[389-users] Review 389-ds install/upgrade procedures and requisites on http://directory.fedoraproject.org/docs/389ds/download.html

[Noriko Hosoi]

Hello,

On 03/09/2015 02:18 PM, Robert Viduya wrote:
> I'm in the same boat.  We, as an enterprise, have standardized on 
> RHEL6 as our OS, with RHEL7 only on the horizon.  Switching to either 
> Fedora or CentOS isn't an option.  But the only "official" 389 release 
> for RHEL6 is years old.
>
> I reported a bug about a year ago, 47739, that's been fixed since 
> 1.2.11.26.  But only 1.2.11.15 is available for RHEL6.  So, yes, 
> there's at least one fix that we need that isn't available to us.  But 
> really, there's tons of bug fixes and features that have come out 
> since then.  The longer we're held back, the harder it will be to get 
> our user base to adapt to all the new features once we do upgrade.
The fix for the ticket 47739 is included in 389-ds-base-1.2.11.15-32 and 
newer and released on October 13, 2014 for RHEL-6.6.

Sorry about missing the announcement.  Could it be possible to upgrade 
your RHEL6 bits to the latest 389-ds-base-1.2.11.15-50.el6?

Thanks.
>
> Is compiling from source our only option?  Because, I can do that. 
>  I'd just rather not have to.
>
> On Mar 9, 2015, at 10:26 AM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com 
> <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>> On 03/09/2015 12:39 AM, Juan Carlos Camargo wrote:
>>> I'd like to see an updated install/upgrade procedure for 389-ds. The 
>>> info on the web page is outdated, links for coprs are not working 
>>> either , maybe they are not valid anymore.
>>
>> They are not, and have been removed.  It was just too difficult to 
>> maintain the copr repos.  The recommended versions are now the ones 
>> provided by your base operating system.
>> See also http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/releases/end-1-2-11.html
>>
>>> As a user of Centos6x I'm somehow lost when I see versions of the 
>>> product coming out whereas my servers are stuck with the older ones.
>>
>> Right.  We are trying to keep EL6 versions stable - they are mostly 
>> in maintenance mode.  Is there some feature you require that is not 
>> available in 1.2.11 but is in some later version?  If not, then do 
>> you really need to upgrade?
>>
>>> Should I make the move to Fedora?
>>
>> It depends.  Have you considered upgrading to CentOS 7.x instead?  
>> The only problem is that the admin server and console bits are not 
>> yet available, but should be shortly.
>>
>>>
>>>
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