This stable OS release has been rebased to CentOS 6.5 and is introducing Openvswitch as a host bridge networking stack with support for VETH based VLANs and network bandwidth throttling.
OpenNode OS 6 Update 3 ISO installer can be downloaded from OpenNode SourceForge project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opennode/files/OpenNode_6_Update_3/
Changelog:
- Rebased OpenNode base system to CentOS 6.5 - please see RHEL/CentOS 6.5 release notes: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Release_Notes/
- Latest RHEL6 OpenVZ kernel (042stab092.2) with updated OpenVZ and KVM virtualization support
- Updated vzctl (4.7.2) and ploop (1.11) package versions
- Legacy linux bridge kernel module replaced with Openvswitch (OVS) - that has numerous new features - please see http://openvswitch.org/
- Standard 802.1Q VLANs and network bandwith throttling support on VM VETH interface through custom ON_NETIF parameter in VEID.conf file - please see VETH configuration examples here: https://support.opennodecloud.com/wiki/doku.php?id=usrdoc:os:network&#create_veth_interfaces
For updating existing OpenNode OS 6 installations please run:
yum update
service libvirt restart
NB! If you are currently running vzkernel version older than 042stab061.1 - you must install newer vzkernel package first and then run yum update for OS update like this:
yum install vzkernel
reboot
yum update
service libvirt restart
NB! VM stop/start default behaviour on host reboot has now changed to suspend/resume mode. It can be reverted back to stop/start mode by issuing:
sed -i '/^VE_STOP_MODE=/ c VE_STOP_MODE=stop' /etc/vz/vz.conf
Wishing nice summer vacations,
Team OpenNode