server May 2022

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Proposal: Changes to Fedora Server default partitioning scheme
by Stephen Gallagher 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

The following proposal comes out of the discussion at this weeks Server SIG meeting[1] Fedora Server will have: * / (root) will be a minimum of 2 GiB and a maximum of 15 GiB * SWAP will continue to be calculated automatically based on available RAM on the system * All unused space will be assigned to a volume group and available to be assigned to new partitions or extend existing partitions. * Anaconda will continue to handle the appropriate EFI and /boot settings We also discussed during the meeting whether we should have a separate /var partition by default, but the general sense was that we might be better served by developing a mechanism to allow partitions to be split from existing mount points, which would be more flexible going forward. As we did not have quorum in the meeting by the point we got to this proposal, I'm taking it to the list for discussion and votes. For the record, the current behavior of the partitioning scheme is for / to be given up to 50 GiB of space and then any remaining space after that is assigned to a separate /home partition. [1] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2016-03-15/serversig.201…

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Federa 35 Server default editor
by Peter Boy 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

In Fedora 34 the default editor was nano, for Workstation and also for Server. In my latest default F35 Server installation I noticed vim-default-editor was installed. Did some good soul take pity and bring vim back to us or did something go wrong with my installation? Best Peter

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GPT Partitioning
by Peter Boy 03 Jun '22

03 Jun '22

Last meeting we discussed whether we should change to GPT as default partitioning. Now some of our members have submitted a change proposal to make GPT the default partitioning for new installations. I think this is actually long overdue, yet better communication among us would actually be nice as well. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GPTforBIOSbyDefault I don’t know if there is a potential problem. Some time ago, if I remember correctly it was Neil who wrote in a discussion about storage that a software RAID is no longer possible, because - so my memory - the biosboot partition is not replicable over multiple disks. So if the previous boot disk fails, you can't just boot from another disk. I never checked it and didn’t read the technical specification. And all our server have hardware raid. So, does anybody knows about it in detail? Peter

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Fedora Server WG
by pboy＠fedoraproject.org 31 May '22

31 May '22

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Fedora Server WG on 2022-06-01 from 17:00:00 to 18:00:00 UTC At fedora-meeting(a)irc.libera.chat The meeting will be about: Standing meeting of the Fedora Server Working Group More information available at: [https://pagure.io/fedora-server/report/Meeting](https://pagure.io/fedora-se… Source: https://calendar.fedoraproject.org//meeting/10245/

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Fedora Server WG
by pboy＠fedoraproject.org 17 May '22

17 May '22

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Fedora Server WG on 2022-05-18 from 17:00:00 to 18:00:00 UTC At fedora-meeting(a)irc.libera.chat The meeting will be about: Standing meeting of the Fedora Server Working Group More information available at: [https://pagure.io/fedora-server/report/Meeting](https://pagure.io/fedora-se… Source: https://calendar.fedoraproject.org//meeting/10245/

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Call for agenda Items on 2022-05-18 17:00 ==UTC== meeting
by Peter Boy 16 May '22

16 May '22

The meeting date ========================================================= Fedora Server IRC meeting Wednesday, May 18 17:00 ==UTC== irc.libera.chat #fedora-meeting ========================================================= Please, check your local time using date -d '2022-05-18 17:00UTC' The agenda includes so far: == Agenda == https://pagure.io/fedora-server/report/Meeting 1. = Follow up actions = 2. = Change proposal about GPT as default partitioning for bios boot = We have currently no issue for this topic. Change proposal #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GPTforBIOSbyDefault Short discussion on mailing list #link https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/server@lists.fedoraproject.or… 3. = Planning for Fedora 37: Additional changes to discuss? (continued) = https://pagure.io/fedora-server/issue/79 There is an open bug / RFE in bugzilla, we postponed to F37: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2054625 4. = How to proceed with Cockpit File Sharing module = #link https://pagure.io/fedora-server/issue/86 A controversial discussion at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/server@lists.fedoraproject.or… (scroll cown, title is now missleading, unfortunately we can’t split a thread) Please, add your opinion and suggestions to the ticket ahead. 5. = Open floor = For any additions or changes, please reply to this email. For an overview about current tasks look at: https://pagure.io/fedora-server/boards/Works%20in%20progress

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Server documentation extended
by Peter Boy 14 May '22

14 May '22

I just published the article "Setting up dnsmasq - a lightweight DHCP and DNS server“ (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/sysadmin-dnsmasq/) Unfortunately, until now nobody had picked it up for review. So it does get under the rule no objection is considered consent, unfortunately. Nevertheless, it is never too late for a review. It would be great it someone would take it. Peter

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Cockpit 269, cockpit-machines 268, cockpit-ostree 190.1
by Allison Karlitskaya 13 May '22

13 May '22

Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly. Here are the release notes: https://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-269.html Summary: - Client: Initial support for dark mode - Metrics: Show Podman containers in top CPU and memory lists - Machines: Provide default name for new VMs You can get Cockpit here: http://cockpit-project.org/running.html The new releases are available in Fedora 35 and 36. Cockpit: - https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-8204559683 - https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-911bd0f4a3 cockpit-machines: - https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-4b47be5825 - https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-fb2e44c08b cockpit-ostree: - https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-690018712f - https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-b5440a3213 Or download the tarballs here: - https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases/tag/269 - https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines/releases/tag/268 - https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-ostree/releases/tag/190.1 Happy Friday! Allison

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You may have already noticed ....
by Peter Boy 10 May '22

10 May '22

it finally happened. Fedora 36 is out of the door, after all the stumbling blocks along the way. I pushed the latest releases of our documentation upstream, as far as they needed an update for F36. After the docs site updates again, it will be online. Probably in an hour or so. Nevertheless, I think we should polish our review process. Best Peter

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Our visibility is better now
by Peter Boy 07 May '22

07 May '22

Just as an info: In cooperation with the docs team and especially thanks to the efforts of darknao, our noticeability is greatly improved. On the download page https://getfedora.org/de/server/download/ there is now a new footer directly below the download links with links to our documentation, support and chat. The same is true for the overview page, https://getfedora.org/de/server/ down below all the descriptions. Many thanks to Francois Andrieu (darknao)

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