Correct, all modern XenServer distros until 7 were centos 5.x. I doubt any xapi changes would break cloudstack, but the plugins should be retested, and btw it's also systemd time On May 25, 2016 2:39 PM, "Remi Bergsma" <rberg...@schubergphilis.com> wrote:
As far as I know previous versions were based on Centos 5 even ;-) Regards, Remi > On 25 May 2016, at 16:55, Rafael Weingärtner <rafaelweingart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh, I did know that, thanks for sharing Will. > > I was reading their Release notes; it seems that their “major changes” > section does not reflect the experience you are getting. > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> > wrote: > >> CentOS changes a LOT, especially around networking, so I would not be >> surprised if it does not work. It still takes me like 20 minutes to figure >> out what the hell I am doing when I login to CentOS7. No ifconfig, no >> iptables, etc, etc, etc... They pretty much did a wholesale change of >> everything you expect to be there. >> >> Lots of testing will have to be done on this and I have not tried to do >> that yet... >> >> *Will STEVENS* >> Lead Developer >> >> *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts >> 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 >> w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Rafael Weingärtner < >> rafaelweingart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Considering those scripts you are right; but, my main concerns would be >>> regarding some XAPI change. The scripts that we create and inject into >> the >>> Dom0 should not be that intrusive. >>> >>> I do not know about the differences between CentOS 6 and 7, but the only >>> way I see a script stopping working is that if a program that the script >>> uses does not come with the CentOS 7 that is bundled with XenServer or if >>> that program does not work with CentOS 7 anymore. >>> I do not recall every single task that those scripts execute, at the top >> of >>> my memory I can say that they play with the systems' firewall. They also >>> mount, copy, and move some files around. I believe they also remove some >>> configurations from the XAPI sometimes. >>> >>> Looking at the release notes in [1], it seems that none of the scripts >>> should stop working. However, to be sure about every single function and >>> task that ACS execute on XenServer a batch of tests would be required. >>> >>> [1] >> https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7#head-b02657cf2e223edb2d7946cbc45086d42c2bb41b >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Rafael >>>> >>>> We don’t purely use XAPI with XenServer. >>>> XenServer 7 has a CentOS7 dom0 rather than CentOS6. We do a whole load >>> of >>>> stuff behind the scenes with python and shell scripts a chunk of which >>>> won't work anymore. >>>> >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Paul Angus >>>> >>>> paul.an...@shapeblue.com >>>> www.shapeblue.com >>>> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK >>>> @shapeblue >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Rafael Weingärtner [mailto:rafaelweingart...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: 25 May 2016 14:12 >>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: XenServer 7 >>>> >>>> Will there be any change on the XAPI? If not, it already works (just >> the >>>> new functions, if any, that will not be used). >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is anyone here working on XenServer 7 support for CloudStack? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Paul Angus >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> paul.an...@shapeblue.com >>>>> www.shapeblue.com >>>>> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rafael Weingärtner >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Rafael Weingärtner > > > > -- > Rafael Weingärtner
