On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 9:46 PM, Brad Hubbard <bhubb...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 9:12 PM, Max Cuttins <m...@phoenixweb.it> wrote: > >> Hi Brad, >> >> that post was mine. I knew it quite well. >> > That Post was about confirm the fact that minimum requirements written in >> the documentation really didn't exists. >> >> However I never asked if there is somewhere a place where is possible to >> download the DEV or the RC of Centos7.5. >> I was thinking about to join the community of tester and developers that >> are already testing Ceph on that "*not ready*" environment. >> >> In that POST these questions were not really made, so no answer where >> given. >> > > From that thread. > > "The necessary kernel changes actually are included as part of 4.16-rc1 > which is available now. We also offer a pre-built test kernel with the > necessary fixes here [1]. > > [1] https://shaman.ceph.com/repos/kernel/ceph-iscsi-test/"; > <https://shaman.ceph.com/repos/kernel/ceph-iscsi-test/> > > I notice that URL is unavailable so maybe the real question should be why > is that kernel no longer available? > Turns out this build got "garbage collected" and replacing it is being worked on right now. > > There are plenty more available at https://shaman.ceph.com/repos/ > kernel/testing/ but *I* can't tell you which is relevant but perhaps > someone else can. > > I see that you talked also about other distribution. Well, I read around >> that Suse already implement iSCSI. >> However as far as I know (which is not so much), this distribution use >> modified kernel in order to let this work. >> And in order to use it it's needed a dashboard that can handle these >> kind of differences (OpenAttic). >> I knew already OpenAttic is contributing in developing the next >> generation of the Ceph Dashboard (and this sound damn good!). >> However this also means to me that the *official dashboard* should not >> be talking about ISCSI at all (as every implementation of iSCSI are running >> on mod version). >> >> So these are the things I cannot figure out: >> Why is the iSCSI board on the CEPH official dashboard? (I could >> understand on OpenAttic which run on SUSE but not on the official one). >> > Why do you believe it should not be? > >> And why, in the official documentation, the minimu requirements to let >> iSCSI work, is to install CentOS7.5? Which doesn't exist? Is there a RC >> candidate which I can start to use? >> > > But it doesn't say that, it says " RHEL/CentOS 7.5; Linux kernel v4.16 or > newer; or the Ceph iSCSI client test kernel > <https://shaman.ceph.com/repos/kernel/ceph-iscsi-test>". You seem to be > ignoring the "Ceph iSCSI client test kernel > <https://shaman.ceph.com/repos/kernel/ceph-iscsi-test>" part? > > And... if SUSE or even other distribution works already with iSCSI... why >> the documentation just doesn't reccomend these ones instead of RHEL or >> CENTOS? >> > Because that would be odd, to say the least. If the documentation is > incorrect for CentOS then it was, at least at some point, thought to be > correct and it probably will be correct again in the near future and, if > not, we can review and correct it as necessary. > >> There is something confused about what the documentation minimal >> requirements, the dashboard suggest to be able to do, and what i read >> around about modded Ceph for other linux distributions. >> I create a new post to clarify all these points. >> >> Thanks for your answer! :) >> >> >> >> Il 27/03/2018 11:24, Brad Hubbard ha scritto: >> >> See the thread in this very ML titled "Ceph iSCSI is a prank?", last >> update thirteen days ago. >> >> If your questions are not answered by that thread let us know. >> >> Please also remember that CentOS is not the only platform that ceph runs >> on by a long shot and that not all distros lag as much as it (not a >> criticism, just a fact. The reasons for lagging are valid and well >> documented and should be accepted by those who choose to use them). if you >> want the bleeding edge then rhel/centos should not be your platform of >> choice. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:04 PM, Max Cuttins <m...@phoenixweb.it> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Jason, >>> >>> this is exactly what i read around and I supposed. >>> The RHEL 7.5 is not yet released (neither is Kernel 4.16) >>> >>> So my dubt are 2: >>> >>> *1) If it's not released... why is this in the documentation?* >>> Is the documentation talking about a Dev candidate already accessible >>> somewhere? >>> >>> 2) why in the dashboard is there already a iSCSI board? >>> I guess I miss something.... or is really just for future implementation >>> and not usable yet? >>> And if it is usable... where I can download the necessarie in order to >>> start? >>> >>> >>> Il 26/03/2018 14:10, Jason Dillaman ha scritto: >>> >>> RHEL 7.5 has not been released yet, but it should be released very >>> soon. After it's released, it usually takes the CentOS team a little >>> time to put together their matching release. I also suspect that Linux >>> kernel 4.16 is going to be released in the next week or so as well. >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Max Cuttins <m...@phoenixweb.it> >>> <m...@phoenixweb.it> wrote: >>> >>> As stated in the documentation, in order to use iSCSI it's needed use >>> CentOS7.5. >>> Where can I download it? >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> iSCSI Targets >>> >>> Traditionally, block-level access to a Ceph storage cluster has been limited >>> to QEMU and librbd, which is a key enabler for adoption within OpenStack >>> environments. Starting with the Ceph Luminous release, block-level access is >>> expanding to offer standard iSCSI support allowing wider platform usage, and >>> potentially opening new use cases. >>> >>> RHEL/CentOS 7.5; Linux kernel v4.16 or newer; or the Ceph iSCSI client test >>> kernel >>> A working Ceph Storage cluster, deployed with ceph-ansible or using the >>> command-line interface >>> iSCSI gateways nodes, which can either be colocated with OSD nodes or on >>> dedicated nodes >>> Separate network subnets for iSCSI front-end traffic and Ceph back-end >>> traffic >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ceph-users mailing >>> listceph-us...@lists.ceph.comhttp://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ceph-users mailing list >>> ceph-users@lists.ceph.com >>> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Brad >> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Brad > -- Cheers, Brad
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