Re: [ovirt-devel] oVirt System Test configuration

The engine only updates a short list of packages during host deploy If I remember correctly. See: https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/59897/ Martin

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > > 2017-12-18 13:57 GMT+01:00 Eyal Edri <eedri(a)redhat.com&gt;: > >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> 2017-12-18 12:42 GMT+01:00 Yaniv Kaul <ykaul(a)redhat.com&gt;: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Sandro Bonazzola < >>>> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, I'd like to discuss what's being tested by oVirt System Test. >>>>> >>>>> I'm investigating on a sanlock issue that affects hosted engine hc >>>>> suite. >>>>> I installed a CentOS minimal VM and set repositories as in >>>>> http://jenkins.ovirt.org/job/ovirt-system-tests_hc-basic- >>>>> suite-master/128/artifact/exported-artifacts/reposync-config.repo >>>>> >>>>> Upgrade from CentOS 1708 (7.4) minimal is: >>>>> >>>>> Aggiornamento: >>>>> bind-libs-lite x86_64 >>>>> 32:9.9.4-51.el7_4.1 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 733 k >>>>> bind-license noarch >>>>> 32:9.9.4-51.el7_4.1 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 84 k >>>>> nss x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.4-15.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 849 k >>>>> nss-softokn x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.3-8.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 310 k >>>>> nss-softokn-freebl x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.3-8.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 214 k >>>>> nss-sysinit x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.4-15.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 60 k >>>>> nss-tools x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.4-15.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 501 k >>>>> selinux-policy noarch >>>>> 3.13.1-166.el7_4.7 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 437 k >>>>> selinux-policy-targeted noarch >>>>> 3.13.1-166.el7_4.7 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 6.5 M >>>>> systemd x86_64 >>>>> 219-42.el7_4.4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 5.2 M >>>>> systemd-libs x86_64 >>>>> 219-42.el7_4.4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 376 k >>>>> systemd-sysv x86_64 >>>>> 219-42.el7_4.4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 70 k >>>>> >>>>> Enabling the CentOS repos: >>>>> >>>>> grub2 x86_64 >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 29 k >>>>> in sostituzione di grub2.x86_64 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos >>>>> grub2-tools x86_64 >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 1.8 M >>>>> in sostituzione di grub2-tools.x86_64 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos >>>>> grub2-tools-extra x86_64 >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 993 k >>>>> in sostituzione di grub2-tools.x86_64 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos >>>>> grub2-tools-minimal x86_64 >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 170 k >>>>> in sostituzione di grub2-tools.x86_64 1:2.02-0.64.el7.centos >>>>> kernel x86_64 >>>>> 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7 >>>>> updates 43 M >>>>> Aggiornamento: >>>>> NetworkManager x86_64 >>>>> 1:1.8.0-11.el7_4 >>>>> updates 1.6 M >>>>> NetworkManager-libnm x86_64 >>>>> 1:1.8.0-11.el7_4 >>>>> updates 1.2 M >>>>> NetworkManager-team x86_64 >>>>> 1:1.8.0-11.el7_4 >>>>> updates 156 k >>>>> NetworkManager-tui x86_64 >>>>> 1:1.8.0-11.el7_4 >>>>> updates 224 k >>>>> NetworkManager-wifi x86_64 >>>>> 1:1.8.0-11.el7_4 >>>>> updates 184 k >>>>> bash x86_64 >>>>> 4.2.46-29.el7_4 >>>>> updates 1.0 M >>>>> bind-libs-lite x86_64 >>>>> 32:9.9.4-51.el7_4.1 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 733 k >>>>> bind-license noarch >>>>> 32:9.9.4-51.el7_4.1 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 84 k >>>>> binutils x86_64 >>>>> 2.25.1-32.base.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 5.4 M >>>>> cpio x86_64 >>>>> 2.11-25.el7_4 >>>>> updates 210 k >>>>> cryptsetup-libs x86_64 >>>>> 1.7.4-3.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 223 k >>>>> curl x86_64 >>>>> 7.29.0-42.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 267 k >>>>> glibc x86_64 >>>>> 2.17-196.el7_4.2 >>>>> updates 3.6 M >>>>> glibc-common x86_64 >>>>> 2.17-196.el7_4.2 >>>>> updates 11 M >>>>> grub2-common noarch >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 726 k >>>>> grub2-pc x86_64 >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 29 k >>>>> grub2-pc-modules noarch >>>>> 1:2.02-0.65.el7.centos.2 >>>>> updates 845 k >>>>> iptables x86_64 >>>>> 1.4.21-18.2.el7_4 >>>>> updates 428 k >>>>> kernel-tools x86_64 >>>>> 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7 >>>>> updates 5.1 M >>>>> kernel-tools-libs x86_64 >>>>> 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7 >>>>> updates 5.0 M >>>>> kexec-tools x86_64 >>>>> 2.0.14-17.2.el7 >>>>> updates 333 k >>>>> kmod x86_64 >>>>> 20-15.el7_4.6 >>>>> updates 120 k >>>>> kmod-libs x86_64 >>>>> 20-15.el7_4.6 >>>>> updates 50 k >>>>> libblkid x86_64 >>>>> 2.23.2-43.el7_4.2 >>>>> updates 176 k >>>>> libcurl x86_64 >>>>> 7.29.0-42.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 219 k >>>>> libgcc x86_64 >>>>> 4.8.5-16.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 98 k >>>>> libgomp x86_64 >>>>> 4.8.5-16.