October 2023 - Starlingx-discuss

[Starlingx-discuss] StarlingX segment for the 2023 OpenInfra Foundation Annual Report - REVIEW NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Hi StarlingX Community, I’m reaching out to you about the OpenInfra Foundation Annual Report for 2023. Every year the Foundation is putting out a report to summarize the organization's and its projects' activities and achievements during the calendar year. Since the project’s launch there is a segment that covers these topics for StarlingX as well. While 2023 is still rolling, I put together a starting point to cover StarlingX in the report next January: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/2023_StarlingX_Annual_Update Please review the text and either add questions or comments to the etherpad or reply to this thread if you have any comments or concerns. __Please provide your comments and input until EoD on December 15th, 2023.__ Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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[Starlingx-discuss] [docs] [meeting] Docs team notes 28-07-2023
by Goncalves, Elisamara Aoki 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Hello All, Here are this week’s doc team meeting minutes. Details in [2]. Join us if you have interest in StarlingX docs! We meet on Fridays 6:00 a.m. PST. [1] Call logistics: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Starlingx/Meetings<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Starlingx/Meetin…> [2] Tracking Etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stx-documentation<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/etherpad.openstack.org/p/stx-documentati…> Thanks, Elisamara Aoki Gonçalves ======= 28 July-23 Status: - Stx 9.0 Release Tracking Spreadsheet: Doc Stories are tracked in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrT…. - To add stories that are planned for Stx 9.0 - AR Juanita - WIP - Update the "Install StarlingX Kuberbetes in a virtual environment" docs; https://docs.starlingx.io/r/stx.8.0/deploy_install_guides/release/index-ins… - Greg to create a LP bug - DONE ; https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2028272 : Bugs : StarlingX (launchpad.net) - Discussion about Merging the Installation Guides ; Virtual env with the Bare metal docs. - Split the docs and retain them as separate guides at a high level. Resue content from Bare Metal in the Virtual env docs. - Opensource Project versions - Add Opensource Project versions in the Stx 9.0 RN - AR Juanita - Create a story to track and update. Gerrit reviews: - Open Reviews pending; https://review.opendev.org/q/starlingx/docs+status:open - To be reviewed and merged Launchpad Doc Bugs: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bugs?field.tag=stx.docs Total 10 outstanding bugs - The DOC team to create LP defects corresponding with any DS defects - WIP. Teams to add all the impacted Releases when raising a LP bug Miscellaneous Updates: - Manju asked how much HW is required including add-ons, nvidia etc. for a small organization - AR Ron - We have a fault that is preventing LPs from closing when the coorsponding Gerrit WFs. Ron spoke with Jeremy Stanley, who reproduced the bug and is investigating.CONFIRMATION PENDING - Ron to update the Verified H/W page with the automated script updates https://www.windriver.com/studio/operator/self-validated-and-certified-host… - Currently Commented out - Script needs to be updated- Waiting for updates to the script -AR Ron - Bruno Muniz showed interest in creating DOC Videos supporting the StarlingX Installation Process. To check with Ildiko / Greg whether this is ok. These Videos can be hosted in a location in StarlingX. The Installation Docs can point to these videos - AR Bruno to get approvals from Ildiko / Greg - Sphinx Tools - Need to have further discussions about the version used upstream vs. downstream - AR Ron -To determine version. - Docker Container upstream / downstream - AR Ron (Discuss it with Greg / Ildiko) - a long term project - Operations Guide Archive - On Hold until further clarifications are discussed with Greg (https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/docs/+/822030) - OpenInfra Summit & PTG Recording: https://ptg.opendev.org/etherpads.html - Workshop Details are tracked in https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx_hands_on_workshop_2023 - IRC: (Note: This option is being evaluated) IRC channel for communication with the community. Team can use https://www.icechat.net/site/icechat-9/ as an alternate text editor from their browser. IRC is a chat platform, for text-based communication. There’s a web client for easy access: https://webchat.oftc.net/- You need to pick a nickname, and the channel name is #opendev. Once you are in the #opendev channel, you can talk to the group of people in that channel. To Setup IRC — contributor-guide documentation (openstack.org) IRC here: https://docs.openstack.org/contributors/common/irc.html; Engineering Status: StarlingX Eng Stx Status: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-status StarlingX Eng Status 2023 https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-cores ____________________________ Starlingx-discuss mailing list Starlingx-discuss(a)lists.starlingx.io<mailto:Starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io> http://lists.starlingx.io/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/starlingx-discuss<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/lists.starlingx.io/cgi-bin/mailman/listin…>

