I agree with Paul - a single, well-configured one. (Considering the Marvin tests are run using the current default template, I think it might make sense to consider CentOS 7/8, bug again, just my opinion)
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 16:22, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > My 2 cents: > > The default template is not there for general or even production use, it’s > there for people to 'kick the tires' and either see if CloudStack is what > they want or check that their installation is generally OK. > > Therefore (IMO) the pre-requisites are: > > - small download size > - compatibility across all of our supported hypervisors > - compatibility with all CloudStack features; i.e. live memory and CPU > addition, hot disk-pluging, live migrations which require hypervisor tools > installed, passing of user-data, meta-data, ssh keys and password resets to > the VM via VR and config-drive. > - OS commands that users will be relatively familiar with. > - ability to be leverage by Marvin tests to perform smoke and integration > tests > > You know - the usual stuff... > > So that we know that the template should 'always work', I don't think that > we should point to an upstream repo, but take an OS version, add/configure > whatever is strictly required to meet our requirements, and keep in the > CloudStack downloads. > > Ok, so more like $10 .. > > Kind regards > > Paul Angus > > > paul.an...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrija Panic <andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > Sent: 03 June 2020 13:03 > To: users <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > Cc: dev <d...@cloudstack.apache.org>; Abhishek Kumar < > abhishek.ku...@shapeblue.com> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] New default template > > Whatever is a choosen as the new one, needs to be compatible with ALL the > current hypervisor we support (i. e. VMware 6.0 and up, XenServer 7.0 and > up and KVM of various flavours). > So that needs to be taken into consideration when speaking about exotic > OS-es or even the newest ones (Ubuntu 20/CentOS 8) to find a proper OS > mappings on hypervisor side that will allow it to run normally. > > > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, 12:21 , <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to restate my previous stance on this which is - if not to > > have a proper "market place" of trusted and tested templates - at > > least to cover the popular ones. > > The basics imho would be CentOS and Ubuntu, with this we cover 99% of > > the user requirements. > > I'd propose to go with the latest and greatest of both, Ubuntu 20.04 > > and > > CentOS8 respectively (supported 2029). > > I can repurpose the current build machine for openvm.eu and "donate" > > it to the project so it's not a "third party" any more. > > > > my 2 pence > > > > On 2020-06-03 08:58, Abhishek Kumar wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I would like to hear everyone's opinion on a new default template in > > > CloudStack. > > > Currently, we are using CentOS 5.x for different hypervisors but it > > > is quite old(already completed its support life) and either the > > > support for it has been removed > > > (https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Guest-System-Support) or in > > > legacy ( > > https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCatego > > ry=software&details=1&partner=272&releases=448&page=1&display_interval > > =10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc&testConfig=16 > > ) > > > in different hypervisors. > > > Therefore, I think it is time now to move to a newer OS template. In > > > my understanding CentOS7 is the minimum viable choice if we are > > > continuing with CentOS. This can be the preferred choice as we > > > already have tested templates for it on different hypervisors and it > > > has 4 years left in its cycle. > > > > > > We can also explore Ubuntu’s cloud-images of 20.04. And if we want > > > to go with something very light-weight we can think about something > > > like Alpine Linux. > > > > > > Please have your say. Also, do you think this can be included in > > > 4.15 itself so we can have a proper default template for something > > > like XCP-ng 8.x which doesn't support CentOS 5 (and PV VMs)? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Abhishek > > > > > > > > > abhishek.ku...@shapeblue.com > > > www.shapeblue.com > > > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > > > @shapeblue > > > -- Andrija Panić
