[OpenNode-announce] OpenNode 6 Update 2 (beta1) ISO installer release

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As we are preparing for stable OpenNode 6 Update 2 release we put out ISO installer beta1 for public download and testing.
OpenNode 6 Update 2 ISO installer beta1 can be downloaded from OpenNode SourceForge project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opennode/files/OpenNode_6_Update_2/
Release highlights:
Rebased to CentOS 6.4 release (newer qemu/kvm, libvirt, etc) - please see RHEL/CentOS 6.4 release notes: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Release_Notes/
Includes RHEL6 042stab076.5 vzkernel 
vzctl 4.2 and ploop 1.6 packages
Basic veth management support through custom ON_NETIF parameter in VEID.conf file (TUI support is in the works)
Bind mounts support in TUI (for OpenVZ)
Disk IO priorities support in TUI (for OpenVZ)
NB! QEMU/KVM VM templates disk controller/bus type is hard-coded to virtio from now on (was IDE) - please keep that in mind when creating KVM VM templates (Guests must support virtio - ie install virtio drivers in Windows before creating template from it, linux26 kernels include virtio support by default)
VM template (metadata) editing support in TUI (change template name, requirements)
ISO installler won't create separate LVM logical volume for vz filesystem anymore - instead /vz is symlinked under /storage/local/vz from now on (allows to use free disk space more efficiently)
Func management framework has been replaced by Saltstack - http://saltstack.com/community.html (required by current OMS)
Included system-config-firewall package (GUI mode can be run over ssh X forwarding) - for managing iptables RHEL way if needed - more info: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Security_Guide/sect-Security_Guide-Firewalls-Basic_Firewall_Configuration.html
Included koan for QEMU/KVM VM network kickstarting/installs with Cobbler
For updating existing OpenNode 6 installations please run yum update against opennode-test repository (until we move its contents to stable repo).
NB! If you are currently running vzkernel version older than 042stab061.1 - you must update vzkernel package first and then run yum update for OS update like this:
yum update vzkernel
yum update
About basic veth management support 
It allows to describe veth device parameters inside VEID.conf file and is able to auto create containers OS network configuration files on VM start. No opennode-tui support yet - this is still work in progress. Manual configuration can be done by adding ON_NETIF parameter string into VEID.conf file.  
Parameter example inside VEID.conf file (for manual usage):
ON_NETIF="ifname=eth0,ipaddr=192.168.100.10,mask=255.255.255.0,
gw=192.168.100.1,managed=yes,default=yes;ifname=eth1,dhcp=yes,managed=yes"
Currently limited to creating (overwriting) containers (veth) network devices configuration. You must set "managed=yes" in the ON_NETIF parameter string in order to activate configuration creation for particular device. "default=yes" sets gw as container VM default gateway. Also you must activate veth devices for container with "vzctl set $VEID --netif_add ethX --save" - before you can use this feature.
Happy betatesting,
Team OpenNode
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Founder, OpenNode LLC
http://www.opennodecloud.com