Meeting minutes, 4/29

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

Thanks, zodbot!

<zodbot> Minutes: 
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
<zodbot> Minutes (text): 
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
<zodbot> Log: 
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...

The big takeaway from my perspective: we need as much help as we can get 
to create an F12 image that boots on RHEL 5.5 + Xen.  Then we take *that* 
image and test it on EC2.  It may well fail, since it appears that they're 
running a Frankenstein RHEL 5.(0-2), but at least we'll be able to isolate 
their failures, demonstrate that we've got our stuff working, and put 
pressure on them to fix if need be.

<gregdek> OK, so to recap the plan:
<gregdek> * huff will post the latest ks and tools he's been using to get 
latest image, to remind everyone of where we're at.
<gregdek> * others feel free to hack at the ks and build/test new images, 
sending feedback to the list.
<gregdek> * eventually we'll get something that boots on rhel 5.5 xen.
<gregdek> * then we try to upload Teh Winnar to EC2.
<gregdek> * It will probably fail, at which point we'll throw it over the 
wall to Amazon -- or maybe it'll work, in which case, WIN!
<gregdek> Is that about right?
<smooge> yes.
<huff> sounds good to me

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[David Huff]

On 04/29/2010 06:03 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>  Thanks, zodbot!
>
>  <zodbot>  Minutes:
>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
>  <zodbot>  Minutes (text):
>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
>  <zodbot>  Log:
>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
>
>  The big takeaway from my perspective: we need as much help as we can get
>  to create an F12 image that boots on RHEL 5.5 + Xen.  Then we take *that*
>  image and test it on EC2.  It may well fail, since it appears that they're
>  running a Frankenstein RHEL 5.(0-2), but at least we'll be able to isolate
>  their failures, demonstrate that we've got our stuff working, and put
>  pressure on them to fix if need be.
>
>  <gregdek>  OK, so to recap the plan:
>  <gregdek>  * huff will post the latest ks and tools he's been using to get
Latests version of the ks file is here:
http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/blob/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks

to generate the image run the command:
# mkdir include (this is for the kernels)
# appliance-creator --cache /var/cache/ac/ -d -v -i ./include  -n 
fedora-ec2-image -c 
http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/raw/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks

I ran some tests tonight and was able to boot this image in kvm on f12 
with no selinux issues, I did have to change the fs=label, and fstabb/c 
kvm did not like xvda, but had no problem booting this image.

I was not able to test in xen however. If someone could provide me with 
example xen paravirt config file (non hvm), I will try and test in xen 
tomorrow.

-D

[David Huff]

On 04/29/2010 08:26 PM, David Huff wrote:
>  On 04/29/2010 06:03 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, zodbot!
> >
> > <zodbot>   Minutes:
> >
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
> > <zodbot>   Minutes (text):
> >
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
> > <zodbot>   Log:
> >
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
> >
> > The big takeaway from my perspective: we need as much help as we can get
> > to create an F12 image that boots on RHEL 5.5 + Xen.  Then we take *that*
> > image and test it on EC2.  It may well fail, since it appears that they're
> > running a Frankenstein RHEL 5.(0-2), but at least we'll be able to isolate
> > their failures, demonstrate that we've got our stuff working, and put
> > pressure on them to fix if need be.
> >
> > <gregdek>   OK, so to recap the plan:
> > <gregdek>   * huff will post the latest ks and tools he's been using to
> get
>
>  Latests version of the ks file is here:
>  http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/blob/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
>
>  to generate the image run the command:
>  # mkdir include (this is for the kernels)
>  # appliance-creator --cache /var/cache/ac/ -d -v -i ./include  -n
>  fedora-ec2-image -c
>  http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/raw/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
>
>  I ran some tests tonight and was able to boot this image in kvm on f12
>  with no selinux issues, I did have to change the fs=label, and fstabb/c
>  kvm did not like xvda, but had no problem booting this image.
>
>  I was not able to test in xen however. If someone could provide me with
>  example xen paravirt config file (non hvm), I will try and test in xen
>  tomorrow. 

I was able to boot this image on a RHEL5.5 box with xen 
xen-3.0.3-105.el5.  Again I had to change back to sda in both grub.conf 
and fstab instead of xvda (why did we change to xvda?) however I had no 
selinux issues.