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[Starlingx-discuss] Mail delivery issues and DMARC settings - VOTE NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Hi StarlingX Community, I’m reaching out to you about the starlingx-discuss mailing list. It’s been an issue for some subscribers in the community to receive emails from the mailing list, which can potentially be improved by changing some of the configuration options. Some mail servers on the client side either mark emails as spam or reject incoming emails depending on dmarc configuration settings. There are multiple options to try and be compatible to most mail server configurations. Options, based on other OpenInfra communities’ approaches: 1. Turn off various list features which alter the message headers and body (disabling the list features that add a prefix to the subject, that append a footer with the unsubscribe instructions, and setting it not to add a reply-to header) - Communities using this option: OpenDev, Zuul, OpenStack 2. Replace From: with list address as the mitigation action, and not doing it unconditionally - Communities using this option: Kata Containers Both options change how the mailing list alters and delivers the messages. What is your preference moving forward? __Please vote with either ‘option 1’ or ‘option 2’, or ’none’ if you would prefer a different approach.__ Please let me know if you have any questions. Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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[Starlingx-discuss] Recap of StarlingX presentation and discussion at OCP Edge monthly call
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Hi StarlingX Community, I’m reaching out you about a recent OCP Edge WG meeting that I attended, and gave a presentation about StarlingX to raise awareness about the project in that community and seek for cross-community collaboration opportunities. Brief recap about the presentation and the meeting: - The main topic during the call was an introductory presentation about StarlingX. The outline of topics that I covered: * Introduction of the project as an open source, distributed cloud platform: ~ Debian integrated as base operating system ~ Support for both hardware and software infrastructure management * It utilizes container technologies on both the platform and application layers ~ The infrastructure services are running in containers ~ It supports running only containerized workloads at edge sites for small footprint * Some details about HW support and requirements in the platform * I highlighted that StarlingX is currently running in production at large telecom operators such as Verizon, Vodafone, T-Systems and more - Questions and collaboration areas that came up during the call included: * Is StarlingX supporting or looking into Terraform (now OpenTofu) and Ansible? * Redfish profiles and sensor support in StarlingX ~ What is supported? ~ Working on Redfish profiles together can be a collaboration opportunity * What support and mechanisms are there for firmware updates in StarlingX? * StarlingX is working on ARM support, which was in interest for the OCP Edge group As a next step, we discussed having someone from OCP Edge to give an overview presentation at an upcoming StarlingX call or at the PTG. I’m currently waiting for a response from the group in terms of what they would prefer. Please share any information and comments you might have about the questions that came up and further notes, as well as any questions you might have about the above summary. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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[Starlingx-discuss] StarlingX TSC, PL, TL election - Nomination period started
by Ildiko Vancsa 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Hi StarlingX Community, Nominations for the 3 Technical Steering Committee positions and all PL/TL positions are now open and will remain open until __November 07, 2023 20:45 UTC__. All nominations must be submitted as a text file to the starlingx/election repository as explained on the election website[1]. Please note that the name of the file should match the email address in your Gerrit configuration. Candidates for the Technical Steering Committee Positions: Any contributing community member who is an individual member of the Foundation can propose their candidacy for an available, directly-elected TSC seat. Candidates for the Project Lead Positions: Any contributing community member who is an individual member of the Foundation can propose their candidacy for the project PL seat. Candidates for the Technical Lead Positions: Any contributing community member who is an individual member of the Foundation and is a core reviewer to the given project can propose their candidacy for the project TL seat. The election will be held from November 14, 2023 20:45 UTC through to November 21, 2023 20:45 UTC. The electorate of the TSC election are the community members that are also contributors for one of the official teams[2] or served in a leadership role (TSC, PL, TL) over the 12-month timeframe October 30, 2022 to October 30, 2023, as well as the contributors who are acknowledged by the TSC. The electorate of the PL/TL election are the community members that are contributors for the given official team[2] over the 12-month timeframe October 30, 2022 to October 30, 2023, as well as the contributors who are acknowledged by the TSC. Please see the website[3] for additional details about this election. Please find below the timeline: TSC nomination starts @ October 31, 2023 20:45 UTC TSC nomination ends @ November 7, 2023 20:45 UTC PL/TL nomination starts @ October 31, 2023 20:45 UTC PL/TL nomination ends @ November 7, 2023 20:45 UTC TSC campaigning starts @ November 7, 2023 20:45 UTC TSC campaigning ends @ November 14, 2023 20:45 UTC TSC election starts @ November 14, 2023 20:45 UTC TSC election ends @ November 21, 2023 20:45 UTC PL/TL election starts @ November 14, 2023 20:45 UTC PL/TL election ends @ November 21, 2023 20:45 UTC If you have any questions please be sure to either ask them on the mailing list or to the elections officials[4]. Thank you, [1] https://docs.starlingx.io/election/#how-to-submit-a-candidacy [2] https://docs.starlingx.io/governance/reference/tsc/projects/index.html [3] https://docs.starlingx.io/election/ [4] https://docs.starlingx.io/election/#election-officials

