos/unstable/ (Available for 7 days here:

[Sisuite-devel] SystemImager NG development status.

2020-03-12 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Small notice about systemimager (next gen) development status. Git tree is here: https://github.com/finley/SystemImager/tree/SystemImager-NG This version is based on dracut to generate the initrd imager, on Plymouth for a graphical install console and http for remote management (the web

[Sisuite-devel] SystemImager-NG build 20200525 supports CentOS-6.X CentOS-7.X CentOS-8.X and openSuSE-Leap-15.2

2020-05-25 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi every one, I hope all of you are fine during this Covid crisis. Development of the new SystemImager was not stopped, and after days of hacking, finding bugs in Plymouth and in distro packaging, I’ve finally succeeded in porting SystemImager (next gen) to CentOS-8.1 and to openSUSE-Leap

[Sisuite-devel] SystemImager (NG) v4.9.0 status

2021-09-29 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi all, Small notice to tell that SystemImager-NG is still progressing. * Can be installed on UEFI system and imaged from UEFI PXE * Supports systemd-boot (basic stuff) * Make sure /etc/default/grub and /etc/system-id are specific to installed system * Supports for external

[Sisuite-devel] SystemImager for Debian 10 and 11 Finally :-)

2021-10-22 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Small notice about SystemImager progress. After a long long time, Debian is back in supported distros! Debian 10 and 11 build are done. Debian 10 imager was tested successfully a few minutes ago. Debian 11 to be tested soon. A few glitches needs to be fixed, but Debian is definitely back.

[Sisuite-devel] RHEL-9 (AmlaLinux-9) support added.

2022-06-23 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, RHEL-9 (thru AlmaLinux-9 build) support added. Packages available here: http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/OSCAR/repos/unstable/rhel-9-x86_64 Quick Start Guide available here: https://github.com/finley/SystemImager/wiki/QuickStartGuide -- Olivier LAHAYE

[Sisuite-devel] New systemimager build and new distros supported!

2022-06-16 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Small notice to inform that new SystemImager build has been made available for the following distributions: * AlmaLinux-8 (and all RHEL-8 compatible distros) * CentOS-7 * Debian-10 (amd64) * Debian-11 (amd64) * Open SuSE-15 As You can see, Debian is finally supported

[Sisuite-devel] New builds for Debian 10 & 11, RHEL 7 & 8

2022-06-20 Thread LAHAYE Olivier
Hi, Small notice to inform that New SystemImager builds are available. Now Debian builds are available here: http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/OSCAR/repos/ Quick start guide available here as usual: https://github.com/finley/SystemImager/wiki/QuickStartGuide Cheers, Olivier. -- Olivier LAHAYE