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 154 k >>>>> libmount x86_64 >>>>> 2.23.2-43.el7_4.2 >>>>> updates 178 k >>>>> libpciaccess x86_64 >>>>> 0.13.4-3.1.el7_4 >>>>> updates 26 k >>>>> libstdc++ x86_64 >>>>> 4.8.5-16.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 301 k >>>>> libuuid x86_64 >>>>> 2.23.2-43.el7_4.2 >>>>> updates 79 k >>>>> ncurses x86_64 >>>>> 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4 >>>>> updates 304 k >>>>> ncurses-base noarch >>>>> 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4 >>>>> updates 68 k >>>>> ncurses-libs x86_64 >>>>> 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4 >>>>> updates 316 k >>>>> nss x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.4-15.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 849 k >>>>> nss-softokn x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.3-8.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 310 k >>>>> nss-softokn-freebl x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.3-8.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 214 k >>>>> nss-sysinit x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.4-15.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 60 k >>>>> nss-tools x86_64 >>>>> 3.28.4-15.el7_4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 501 k >>>>> openssh x86_64 >>>>> 7.4p1-13.el7_4 >>>>> updates 509 k >>>>> openssh-clients x86_64 >>>>> 7.4p1-13.el7_4 >>>>> updates 654 k >>>>> openssh-server x86_64 >>>>> 7.4p1-13.el7_4 >>>>> updates 458 k >>>>> python-gobject-base x86_64 >>>>> 3.22.0-1.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 294 k >>>>> python-perf x86_64 >>>>> 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7 >>>>> updates 5.1 M >>>>> selinux-policy noarch >>>>> 3.13.1-166.el7_4.7 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 437 k >>>>> selinux-policy-targeted noarch >>>>> 3.13.1-166.el7_4.7 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 6.5 M >>>>> sudo x86_64 >>>>> 1.8.19p2-11.el7_4 >>>>> updates 1.1 M >>>>> systemd x86_64 >>>>> 219-42.el7_4.4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 5.2 M >>>>> systemd-libs x86_64 >>>>> 219-42.el7_4.4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 376 k >>>>> systemd-sysv x86_64 >>>>> 219-42.el7_4.4 >>>>> centos-updates-el7 70 k >>>>> tzdata noarch >>>>> 2017c-1.el7 >>>>> updates 468 k >>>>> util-linux x86_64 >>>>> 2.23.2-43.el7_4.2 >>>>> updates 2.0 M >>>>> wpa_supplicant x86_64 >>>>> 1:2.6-5.el7_4.1 >>>>> updates 1.2 M >>>>> >>>>> meaning this environement is not receiving updates to core packages >>>>> like the kernel. >>>>> >>>>> Restricting to libvirt, with the repos used in the job libvirt >>>>> packages doesn't even exists, making yum install libvirt just fail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think you already know I'm against filtering packages from the >>>>> repos even if I understand it saves a huge amount of space and download >>>>> time. >>>>> I may be wrong, but I tend to not trust OST results since it's not >>>>> testing real life environments. Any chance we can improve OST to match what >>>>> users are going to have on their systems? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Specifically for the hosted-engine use case, I had the same suspicion, >>>> so I patched Lago to use '--network' in virt-sysprep and added 'update' >>>> command to ensure all hosts are fully up-to-date when deployed. >>>> It did not solve the issue. >>>> >>>> Generally: >>>> 1. Updating the images take quite some time, per run. >>>> 2. I agree every X months we should be updating the images. Every Q >>>> for example. I've already discussed this with Gal. If CentOS would have >>>> released a new baseline, that would have been more real life scenario, btw. >>>> 3. That being said, if you need a dependency, you need to depend on >>>> it, and we'll pull it. We do not ask (I think?) to 'yum update' your system >>>> before deploying oVirt. >>>> >>> >>> Actually yes, we require it. See https://ovirt.org/document >>> ation/install-guide/chap-Installing_oVirt/ >>> It explicitly says to yum update before proceeding with the deployment >>> and reboot the machine if kernel has been updated. >>> >> >> Isn't that just for engine side? do we have the same requirement for >> hypervisors as well? >> > > Not 100% sure but ovirt-engine in 4.2 should be performing yum update on > host upgrade and this obviously don't pull in new packages if they are > filtered out at repository level. > Adding Martin to keep me honest on this. > > > > >> >> >>> >>> >>>> 4. There were, luckily, very few o-s-t only issues thus far. It may >>>> happen, and we will run into those, but we have not so far encountered >>>> many. Some we did not bother pursue, though are clear bugs (I remember an >>>> annoying one with 'mount' command not getting back at all, etc.) >>>> Y. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> SANDRO BONAZZOLA >>>>> >>>>> ASSOCIATE MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA ENG VIRTUALIZATION R&D >>>>> >>>>> Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> >>>>> <https://red.ht/sig> >>>>> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Devel mailing list >>>>> Devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> SANDRO BONAZZOLA >>> >>> ASSOCIATE MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA ENG VIRTUALIZATION R&D >>> >>> Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> >>> <https://red.ht/sig> >>> TRIED. TESTED. 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