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[Starlingx-discuss] CENGN Request: Debian snapshots mirror for Arm
by Huang, Jie (Jackie) 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Hi Scott, Davlet and the StarlingX community, As you know, I'm working on the Arm enablement, and I need to set the Debian snapshot to the URL form debian.org since the mirror on CENGN doesn't support Arm yet, but if I set it with "stx config" like: stx config --add project.debian_snapshot_base http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian stx config --add project.debian_security_snapshot_base http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-security It will always re-set the options back to the CENGN URLs: Restarting pods STX-Control - WARNING: The helm release prj-stx-deb does not exist - nothing to do STX-Config-Parser - WARNING: /build2/jhuang0/2023_stx_builds/ws-stx-arm64-20231018/src/stx-tools/stx.conf: setting option project.debian_snapshot_base to http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/debian/debian/snapshot.debian.org/a… STX-Config-Parser - WARNING: /build2/jhuang0/2023_stx_builds/ws-stx-arm64-20231018/src/stx-tools/stx.conf: setting option project.debian_security_snapshot_base to http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/debian/debian/snapshot.debian.org/a… STX-Config-Parser - WARNING: One or more configuration keeys have been upgraded STX-Config-Parser - WARNING: These changes will take effect after you restart your builder containers It's really bothering me and even I can set the env in the builder pod, it's slow to directly use the debian snapshot, So, may I request the CENGN mirror to sync-up the Debian snapshot with Arm support now? Thanks! Thanks, Jackie

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[Starlingx-discuss] Stuck at Ansible bootstrap playbook
by ceyhun.sen＠inventron.com.tr 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

