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

[Rich Megginson]

On 03/09/2015 03:30 PM, Noriko Hosoi wrote:
> 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. 

It really depends on what you mean by "release".  The 389-ds-base in 
RHEL6 gets regular updates.  It doesn't get many new features because we 
are trying to keep it stable.

>>
>> 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?

If you were using the old rmeggins repo or a copr repo, see 
http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/releases/end-1-2-11.html

>
> 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 The info on the web page is outdated, links for coprs are not 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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