HI, SDL 8 has the same EOL as RHEL 8: May, 2029.
SDL existed before CentOS, it's provided by a university, so it should be a good option for the next eight years. Migrating from CentOS 8 to SDL 8 was pretty straightforward, not that many commands. I can provide the migration notes if someone is interested. Best, Peter On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 7:29 AM Eric Broch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I would recommend staying with CentOS 7 for the time being... > > But, Springdale promises longevity and stability. I was hoping to have the > bases covered. > > The makers of Rocky are predicting having an OS out before next year. This is > the direction I'd really like to head. > > I'm still going to try to get a Debian/Devaun version going as well. > > There is an OpenSUSE version of QMT out now, just trying to keep options open. > > --Eric > > On 12/30/2020 3:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > So the question here is CentOS 8 eol is 2021 not sure it’s even worth that > route. Anyhow that could be a totally diff topic but CentOS 7 looks to have a > longer support life now. > > Il giorno 30 dic 2020, alle ore 12:08, Peter Peltonen > <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > Ok it appears my second problem was due to having php74 (and not php) > from remi's repo installed before running the script. > > Removing mariadb-server and php74 and then rerunning the install > script seems to have done the trick. > > Next step to migrate domains from old cos5 server... > > Peter > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 5:07 PM Peter Peltonen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried installing latest QMT using Eric's qt_install_cos8.sh script. > > I have a CentOS 8 VM that I had converted to Springdale Linux 8. > > > I ran into a few issues: > > 1) MariaDB password setup failed somehow. Maybe because I had MariaDB > already installed on this server? I could not access the mariadb > server after this failure, and needed to start the server without > grant tables and then disable "plugin authentication" (I also defined > the pw again just in case): > > service mariadb stop > mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & > sudo mysql -u root > [mysql] use mysql; > [mysql] update user set plugin='' where User='root'; > [mysql] UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD("my_password") WHERE user="root"; > [mysql] flush privileges; > CTRL+D > mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown > service mariadb start > > I then rerun the part: > > credfile=~/sql.cnf > echo "Creating vpopmail database..." > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile reload > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile refresh > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile create vpopmail > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile reload > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile refresh > echo "Adding vpopmail users and privileges..." > mysql --defaults-extra-file=$credfile -e "CREATE USER > vpopmail@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'SsEeCcRrEeTt'" > mysql --defaults-extra-file=$credfile -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON > vpopmail.* TO vpopmail@localhost" > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile reload > mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=$credfile refresh > echo "Done with vpopmail database..." > > BTW should the vpopmail mysql pw be changed to something else or is > the default pw used somewhere else? > > > 2) Some issues at the end of the script with clamav: > > Starting QMT... > ./qt_install_cos8.sh: line 124: qmailctl: command not found > Starting clamd freshclam dovecot spamassassin httpd chronyd acpid atd > autofs smartd named, this may take a while... > Failed to enable unit: Unit file [email protected] does not exist. > --2020-12-30 16:47:51-- > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qmtoaster/scripts/master/toaststat.cos8 > Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... > 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ... > Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com > (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.0.133|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 1436 (1.4K) [text/plain] > Saving to: '/usr/bin/toaststat' > /usr/bin/toaststat 100% > Status of toaster services > cat: /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf: No such file or directory > mariadb mariadb > systemd service: [email protected]: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: clamav-freshclam: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: spamassassin: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: dovecot: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: mariadb: [ OK ] > systemd service: httpd: [ OK ] > systemd service: chronyd: [ OK ] > systemd service: sshd: [ OK ] > systemd service: crond: [ OK ] > systemd service: vsftpd: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: acpid: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: atd: [ OK ] > systemd service: autofs: [ FAILED ] > systemd service: smartd: [ OK ] > systemd service: irqbalance: [ OK ] > > > Not sure what went wrong and if I should start debugging or try to do > a fresh install? > > > Best, > Peter > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
