Hi Rohit and community, I am ok with deprecating ubuntu 16.04 support in CloudStack 4.15.
It is very important to document the upgrade path from ubuntu 16.04/python2/old cloudstack versions to ubuntu 20.04/python3/cloudstack 4.15. We probably need to modify cloudstack 4.14 to support ubuntu 20.04 as a bridge, if we do not stop vms. 1. ubuntu 16.04/python2/old cloudstack versions , upgrade to 2. ubuntu 16.04/python2/cloudstack 4.14, then upgrade to 3. ubuntu 20.04/python2/cloudstack 4.14 (and live migrate vms), then upgrade to 4. ubuntu 20.04/python3/cloudstack 4.15 any other workaround ? Kind regards, Wei On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 11:47, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > All, > > Ubuntu 16.04 does not have JRE11 package as well as some packages for > Python3 such as python3-distutils: > > https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default§ion=all&arch=any&keywords=python3-distutils&searchon=names > > The Java 11 JRE requirement was introduced starting the 4.14.0.0 release > and in the release notes workaround for JRE installation was mentioned [0]. > With master/4.15 support for Python3 was added for KVM hosts and the > management server but a critical issue [1] was recently identified due to > which cloudstack-agent would fail installation on the older Ubuntu 16.04 > due to missing python3-distutil (and other) dependencies. > > Ubuntu 16.04 will reach the end of standard support by April 2021 [2][3], > and the next 4.15 release will add support for Ubuntu 20.04 [4][5] - so > should we: > > (a) remove Ubuntu 16.04 from our list of supported distribution (for KVM > host and management server) in 4.15? > (b) (if there are users using 16.04) document workaround for > installation/upgrade in the 4.15 release/upgrade notes? > > Thoughts, feedback? Thanks. > > [0] > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.14.0.0/upgrading/upgrade/upgrade-4.13.html#java-version-requirement > > [1] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/4280 > > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > > [3] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-April/000207.html > > [4] Wei's Ubuntu 20.04 PR https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/4069 > > [5] Wei's Ubuntu 20.04 PR included with support for CentOS8 PR > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/4068 > > > Regards. > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > >
