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    • ajpri1998A Offline
      ajpri1998 @xerxist
      last edited by

      @xerxist

      https://xcp-ng.org/docs/releases.html#all-releases

      Latest LTS: XCP-ng 8.2

Using the Long Term Support version is relevant if:

    you want to be sure the system will stay stable
    you want to **have all security fixes** without doing major upgrades every year
    you want a predictable migration path on a longer timeframe
    you don't care about new features coming for the next years

LTS releases are supported for 5 years.

      XCP-ng 8.2 still has about a year and 3 months left of support.

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      • X Offline
        xerxist @ajpri1998
        last edited by

        @ajpri1998

        That is not the point I’m trying to make.
        The heart of the OS is going to be end of life December this year. You can probably plaster away but you need to keep track of everything for cve’s etc.. if you don’t want an auditor to trip on this. As they will because it’s end of life.

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        • stormiS Offline
          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @xerxist
          last edited by stormi

          @xerxist The Linux kernel is not exactly the heart of XCP-ng. Xen is. Also, the threat model is different from that of a Linux distribution, because the main threat here comes from VMs (privilege escalation, information disclosure, DoS...), and this is taken very deep care of, at every level.

          XCP-ng's management network being meant to be on a dedicated network, not exposed to direct attackers, makes network attacks a lower threat but of course doesn't negate it so it still is to be taken into account.

          Your concerns are valid, especially regarding how to make an auditor accept that it is actually maintained for the scope of XCP-ng's needs, and we're looking how to document it.

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          • A Offline
            archw
            last edited by

            Yesterday, as I was about to walk out of the office for a deposition, someone walked in and said the connection to oen of the VM's was dead.

            I opened up Idrac to the Dell host (Dell Inc. PowerEdge R540) and found a black screen unlike any I've seen before with XCP-NG; my vague recollection was a standard linux screen with "system" or something like that. I had twenty minutes to get to the deposition so I didn't have time to do normal debugging so I rebooted the host and watched as it did a normal reboot. It came back and all was well.

            Now that the dust has cleared, this is my first chance to look into what happened. Where do I start? /var/log/xensource.log? /var/log/kern.log? Something else?

            Thanks!

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            • stormiS Offline
              stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @archw
              last edited by

              @archw Some information at https://docs.xcp-ng.org/troubleshooting/log-files/

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                flakpyro @stormi
                last edited by flakpyro

                I have been installing 8.3 beta 2 on a variety of different server grade hardware in the last week. (HP DL325, HP DL20, Lenovo SR250V2) and all have worked without issues however the issue posted by myself and @rmaclachlan above in regards to networking bonds not reporting the proper speed still remains.

                I am also seeing lots of xcp-networkd errors in xensource.log

Feb 23 11:41:17 xcpng-test-01 xcp-networkd: [error||3 ||network_utils] Error in read one line of file: /sys/class/net/bond0/device/vendor, exception Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "open", "/sys/class/net/bond0/device/vendor")\x0ARaised by primitive operation at Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.with_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 90, characters 11-40\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.buffer_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml" (inlined), line 177, characters 31-83\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.string_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 179, characters 47-73\x0ACalled from Network_utils.Sysfs.read_one_line in file "ocaml/networkd/lib/network_utils.ml", line 156, characters 6-33\x0A
Feb 23 11:41:22 xcpng-test-01 xcp-networkd: [error||3 ||network_utils] Error in read one line of file: /sys/class/net/bond0/carrier, exception Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "open", "/sys/class/net/bond0/carrier")\x0ARaised by primitive operation at Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.with_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 90, characters 11-40\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.buffer_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml" (inlined), line 177, characters 31-83\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.string_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 179, characters 47-73\x0ACalled from Network_utils.Sysfs.read_one_line in file "ocaml/networkd/lib/network_utils.ml", line 156, characters 6-33\x0A
Feb 23 11:41:22 xcpng-test-01 xcp-networkd: [error||3 ||network_utils] Error in read one line of file: /sys/class/net/bond0/device/device, exception Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "open", "/sys/class/net/bond0/device/device")\x0ARaised by primitive operation at Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.with_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 90, characters 11-40\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.buffer_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml" (inlined), line 177, characters 31-83\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.string_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 179, characters 47-73\x0ACalled from Network_utils.Sysfs.read_one_line in file "ocaml/networkd/lib/network_utils.ml", line 156, characters 6-33\x0A
Feb 23 11:41:22 xcpng-test-01 xcp-networkd: [error||3 ||network_utils] Error in read one line of file: /sys/class/net/bond0/device/vendor, exception Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "open", "/sys/class/net/bond0/device/vendor")\x0ARaised by primitive operation at Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.with_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 90, characters 11-40\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.buffer_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml" (inlined), line 177, characters 31-83\x0ACalled from Xapi_stdext_unix__Unixext.string_of_file in file "lib/xapi-stdext-unix/unixext.ml", line 179, characters 47-73\x0ACalled from Network_utils.Sysfs.read_one_line in file "ocaml/networkd/lib/network_utils.ml", line 156, characters 6-33\x0A

