New Rust Xen guest tools
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I've done initial testing on Suse SLES/OpenSuse 15.4, 15.5 and the similar opensuse MicroOS 5.5
Installs, runs, reports correct information and stats so far. Basic commands work as expected.
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New release with even a Debian repo: https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2023/12/15/rust-guest-tools-0-3-0/
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New version link: https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2023/12/15/rust-guest-tools-0-3-0/
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Thanks, missed copy/paste Fixed!
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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:Don't forget to
kldload netlink
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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 https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2023/12/15/rust-guest-tools-0-3-0/
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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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@olivierlambert looks like network issue, but same task at same host\network etc updated all ubuntu 22 VMs.
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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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@olivierlambert i add this repo to our local nexus proxy, got same error with any distrib. Well, let's wait.
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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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@olivierlambert same, 200. Probably it again cloudflare issues.
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Tried install on a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 VM. Worked PERFECTLY with apt.
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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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@chrisfonte new tools will remove the old one during install.
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Worked well for me with apt on virtualized Pop!_OS.
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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 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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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?
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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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