Re: [ovirt-devel] oVirt System Test configuration

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Martin Sivak <msivak(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > The engine only updates a short list of packages during host deploy If I > remember correctly. > > See: https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/59897/ > > Martin > ​No longer true in 4.2: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=1380498

​ > > 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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TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> > > -- Martin Perina Associate Manager, Software Engineering Red Hat Czech s.r.o.