[Users] New pkg-cacher and vztmpl2 [testing results]

[Robert Nelson]

Thanks very much for testing this out.  I appreciate the help.

The problem with small is that something that used to depend on initscripts 
no longer does, so you have to specify it explicitly.  I'll fix it in the 
next release, in the interim its a one line fix.

The fix:
        Add "initscripts" to /vz/template/fedora/config/small.list

The problem with Debian Sarge doesn't happen to me.  Debian Sarge got 
demoted, it was moved from the primary servers to the archive servers.   I 
can think of two possibilities.  Check your /etc/pkg-cacher.conf file to 
make sure the path_map has an entry for debian-archive.  The other 
possibility is that the server isn't quite as reliable as the primary ones 
and it was down.  You should be able to tell from checking the 
/var/log/pkg-cacher/error.log file.  If you still can't tell what the 
problem is then do a "kill -USR1" to the pkg-cacher process to enable debug 
output.  Retry the vzpkgcache command and then send me the 
/var/log/pkg-cacher/error.log and I'll see if I can figure it out.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Dowdle" <dowdle at montanalinux.org>
To: <users at openvz.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:56 AM
Subject: [Users] New pkg-cacher and vztmpl2 [testing results]


> Robert,
>
> I upgraded my test box to your latest versions of vzpkg2, pkg-cacher and 
> the vztmpl packages.  Test box: HP DL380 G5 with 32GB of RAM running RHEL 
> 5.2 x86_64.  Config used to build containers was a generic generated by 
> vzpslit -n 32.  I used pkg-cacher in stand alone mode running on the host 
> node.
>
>
> OS Template Build Testing
> -------------------------
>
> I ran build tests on all 48 combinations.  Of the 48, 6 would not build. 
> Here are the ones that wouldn't build and their error messages:
>
> 1) debian-sarge-i386-default
> E: Failed getting release file 
> http://openvz2.cs.montana.edu:3142/debian-archive/dists/sarge/Release
>
> 2) debian-sarge-i386-minimal
> E: Failed getting release file 
> http://openvz2.cs.montana.edu:3142/debian-archive/dists/sarge/Release
>
> 3) fedora-8-i386-small
> mv: cannot stat `/vz/root/100001/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo': No such file or 
> directory
> ERROR: Script install-post failed
>
> 4) fedora-8-x86_64-small
> mv: cannot stat `/vz/root/100001/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo': No such file or 
> directory
> ERROR: Script install-post failed
>
> 5) fedora-9-i386-small
> mv: cannot stat `/vz/root/100001/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo': No such file or 
> directory
> ERROR: Script install-post failed
>
> 6) fedora-9-x86_64-small
> mv: cannot stat `/vz/root/100001/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo': No such file or 
> directory
> ERROR: Script install-post failed
>
> Oddly enough fedora-7-*-small built just fine.  I wonder what happened 
> with debian-sarge.
>
>
> OS Template Testing
> -------------------
>
> After building 42 OS Templates, I created containers out of all of the 
> ones marked "default" assuming that if the "default" flavor worked the 
> "minimal" ones would too.
>
> I did the following to test the containers:
>
> 1) Enter test - I verified I could "vzctl enter" the container and that 
> the pty's were in working order
>
> 2) Network test - I verified that the venet0:0 interface within the 
> container had the assigned address and that networking was functional
>
> 3) Server app test - If it was running apache (CentOS and Fedora) I 
> verified that I was able to pull up the default webpage from another 
> machine on the network
>
> 4) Package manager test - I tested the package manager by installing mc, 
> nano and (if needed) psmisc.  By default each container was configured to 
> use the pkg-cacher cache and package manager performance was snappy.
>
> I ran into ZERO failures.. all OS Templates worked wonderfully.
>
>
> List of working OS Templates:
> -----------------------------
>
> centos-4-i386-default
> centos-4-i386-minimal
> centos-4-x86_64-default
> centos-4-x86_64-minimal
> centos-5-i386-default
> centos-5-i386-minimal
> centos-5-x86_64-default
> centos-5-x86_64-minimal
> debian-etch-amd64-default
> debian-etch-amd64-minimal
> debian-etch-i386-default
> debian-etch-i386-minimal
> fedora-7-i386-default
> fedora-7-i386-minimal
> fedora-7-i386-small
> fedora-7-x86_64-default
> fedora-7-x86_64-minimal
> fedora-7-x86_64-small
> fedora-8-i386-default
> fedora-8-i386-minimal
> fedora-8-x86_64-default
> fedora-8-x86_64-minimal
> fedora-9-i386-default
> fedora-9-i386-minimal
> fedora-9-x86_64-default
> fedora-9-x86_64-minimal
> ubuntu-feisty-amd64-default
> ubuntu-feisty-amd64-minimal
> ubuntu-feisty-i386-default
> ubuntu-feisty-i386-minimal
> ubuntu-gutsy-amd64-default
> ubuntu-gutsy-amd64-minimal
> ubuntu-gutsy-i386-default
> ubuntu-gutsy-i386-minimal
> ubuntu-hardy-amd64-default
> ubuntu-hardy-amd64-minimal
> ubuntu-hardy-i386-default
> ubuntu-hardy-i386-minimal
> ubuntu-intrepid-amd64-default
> ubuntu-intrepid-amd64-minimal
> ubuntu-intrepid-i386-default
> ubuntu-intrepid-i386-minimal
>
> TYL,
> -- 
> Scott Dowdle
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