stoney cloud: Upgrade

Overview

This guide explains, what you need to do during the installation of your Multi-Node Installation.

Prepare your stoney cloud installation for the update

<= 1.2.10.3

If you have a productive (releases) stoney cloud Installation, execute the following command:

echo 'PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://packages.stoney-cloud.org/stoney-cloud/releases/1.2/packages"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf

If you have a test (pre-releases) stoney cloud Installation instead, execute the following command:

echo 'PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://packages.stoney-cloud.org/stoney-cloud/pre-releases/1.2/packages"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf

IMPORTANT: Even a pre-release ISO may result in a stable installation, depending on when it was generated in the release cycle. Please verify by executing git branch in /usr/portage and /var/lib/layman/foss-cloud whether this is the case, and switch to the testing branch if needed (that is: if the branch displayed does not contain the words pre or testing. If the branch is empty, that means you have a brand new installation without anything yet. In that case, directly check the configuration files /usr/portage/.git/config and/or /var/lib/layman/foss-cloud/.git/config to see which branch it would check out upon emerge --sync and from where.).

>= 1.2.10.4

Execute the following command to register the binary package mirror (since for now there will be only pre-releases, but with better quality than FOSS-Cloud releases):

echo 'PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://packages.stoney-cloud.org/stoney-cloud/pre-releases/1.2/packages"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf

Update

Makes sure, your local portage tree is updated:

emerge --sync

Now you can make sure, that you've got the current stoney cloud version installed:

emerge -KuDva virtual/foss-cloud

Local copy of remote index is up-to-date and will be used.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB

 * virtual/foss-cloud-1.2.10.4

Would you like to add these packages to your world favorites? [Yes/No] '''no'''

If you have updated you stoney cloud, you might want to sanely update your configuration files after emerging new packages (including updates):

dispatch-conf

Installing Software Examples

Per default, the stoney cloud expects you to install binary packages. So if you don't pass any special parameters to the emerge command, the binary package (if it exists) will be used.

Binary Package

Per default, the stoney cloud expects you to install binary packages, which can be seen with [binary R ] output.

emerge -va git

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[binary   R    ] dev-vcs/git-1.7.12.4  USE="blksha1 curl iconv nls pcre perl threads webdav -cgi -cvs -doc -emacs -gpg -gtk -highlight (-ppcsha1) -python -subversion {-test} -tk -xinetd" 5,295 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall, 1 binary), Size of downloads: 5,295 kB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] no

Quitting.

Force Non-Binary Package

If you force a non-binary package, the output will be in the form of [ebuild R ].

FEATURES="-getbinpkg" emerge -va git

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] app-arch/cpio-2.11  USE="nls" 995 kB
[ebuild   R    ] dev-vcs/git-1.7.12.4  USE="blksha1 curl iconv nls pcre perl threads webdav -cgi -cvs -doc -emacs -gpg -gtk -highlight (-ppcsha1) -python -subversion {-test} -tk -xinetd" 4,523 kB

Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 5,518 kB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] 

No Binary Package Exists

The following example shows you a package with no existing binary package, therefore the package must be compiled on the fly, shown with [ebuild N ].

emerge -va htop

Local copy of remote index is up-to-date and will be used.

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] sys-process/htop-1.0.2  USE="unicode -openvz -vserver" 380 kB

Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 380 kB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] 

Multi-Node Installation

Follow the Specialized Installation Guide.

Basic Testing Steps

Get your stoney cloud image:

cd /var/virtualization/iso-choosable/
wget http://packages.stoney-cloud.org/stoney-cloud/pre-releases/1.2/iso/foss-cloud-installer-1.2.10.4.iso
chown apache:vm-storage
chmod 644 foss-cloud-installer-1.2.10.4.iso

Get a Fedora ISO image:

cd /var/virtualization/iso-choosable/
wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-20-x86_64-netinst.iso
chown apache:vm-storage Fedora-20-x86_64-netinst.iso
chmod 644 Fedora-20-x86_64-netinst.iso

Lernstick (Test):

cd /var/virtualization/iso-choosable/
wget http://www.imedias.ch/dateien/lernstick-testversion/lernstick_debian7_2013-12-12.iso
chown apache:vm-storage lernstick_debian7_2013-12-12.iso
chmod 644 lernstick_debian7_2013-12-12.iso

Set three network ranges under https://192.168.140.10/vm-manager/subnet/index.html

192.168.140.64
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Template Range
template

192.168.140.128
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Persistent Range
persistent

192.168.140.192
26
Dynamic Range
dynamic

Add the three newly creates network ranges to the VM-Pools under https://192.168.140.10/vm-manager/vmPool/index.html

Create a Virtual Machine Profile under https://192.168.140.10/vm-manager/vmProfile/create.html

Create a Virtual Machine Template under https://192.168.140.10/vm-manager/vmTemplate/create.html and install a basic operating system.

Create a persistent Virtual Machine from the newly created Virtual Machine Template.

Known Issues

None.