Re: [qubes-devel] Hosting for OpenQA instance (again)

2021-12-02 Thread grzegorz....@gmail.com
I have two spare machines I can lend to the project

wtorek, 19 października 2021 o 15:52:29 UTC+2 damien...@gmail.com 
napisał(a):

> Hello,
>
> I'm ok to give you 1k euros with my company but i do not know how to do it 
> :).
>
> Go QubesOS!
>
> Damien
>
> Le mardi 19 octobre 2021 à 15:30:47 UTC+2, Frédéric Pierret a écrit :
>
>> Le 10/19/21 à 15:14, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki a écrit : 
>> > Hi, 
>> > 
>> > It seems our current hosting for openqa.qubes-os.org is no longer a 
>> > stable option (thanks to the anonymous supported who provided it for 
>> the 
>> > last two years!). Also, the current number of the tests we run makes 
>> our 
>> > current setup barely sufficient. So, we are looking for a 
>> new/additional 
>> > machine to run openqa on: 
>> > 
>> > Does anyone have some place/recommendation where to look? Hardware we 
>> > need: 
>> > - CPU with VT-x + EPT, so KVM will work with reasonable performance 
>> > (this means a physical machine, not virtual one) 
>> > - 8+ GB RAM (6GB for KVM + something for OpenQA itself), preferably 
>> > 32 GB or more 
>> > - 500 GB of disk space (preferably more) 
>> > - fast internet connection, preferably in European location - peak 
>> > traffic about 200 Mbps, in short bursts (transferring disk images for 
>> > tests) 
>> > 
>> > Does anyone have a spare machine running somewhere, and willing to 
>> > share? 
>> > 
>> > 
>>
>> To also add few words about those requirements, I do have such spare 
>> machine but currently I cannot manage more costs on hosting servers at 
>> home. Indeed, for Qubes OS and Reproducible Builds, I'm running on my own 4 
>> dedicated servers: Gitlab CI, openQA (workers previously and now main 
>> instance), snapshot service and rebuilders. 
>>
>> In terms of maintenance, replacing parts and running cost, it is already 
>> a non-negligible amount from my pocket. If anyone has either servers like 
>> Marek suggested or would be willing to help us in running costs, that would 
>> be wonderful. 
>>
>> Thank you. 
>> Frédéric 
>>
>

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Re: [qubes-devel] Re: Qubes 4.1.0-beta1

2021-07-14 Thread grzegorz....@gmail.com
środa, 14 lipca 2021 o 11:44:52 UTC+2 Frédéric Pierret napisał(a):

> Hi, 
>
> Le 7/14/21 à 10:15 AM, grzegorz@gmail.com a écrit : 
> > is qubes-dist-upgrade supposed to be available in alpha images? 
> > Screenshot from 2021-07-14 10-15-00.png 
>
> qubes-dist-upgrade is a tool for upgrading from R4.0 to R4.1 
>
> Best, 
> Frédéric 
>
>  Thanks for the clarification. Everything seems fine after upgrading the 
4.1alpha from current-testing repo

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[qubes-devel] Re: Qubes 4.1.0-beta1

2021-07-14 Thread grzegorz....@gmail.com
is qubes-dist-upgrade supposed to be available in alpha images?
[image: Screenshot from 2021-07-14 10-15-00.png]

niedziela, 11 lipca 2021 o 04:45:47 UTC+2 marm...@invisiblethingslab.com 
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> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA256
>
> Hello all,
>
> I've uploaded new (officially signed) prerelease of R4.1, it isn't
> "alpha" anymore, it's "beta". If you feel brave, please test!
>
> The installation image can be downloaded from:
>
> https://ftp.qubes-os.org/iso/Qubes-R4.1.0-beta1-x86_64.iso
> https://ftp.qubes-os.org/iso/Qubes-R4.1.0-beta1-x86_64.iso.asc
> https://ftp.qubes-os.org/iso/Qubes-R4.1.0-beta1-x86_64.iso.DIGESTS
> https://ftp.qubes-os.org/iso/Qubes-R4.1.0-beta1-x86_64.torrent
>
>
> In-place upgrade
> - 
>
> In-place upgrade is also possible:
>
> $ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing 
> qubes-dist-upgrade
>
> Then, look at `sudo qubes-dist-upgrade --help` and follow instructions.
>
> You can also watch video of a test upgrade here:
> https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/19727#downloads
> It starts with installing R4.0 and then proceeds with the update to R4.1.
> Some extra steps there are to ease diagnosis in the test environment,
> you don't need to use 'script' tool, nor execute any of the 'sed'
> commands. The final part is about testing basic functionality after
> upgrade.
>
> Be careful before "STAGE 4" - if you have modified
> /etc/yum.repos.d/qubes-dom0.repo (for example by enabling testing
> repositories), after "STAGE 3" you will need to apply changes saved into
> /etc/yum.repos.d/qubes-dom0.repo.rpmnew manually.
> There are also few more things not handled by the in-place upgrade yet:
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5685
>
> If any stage fails, it should be safe to simply retry (potentially after
> fixing what it was complaining about).
> But, in any case, making a full backup before is strongly recommended.
>
>
> Release notes and what remains until final release
> - --
>
> There are several documentation tasks left, including release notes -
> draft (some content still in comments) is available here:
> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/pull/828
>
> There are also few remaining code changes to be merged, you can follow
> it at https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/projects/6
> But even with those tasks not done yet, I've decided to build the "beta"
> image, so it's easier to test it. At this point, I don't consider any
> major changes anymore, there will be few minor ones, and a lot of bug 
> fixes.
> So, it's going to be more and more stable.
>
> After merging those few features, there will be R4.1.0-rc1 and the
> strict release schedule kicks in:
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/version-scheme/#release-schedule
>
>
> Reporting bugs
> - --
>
> There are many, for sure. The standard place for reporting bugs is
> qubes-issues repo on github[1]. But, before opening new issue, please
> search if there isn't one for that problem already. In some cases, it
> may be better to discuss a problem on a forum first - they issue may be
> somewhere else than it seems on the first look. We have dedicated
> category for testing R4.1 [2]. It is also possible to creating a thread
> on the forum via email - by sending a message to testing-4.1 at 
> forum.qubes-os.org.
>
> [1] https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues
> [2] https://forum.qubes-os.org/c/user-support/testing-4-1/24
>
> - -- 
> Best Regards,
> Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
> Invisible Things Lab
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