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    • yannY Offline
      yann Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team @olivierlambert
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      People with FreeBSD 13.2 or later as a guest are also now able to use Netlink to get their IP address changes reported instantly (rather than having to wait for as much as 1 minute).

      This is however not yet part of our CI jobs, as we rely on cross-rs, which for now only provides FreeBSD 12 cross-build support. Your choices to try it:

      • build it yourself
      • manually-prebuilt binary

      Don't forget to kldload netlink first, the Netlink support is not active by default!

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      • Tristis OrisT Offline
        Tristis Oris Top contributor
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        i try to update tools, succeed only on ubuntu22.
        ubuntu20 fail on apt update:

        
        Ign:13 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Translation-en
        Err:11 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Packages
          401  Unauthorized [IP: 172.65.251.78 443]
        Ign:12 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Translation-en_US
        Ign:13 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Translation-en
        Reading package lists... Done
        E: Failed to fetch https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64/release/Packages  401  Unauthorized [IP: 172.65.251.78 443]
        E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
        

        ubuntu 20 = debian 11. Are the tools compatible?

        At blog you forgot the name of tools to install πŸ˜ƒ https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2023/12/15/rust-guest-tools-0-3-0/

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        • olivierlambertO Online
          olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
          last edited by olivierlambert

          Fixed the blog post. Don't know for Ubuntu, only tested on Debian on my side (even Debian 11). It seems you have a 401 HTTP code on your side. Gitlab issue or network issue?

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          • Tristis OrisT Offline
            Tristis Oris Top contributor @olivierlambert
            last edited by

            @olivierlambert looks like network issue, but same task at same host\network etc updated all ubuntu 22 VMs.

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            • olivierlambertO Online
              olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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              Yeah, I would say Gitlab access issue, for whatever reason 🀷 Wait a bit a retry later. We'll probably mirror it to provide a more available solution that Gitlab.

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              • Tristis OrisT Offline
                Tristis Oris Top contributor @olivierlambert
                last edited by

                @olivierlambert i add this repo to our local nexus proxy, got same error with any distrib. Well, let's wait.

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                • olivierlambertO Online
                  olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                  Here I have a good HTTP answer (200):

                  curl -I https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64/release/Packages
                  
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                  • Tristis OrisT Offline
                    Tristis Oris Top contributor @olivierlambert
                    last edited by

                    @olivierlambert same, 200. Probably it again cloudflare issues.

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                    • ajpri1998A Offline
                      ajpri1998
                      last edited by

                      Tried install on a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 VM. Worked PERFECTLY with apt.

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                        chrisfonte
                        last edited by

                        If installing on a machine that already had the old guest tools, is it necessary to uninstall them first (I would imagine so). How do you uninstall old guest tools?

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                        • Tristis OrisT Offline
                          Tristis Oris Top contributor @chrisfonte
                          last edited by

                          @chrisfonte new tools will remove the old one during install.

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                            chrisfonte
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                            Worked well for me with apt on virtualized Pop!_OS.

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                            • olivierlambertO Online
                              olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                              Thanks for your feedback @chrisfonte !

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                                @Tristis-Oris said in New Rust Xen guest tools:

                                i try to update tools, succeed only on ubuntu22.
                                ubuntu20 fail on apt update:

                                
                                Ign:13 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Translation-en
                                Err:11 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Packages
                                  401  Unauthorized [IP: 172.65.251.78 443]
                                Ign:12 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Translation-en_US
                                Ign:13 https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64 release/ Translation-en
                                Reading package lists... Done
                                E: Failed to fetch https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/xen-project%2Fxen-guest-agent/packages/generic/deb-amd64/release/Packages  401  Unauthorized [IP: 172.65.251.78 443]
                                E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
                                

                                ubuntu 20 = debian 11. Are the tools compatible?

                                At blog you forgot the name of tools to install πŸ˜ƒ https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2023/12/15/rust-guest-tools-0-3-0/

                                I also encountered this same issue with this on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS. Upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and re-enabling the repository resolved the issue.

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                                • Tristis OrisT Offline
                                  Tristis Oris Top contributor
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                                  Well it still don't work for ubuntu20.
                                  Also i can't create Nexus proxy repo even for 22, with same error.
                                  Looks like restrictions for some auth type. Because the repo is not accessible by direct link, i can't really check anything. Any ideas?
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                                  apt update
                                  Ign:7 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ InRelease
                                  Hit:8 http://local_ip:8081/repository/zabbix-apt/zabbix-agent2-plugins/1/ubuntu jammy InRelease
                                  Hit:9 http://local_ip:8081/repository/zabbix-apt/zabbix/6.4/ubuntu jammy InRelease
                                  Ign:10 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Release
                                  Ign:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Ign:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Ign:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Ign:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Ign:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Ign:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Err:11 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Packages
                                    404  Not Found [IP: local_ip 8081]
                                  Ign:12 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en_US
                                  Ign:13 http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian release/ Translation-en
                                  Reading package lists... Done
                                  E: Failed to fetch http://local_ip:8081/repository/xen-tools-debian/release/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: local_ip 8081]
                                  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
                                  
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                                  • olivierlambertO Online
                                    olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                                    I bet on a Gitlab hosting weird issue or something. You can download the package directly from here: https://gitlab.com/xen-project/xen-guest-agent/-/releases

                                    In your case: https://gitlab.com/xen-project/xen-guest-agent/-/jobs/5762006911/artifacts/raw/target/release/xen-guest-agent_0.3.0_amd64.deb?inline=false

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                                    • Tristis OrisT Offline
                                      Tristis Oris Top contributor @olivierlambert
                                      last edited by

                                      @olivierlambert thanks, i'll try to add them manualy.

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                                      • Tristis OrisT Offline
                                        Tristis Oris Top contributor
                                        last edited by Tristis Oris

                                        Successfully install tools on ubuntu 20 from deb packet.
                                        Ubuntu 18 need some dependencies: The following packages have unmet dependencies: xen-guest-agent : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28) but 2.27-3ubuntu1.6 is to be installed
                                        libc6 is only available for ubuntu 20+ https://pkgs.org/search/?q=libc6

                                        So that some repo issues.

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                                        • olivierlambertO Online
                                          olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                                          Next release will be statically linked so it should solve the problem. However, our target is clearly modern distros initially πŸ˜‰

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                                          • yannY Offline
                                            yann Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team @Tristis Oris
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                                            If we want to support Ubuntu release that are "out of standard support" but not yet EoL'd, this currently puts the oldest distro as 14.04 just for 3 months (where we're using Debian 10 currently), beating Debian 8 (released 15.04, in ELTS until June '25).

                                            But then Rust docker image for Debian 8 and 9 have long been unavailable from Docker hub, we'd have to switch to debian:8 and hope Rust will properly work there, in this platform they apparently do not support.

                                            But we already know at least clang is much too old to be able to build the tools, even in debian:9, see https://github.com/KyleMayes/clang-sys/issues/163#issuecomment-1875216165

                                            So supporting such old distros would need a significant investment.

                                            ydirson created this issue in KyleMayes/clang-sys

                                            closed "This crate only supports `libclang` 3.5 and later" with libclang 3.8 identified #163

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