My bond interfaces in XO report as running at 0 b/s as well
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                • G Offline
                  gb.123
                  last edited by

                  I have recently installed 8.3 beta and all update patches over it... It seems to be running fine for me (on AMD).. Should I go ahead and install XOSTOR over it and see if that works ?

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                  • olivierlambertO Offline
                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                    last edited by

                    XOSTOR isn't entirely ready on 8.3 yet (at least it's not on the latest bug fixes level)

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                    • AnonabharA Offline
                      Anonabhar
                      last edited by

                      So I got a weird one. I have installed the latest XCP 8.3 updates and rebooted my server. All the VM's I had on my test server worked perfectly fine except for a single Debian 9 VM that would start booting and then "power off" just as the kernel started to spit stuff on the display.

                      I banged around with it for a while and what I found is its a kernel crash somewhere when SMP is initialized. If I only give a single vProc to the VM, it boots normally and all works fine.

                      At this point, its not causing me any more problems because I jsut rebuilt the VM on something more modern (Rocky 9)

                      I have perserved this VM if the dev's would like to get more debugging information or wish to try anything. I can also capture the logs if its of interest.

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                      • stormiS Offline
                        stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @flakpyro
                        last edited by

                        @flakpyro If the pull request mentioned by @psafont earlier does fix it, we'll know next time we rebase on the fixed code.

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                        • stormiS Offline
                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @Anonabhar
                          last edited by

                          @Anonabhar I don't think we have enough work bandwidth to investigate this, but it could be good, if you have enough space, to keep it for some time. If someone has a similar issue in the future, maybe this will prove useful.

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                            archw
                            last edited by olivierlambert

                            I noteced new updates for 8.3 this morning. Oen of teh machines will not update. When you try to run it from XOA you get this error:

                            pool.installPatches
{
  "hosts": [
    "7ce4f772-4391-4982-a1f9-d1de86be92cb"
  ]
}
{
  "code": "-1",
  "params": [
    "Command '['yum', 'update', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates', '-y']' returned non-zero exit status 1",
    "",
    "Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/xcpngutils/__init__.py\", line 119, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 96, in decorator
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 182, in update
    return install_helper(session, args, 'update')
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 153, in install_helper
    raise error
CalledProcessError: Command '['yum', 'update', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates', '-y']' returned non-zero exit status 1
"
  ],
  "call": {
    "method": "host.call_plugin",
    "params": [
      "OpaqueRef:fab0b7b0-de37-a996-1760-92a38cf136c2",
      "updater.py",
      "update",
      {}
    ]
  },
  "message": "-1(Command '['yum', 'update', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates', '-y']' returned non-zero exit status 1, , Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/xcpngutils/__init__.py\", line 119, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 96, in decorator
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 182, in update
    return install_helper(session, args, 'update')
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 153, in install_helper
    raise error
CalledProcessError: Command '['yum', 'update', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates', '-y']' returned non-zero exit status 1
)",
  "name": "XapiError",
  "stack": "XapiError: -1(Command '['yum', 'update', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates', '-y']' returned non-zero exit status 1, , Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/xcpngutils/__init__.py\", line 119, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwds)
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 96, in decorator
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 182, in update
    return install_helper(session, args, 'update')
  File \"/etc/xapi.d/plugins/updater.py\", line 153, in install_helper
    raise error
CalledProcessError: Command '['yum', 'update', '--disablerepo=*', '--enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates', '-y']' returned non-zero exit status 1
)
    at Function.wrap (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202403291838/packages/xen-api/_XapiError.mjs:16:12)
    at file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202403291838/packages/xen-api/transports/json-rpc.mjs:38:21"


