oVirt 4.4.0 Beta release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola
oVirt 4.4.0 Beta release is now available for testing
The oVirt Project is excited to announce the availability of the beta
release of oVirt 4.4.0 for testing, as of March 27th, 2020
This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open source
virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual changes and
a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, network, user
interface, and analytics on top of oVirt 4.3.
Important notes before you try it
Please note this is a Beta release.
The oVirt Project makes no guarantees as to its suitability or usefulness.
This pre-release must not to be used in production.
In particular, please note that upgrades from 4.3 and future upgrades from
this beta to the final 4.4 release from this version are not supported.
Some of the features included in oVirt 4.4.0 Beta require content that will
be available in CentOS Linux 8.2 which are currently included in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.2 beta. If you want to have a better experience you can
test oVirt 4.4.0 Beta on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 beta.
Known Issues
-
ovirt-imageio development is still in progress. In this beta you can’t
upload images to data domains. You can still copy iso images into the
deprecated ISO domain for installing VMs.
Installation instructions
For the engine: either use appliance or:
- Install CentOS Linux 8 minimal from
http://centos.mirror.garr.it/centos/8.1.1911/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.1.1911-...
- dnf install
https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release44-pre.rpm
- dnf update (reboot if needed)
- dnf module enable -y javapackages-tools pki-deps 389-ds
- dnf install ovirt-engine
- engine-setup
For the nodes:
Either use oVirt Node ISO or:
- Install CentOS Linux 8 from
http://centos.mirror.garr.it/centos/8.1.1911/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.1.1911-...
; select minimal installation
- dnf install
https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release44-pre.rpm
- dnf update (reboot if needed)
- Attach the host to engine and let it be deployed.
What’s new in oVirt 4.4.0 Beta?
-
Hypervisors based on CentOS Linux 8 (rebuilt from award winning RHEL8),
for both oVirt Node and standalone CentOS Linux hosts
-
Easier network management and configuration flexibility with
NetworkManager
-
VMs based on a more modern Q35 chipset with legacy seabios and UEFI
firmware
-
Support for direct passthrough of local host disks to VMs
-
Live migration improvements for High Performance guests.
-
New Windows Guest tools installer based on WiX framework now moved to
VirtioWin project
-
Dropped support for cluster level prior to 4.2
-
Dropped SDK3 support
-
4K disks support
-
Exporting a VM to a data domain
-
Editing of floating disks
-
Integrating ansible-runner into engine, which allows a more detailed
monitoring of playbooks executed from engine
-
Adding/reinstalling hosts are now completely based on Ansible
-
The OpenStack Neutron Agent cannot be configured by oVirt anymore, it
should be configured by TripleO instead
This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or newer
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.1 or newer
This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures
for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or newer
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.1 or newer
* oVirt Node 4.4 based on CentOS Linux 8.1 (available for x86_64 only)
See the release notes [1] for installation instructions and a list of new
features and bugs fixed.
If you manage more than one oVirt instance, OKD or RDO we also recommend to
try ManageIQ <http://manageiq.org/>.
In such a case, please be sure to take the qc2 image and not the ova image.
Notes:
- oVirt Appliance is already available for CentOS Linux 8
- oVirt Node NG is already available for CentOS Linux 8
Additional Resources:
* Read more about the oVirt 4.4.0 release highlights:
http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.0/
* Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt
* Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog:
http://www.ovirt.org/blog/
[1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.0/
[2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.4-pre/iso/
--
Sandro Bonazzola
MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV
Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/>
sbonazzo(a)redhat.com
<https://www.redhat.com/>*
<https://www.redhat.com/en/summit?sc_cid=7013a000002D2QxAAK>*
*Red Hat respects your work life balance. Therefore there is no need to
answer this email out of your office hours.*
4 years, 1 month
[ANN] oVirt 4.3.9 Fourth Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Lev Veyde
The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the oVirt
4.3.9 Fourth Release Candidate for testing, as of March 11th, 2020.
This update is a release candidate of the ninth in a series of
stabilization updates to the 4.3 series.
This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in
production.
This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 or later (but <8)
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.7 or later (but <8)
This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures
for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 or later (but <8)
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.7 or later (but <8)
* oVirt Node 4.3 (available for x86_64 only) has been built consuming
CentOS 7.7 Release
See the release notes [1] for known issues, new features and bugs fixed.
Notes:
- oVirt Appliance is already available
- oVirt Node is already available
Additional Resources:
* Read more about the oVirt 4.3.9 release highlights:
http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.9/
* Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt
* Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog:
http://www.ovirt.org/blog/
[1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.9/
[2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.3-pre/iso/
--
Lev Veyde
Senior Software Engineer, RHCE | RHCVA | MCITP
Red Hat Israel
<https://www.redhat.com>
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4 years, 1 month
oVirt 4.4.0 Alpha release refresh is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola
oVirt 4.4.0 Alpha release refresh is now available for testing
The oVirt Project is excited to announce the availability of the alpha
release refresh of oVirt 4.4.0 for testing, as of March 6th, 2020
This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open source
virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual changes and
a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, network, user
interface, and analytics on top of oVirt 4.3.
