Can I get a list of Mimic-supported OSes and kernels?
On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:48 AM Sage Weil <sage(a)newdream.net> wrote:
On Fri, 6 Dec 2019, John Zachary Dover wrote:
Sage,
Your suggested text is a good start. Something quite like it is already
in
place.
When is the Octopus release expected?
March 2020
sage
Zac
On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 2:21 AM Sage Weil <sage(a)newdream.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Dec 2019, John Zachary Dover wrote:
> > I am updating the Ceph documentation. Included in this email is a
> proposed
> > change to
> > the documentation and a request for information pertaining to that
> proposed
> > change.
> > If you know about the issue behind the proposed change and you have
> > information
> > pertinent to it that you would like to enshrine in the documentation,
> reply
> > to this
> > email and tell me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Documentation Link:
> >
http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/start/os-recommendations/
> >
> > Proposed Change: I'd like to update the list of OS recommendations,
and
> to
> > get a list of
> > kernel versions that are supported. If this is not
> > possible, I would like
> > to publish a list of OSes and kernels on which
people
in
> > the community
> > have successfully tested Ceph.
>
> I think the way to approach this is a blanket statement like:
>
> Generally speaking, Ceph should work on any modern Linux distribution.
> In practice, we build packages for and test on a select set of common
> distributions.
>
> Starting with Octopus, we recommend deployments consume Ceph via a
> container image instead of packages. The container itself is based on
> CentOS 8. The container is generally consumed by either Rook.io or the
> ceph-daemon tool. In the later case, the OS requirements are relaxed,
...
>
> Specifically, we build packages for:
>
> ...
>
> We test on:
>
> ...
>
> Something along those lines?
>
> > Zac's Request: Reply to this email if you know of OSes or kernels th
> > Ceph has been
> > successfully tested on, and if those OSes or kernels
are
> > not already in
> > the list.
>
> By the time of octopus release, I belive this will be:
>
> Build
> - CentOS 8 (x86_64)
> - Ubuntu 18.04 (x86_64)
> - Ubuntu 18.04 (aarch64) (I think?)
>
> Test
> - centos 7.6 (containerized ceph only)
> - centos 8.0
> - ubuntu 18.04
>
> We need to pin this down pretty soon. Much of this is piled up behind
> the py3 conversion, which is oh-so-close...
>
> sage
>
>
>
> > Deadline: I'll keep this bug open for two full business days.
At
> the
> > end of 09 Dec
> > 2019, I'll either add to the list or regard the list
as
complete.
Tracking Information (this can be ignored by everyone but Zac)
Bug #5 here:
https://pad.ceph.com/p/Report_Documentation_Bugs