If you go to the command line and do a "yum update" you get this:


Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================================================================================================
Install              ( 1 Dependent package)
Upgrade  21 Packages

Total size: 84 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test


Transaction check error:
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/__init__.py from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__init__.py from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/__init__.py from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__init__.py from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/__init__.pyc from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__init__.pyc from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/__init__.pyo from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__init__.pyo from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/xc.so from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
  file /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/xc.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so from install of xen-installer-files-4.13.5-10.42.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package xen-dom0-tools-4.17.3-2.0.xen417.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64

                            Any ideas?

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                            • olivierlambertO Offline
                              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
                              last edited by

                              Have you, at any time, installed something outside the XCP-ng repos?

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                                archw @olivierlambert
                                last edited by

                                @olivierlambert

                                Hmmmm...while I'm gonna say a guarded "I don't think so", that is a junk machine that I use to test things so that may be a possibility.

                                How do I tell?

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                                • DanpD Offline
                                  Danp Pro Support Team @archw
                                  last edited by

                                  @archw Post the output of yum repolist --verbose

                                  FWIW, read here for the proper way to install additional packages.

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                                    flakpyro @archw
                                    last edited by

                                    @archw I see references to xen 4.17 in your logs. Are you currently using the 4.17 test repos or was 4.17 pushed out to the main 8.3 repos?

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                                    • R Offline
                                      redakula @flakpyro
                                      last edited by

                                      @flakpyro

                                      Probably - i get the same error and i am on the 4.17 testing version

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                                      • stormiS Offline
                                        stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @archw
                                        last edited by stormi

                                        @archw I think you need to enable the xcp-ng-lab repo for updating because you installed the test packages with Xen 4.17.

                                        yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-lab
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                                        • stormiS Offline
                                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                                          last edited by

                                          Note: as soon as possible, we'll switch to Xen 4.17 for everyone so you won't have to think about the fact you were using packages from xcp-ng-lab.

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                                            archw @Danp
                                            last edited by Danp

                                            @Danp

                                            I think all of this is my fault and I wouldn't worry about it. After I left the last post, I went in and saw a but of stuff from the @xcp-ng-lab repo. I quasi fixed it doing a bunch of yum downgrades until I no longer got an error and and I think I fixed it. I had to remove a few things but I took a "yum list installed" from a good system and made everything the same. Again, its a dummy system that I don't really use except to test things.

                                            Here is the output from "yum repolist --verbose"

                                            Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Config time: 0.010
Yum version: 3.4.3
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
 * xcp-ng-base: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
 * xcp-ng-updates: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
Setting up Package Sacks
pkgsack time: 0.004
Repo-id      : xcp-ng-base
Repo-name    : XCP-ng Base Repository
Repo-revision: 1711706182
Repo-updated : Fri Mar 29 05:56:22 2024
Repo-pkgs    : 3,599
Repo-size    : 12 G
Repo-baseurl : http://mirrors.xcp-ng.org/8/8.3/base/x86_64/,
             : http://updates.xcp-ng.org/8/8.3/base/x86_64/
Repo-expire  : 21,600 second(s) (last: Sat Mar 30 15:37:49 2024)
  Filter     : read-only:present
Repo-filename: /etc/yum.repos.d/xcp-ng.repo

Repo-id      : xcp-ng-updates
Repo-name    : XCP-ng Updates Repository
Repo-revision: 1693236966
Repo-updated : Mon Aug 28 11:36:06 2023
Repo-pkgs    : 2
Repo-size    : 4.6 k
Repo-baseurl : http://mirrors.xcp-ng.org/8/8.3/updates/x86_64/,
             : http://updates.xcp-ng.org/8/8.3/updates/x86_64/
Repo-expire  : 21,600 second(s) (last: Sat Mar 30 15:37:50 2024)
  Filter     : read-only:present
Repo-filename: /etc/yum.repos.d/xcp-ng.repo

repolist: 3,601
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