Important notes before you try it
Please note this is an Alpha release.
The oVirt Project makes no guarantees as to its suitability or usefulness.
This pre-release must not to be used in production, and it is not feature
complete.
In particular, please note that upgrades from 4.3 and future upgrades from
this alpha to the final 4.4 release from this version are not supported.
Some of the features included in oVirt 4.4.0 Alpha require content that
will be available in CentOS Linux 8.2 which are currently included in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 beta. If you want to have a better experience you
can test oVirt 4.4.0 Alpha on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 beta.
Known Issues
-
After installation open the Default cluster and hit “Save”, for any
other new Cluster using CPU autodetection the dialog needs to be explicitly
saved after the detection happens, after first host is added. (bug
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1770697)
Installation instructions
For the engine: either use appliance or:
- Install CentOS Linux 8 minimal from
http://centos.mirror.garr.it/centos/8.1.1911/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.1.1911-...
- dnf install
https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release44-pre.rpm
- dnf update (reboot if needed)
- dnf module enable -y javapackages-tools pki-deps 389-ds
- dnf install ovirt-engine
- engine-setup
For the nodes:
Either use oVirt Node ISO or:
- Install CentOS Linux 8 from
http://centos.mirror.garr.it/centos/8.1.1911/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.1.1911-...
; select minimal installation
- dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools
- dnf install
https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/yum-repo/ovirt-release44-pre.rpm
- dnf update (reboot if needed)
- Attach the host to engine and let it be deployed.
What’s new in oVirt 4.4.0 Alpha?
-
Hypervisors based on CentOS Linux 8 (rebuilt from award winning RHEL8),
for both oVirt Node and standalone CentOS Linux hosts
-
Easier network management and configuration flexibility with
NetworkManager
-
VMs based on a more modern Q35 chipset with legacy seabios and UEFI
firmware
-
Support for direct passthrough of local host disks to VMs
-
Live migration improvements for High Performance guests.
-
New Windows Guest tools installer based on WiX framework now moved to
VirtioWin project
-
Dropped support for cluster level prior to 4.2
-
Dropped SDK3 support
-
4K disks support
-
Exporting a VM to a data domain
-
Editing of floating disks
-
Integrating ansible-runner into engine, which allows a more detailed
monitoring of playbooks executed from engine
-
Adding/reinstalling hosts are now completely based on Ansible
-
The OpenStack Neutron Agent cannot be configured by oVirt anymore, it
should be configured by TripleO instead
This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or newer
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.1 or newer
This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures
for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or newer (8.2 beta recommended)
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.1 or newer
* oVirt Node 4.4 based on CentOS Linux 8.1 (available for x86_64 only)
See the release notes [1] for installation instructions and a list of new
features and bugs fixed.
If you manage more than one oVirt instance, OKD or RDO we also recommend to
try ManageIQ <http://manageiq.org/>.
In such a case, please be sure to take the qc2 image and not the ova image.
Notes:
- oVirt Appliance is already available for CentOS Linux 8
- oVirt Node NG is already available for CentOS Linux 8
Additional Resources:
* Read more about the oVirt 4.4.0 release highlights:
http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.0/
* Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt
* Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog:
http://www.ovirt.org/blog/
[1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.0/
[2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.4-pre/iso/
--
Sandro Bonazzola
MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV
Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/>
sbonazzo(a)redhat.com
<https://www.redhat.com/>*Red Hat respects your work life balance.
Therefore there is no need to answer this email out of your office hours.*
4 years, 1 month
[ANN] oVirt 4.3.9 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Lev Veyde
The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the oVirt
4.3.9 Third Release Candidate for testing, as of March 5th, 2020.
This update is a release candidate of the ninth in a series of
stabilization updates to the 4.3 series.
This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in
production.
This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 or later (but <8)
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.7 or later (but <8)
This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures
for:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 or later (but <8)
* CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.7 or later (but <8)
* oVirt Node 4.3 (available for x86_64 only) has been built consuming
CentOS 7.7 Release
See the release notes [1] for known issues, new features and bugs fixed.
Notes:
- oVirt Appliance is already available
- oVirt Node is already available
Additional Resources:
* Read more about the oVirt 4.3.9 release highlights:
http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.9/
* Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt
* Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog:
http://www.ovirt.org/blog/
[1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.9/
[2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.3-pre/iso/
--
Lev Veyde
Senior Software Engineer, RHCE | RHCVA | MCITP
Red Hat Israel
<https://www.redhat.com>
lev(a)redhat.com | lveyde(a)redhat.com
<https://red.ht/sig>
TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted>
4 years, 1 month