-D

[David Huff]

On 05/03/2010 10:22 AM, David Huff wrote:
>  On 04/29/2010 08:26 PM, David Huff wrote:
> > On 04/29/2010 06:03 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks, zodbot!
> >>
> >> <zodbot> Minutes:
> >>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
> >>
> >> <zodbot> Minutes (text):
> >>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
> >>
> >> <zodbot> Log:
> >>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
> >>
> >>
> >> The big takeaway from my perspective: we need as much help as we can get
> >> to create an F12 image that boots on RHEL 5.5 + Xen. Then we take *that*
> >> image and test it on EC2. It may well fail, since it appears that
> >> they're
> >> running a Frankenstein RHEL 5.(0-2), but at least we'll be able to
> >> isolate
> >> their failures, demonstrate that we've got our stuff working, and put
> >> pressure on them to fix if need be.
> >>
> >> <gregdek> OK, so to recap the plan:
> >> <gregdek> * huff will post the latest ks and tools he's been using to
> >> get
> >
> > Latests version of the ks file is here:
> > http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/blob/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
> >
> > to generate the image run the command:
> > # mkdir include (this is for the kernels)
> > # appliance-creator --cache /var/cache/ac/ -d -v -i ./include -n
> > fedora-ec2-image -c
> > http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/raw/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
> >
> > I ran some tests tonight and was able to boot this image in kvm on f12
> > with no selinux issues, I did have to change the fs=label, and fstabb/c
> > kvm did not like xvda, but had no problem booting this image.
> >
> > I was not able to test in xen however. If someone could provide me with
> > example xen paravirt config file (non hvm), I will try and test in xen
> > tomorrow.
>
>
>  I was able to boot this image on a RHEL5.5 box with xen
>  xen-3.0.3-105.el5. Again I had to change back to sda in both grub.conf
>  and fstab instead of xvda (why did we change to xvda?) however I had no
>  selinux issues.
>
>  -D 
I have uploaded the ks file to use sda instead of xvda.

http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/raw/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks

-D

[Justin Forbes]

On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:42:08AM -0400, David Huff wrote:
>  On 05/03/2010 10:22 AM, David Huff wrote:
>  > On 04/29/2010 08:26 PM, David Huff wrote:
>  >> On 04/29/2010 06:03 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>> Thanks, zodbot!
>  >>>
>  >>> <zodbot> Minutes:
>  >>>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
>  >>>
>  >>> <zodbot> Minutes (text):
>  >>>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
>  >>>
>  >>> <zodbot> Log:
>  >>>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-04-29/cloud-sig.2010...
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> The big takeaway from my perspective: we need as much help as we can get
>  >>> to create an F12 image that boots on RHEL 5.5 + Xen. Then we take *that*
>  >>> image and test it on EC2. It may well fail, since it appears that
>  >>> they're
>  >>> running a Frankenstein RHEL 5.(0-2), but at least we'll be able to
>  >>> isolate
>  >>> their failures, demonstrate that we've got our stuff working, and put
>  >>> pressure on them to fix if need be.
>  >>>
>  >>> <gregdek> OK, so to recap the plan:
>  >>> <gregdek> * huff will post the latest ks and tools he's been using
> to
>  >>> get
>  >>
>  >> Latests version of the ks file is here:
>  >> http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/blob/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
>  >>
>  >> to generate the image run the command:
>  >> # mkdir include (this is for the kernels)
>  >> # appliance-creator --cache /var/cache/ac/ -d -v -i ./include -n
>  >> fedora-ec2-image -c
>  >> http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/raw/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
>  >>
>  >> I ran some tests tonight and was able to boot this image in kvm on f12
>  >> with no selinux issues, I did have to change the fs=label, and fstabb/c
>  >> kvm did not like xvda, but had no problem booting this image.
>  >>
>  >> I was not able to test in xen however. If someone could provide me with
>  >> example xen paravirt config file (non hvm), I will try and test in xen
>  >> tomorrow.
>  >
>  >
>  > I was able to boot this image on a RHEL5.5 box with xen
>  > xen-3.0.3-105.el5. Again I had to change back to sda in both grub.conf
>  > and fstab instead of xvda (why did we change to xvda?) however I had no
>  > selinux issues.
>  >
>  > -D
>  
>  I have uploaded the ks file to use sda instead of xvda.
>  
>  http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/raw/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks
>   
Odd, I got it to work with xvda and this config file... Of note, I am using
the external kernel that is visible on EC2.  Here is my xen guest config:

name = "F1264"
uuid = "45777eb3-251b-e70a-1cb6-3ad837351441"
maxmem = 1024
memory = 1024
vcpus = 2
kernel = "/tmp/kernels/vmlinux-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64"
ramdisk = "/tmp/kernels/initramfs-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64.img"
root = "/dev/xvda1 ro"
on_poweroff = "destroy"
on_reboot = "restart"
on_crash = "restart"
vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=1,keymap=en-us" ]
disk = [ "tap:aio:/home/data/xen/fedora-ec2-image-xvda.raw,xvda,w" ]
vif = [ "mac=00:16:36:6e:0e:d5,bridge=virbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]

Notice the selinux issue is now resolved.  I will upload this image to EC2
for a test run at the end of the day.

Justin