[rdo-list] Getting ready for RDO on Centos 7.3

[Alfredo Moralejo Alonso]

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:17 PM, David Moreau Simard <dms at redhat.com> wrote:
> I think it'd be great to specify if there are certain releases
> affected more than others (i.e, mitaka vs newton vs ocata).
>

Expected impact is the same for the three releases as the packages
affected, mariadb, openstack-selinux and qemu-kvm-ev, are shared for
all of them.

Alfredo

> David Moreau Simard
> Senior Software Engineer | Openstack RDO
>
> dmsimard = [irc, github, twitter]
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Alfredo Moralejo Alonso
> <amoralej at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the last days we've been running our RDO-CI pipelines using a
>> pre-release of the incoming Centos 7.3 release. We'd like to share
>> with the RDO community some issues we've being facing and some
>> recommendations to be prepared for this new release:
>>
>> 1. package mariadb-libs-5.5.52 included in CentOS 7.3 conflicts wiht
>> mariadb packages included in RDO repositories. Typically, this package
>> may be in the OS base installation before starting OpenStack
>> deployment, what can lead to errors while installing mariadb-server
>> from RDO. To avoid this, update your system right after enabling RDO
>> repositories in your servers and before starting OpenStack services
>> deployment.
>>
>> 2. The versions of qemu-kvm-ev and openstack-selinux provided by
>> VirtSIG and CloudSIG at 7.3 release will require other packages in
>> CentOS 7.3. If you try to install them without updated repos enabled,
>> you'll get some errors. The recommendation from RDO team is to move to
>> Centos 7.3 based installations to deploy RDO as soon as possible after
>> it's officially released. This will ensure you are using a
>> configuration already tested in RDO CI. If this is not possible for
>> any reason, make sure you have the official Centos 7 repos enabled and
>> available in your server. This repo will provide requirements needed.
>>
>> By following these guidelines we expect a smooth transition to Centos
>> 7.3 for RDO users. Don't hesitate to contact #rdo at freenode or this
>> mail list for any question you may have.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Alfredo
>>
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