Hello all, I am trying to bootstrap my server following https://docs.starlingx.io/r/stx.8.0/deploy_install_guides/release/bare_meta…, but Ansible causes some problems when running `ansible-playbook --ask-vault-pass /usr/share/ansible/stx-ansible/playbooks/bootstrap.yml` command. Configuration: * Using standard iso and not touched via any script like update_iso.sh * 1 Ethernet OAM connection. * StarlingX version 8 * Python version 3.9.2 * Ansible version 2.10.8 * Internet is accessible for server and date is synchronized with ntp servers * Ansible user configuration override file is: system_mode: simplex dns_servers: - 8.8.8.8 - 8.8.4.4 external_oam_subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 external_oam_gateway_address: 192.168.1.1 external_oam_floating_address: 192.168.1.2 admin_username: admin admin_password: *** ansible_become_pass: *** Error log: /tmp/.ansible-sysadmin/tmp/ansible-tmp-1697803606.8157048-54246-21879916047000/populate_initial_config.py:1121: DeprecationWarning: Will be removed in 1.0. Use equivalent Devices method instead. part = pyudev.Device.from_device_number(context, /tmp/.ansible-sysadmin/tmp/ansible-tmp-1697803606.8157048-54246-21879916047000/populate_initial_config.py:1124: DeprecationWarning: Will be removed in 1.0. Access properties with Device.properties. if part.parent: grep: /var/log/anaconda/anaconda.log: No such file or directory Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/.ansible-sysadmin/tmp/ansible-tmp-1697803606.8157048-54246-21879916047000/populate_initial_config.py", line 1328, in <module> controller = populate_controller_config(client) File "/tmp/.ansible-sysadmin/tmp/ansible-tmp-1697803606.8157048-54246-21879916047000/populate_initial_config.py", line 1258, in populate_controller_config raise e File "/tmp/.ansible-sysadmin/tmp/ansible-tmp-1697803606.8157048-54246-21879916047000/populate_initial_config.py", line 1247, in populate_controller_config controller = client.sysinv.ihost.create(**values) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cgtsclient/v1/ihost.py", line 70, in create return self._create(self._path(), new) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cgtsclient/common/base.py", line 51, in _create _, body = self.api.json_request('POST', url, body=body) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cgtsclient/common/http.py", line 204, in json_request resp = self._http_request(url, method, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cgtsclient/common/http.py", line 186, in _http_request raise exceptions.from_response( cgtsclient.exc.HTTPInternalServerError: Remote error: TypeError unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'NoneType' and 'int' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zerorpc/core.py", line 167, in _async_task functor.pattern.process_call(self._context, bufchan, event, functor) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zerorpc/patterns.py", line 30, in process_call result = functor(*req_event.args, **req_event.kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zerorpc/decorators.py", line 44, in __call__ return self._functor(*args, **kargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/zmq_rpc/zmq_rpc.py", line 39, in method retval = getattr(self.target, func)(context, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/conductor/manager.py", line 14561, in reconfigure_service_endpoints self._config_apply_runtime_manifest( File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/conductor/manager.py", line 11468, in _config_apply_runtime_manifest self._config_update_puppet(config_uuid, File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/conductor/manager.py", line 11238, in _config_update_puppet self._puppet.update_host_config(host, config_uuid) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/puppet/puppet.py", line 32, in _wrapper func(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/puppet/puppet.py", line 192, in update_host_config config.update(puppet_plugin.obj.get_host_config(host)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/puppet/platform.py", line 66, in get_host_config config.update(self._get_host_memory_config(host)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sysinv/puppet/platform.py", line 665, in _get_host_memory_config node, vswitch_size * 1024, vswitch_pages) TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'NoneType' and 'int' Looks like memory.vswitch_hugepages_size_mib is None. Any help will be appreciated, thanks!

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[Starlingx-discuss] IPv6 and/or dual-stack support in StarlingX
by Ildiko Vancsa 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

Hi StarlingX Community, I got a question about IPv6 as well as dual-stack support in StarlingX. Are these configurations supported in the platform? And if so, does the community have documentation that covers how to set them up? Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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[Starlingx-discuss] TSC & Community call in the APAC-friendly time slot this week
by Ildiko Vancsa 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Hi StarlingX Community, It is a friendly reminder that this week’s TSC & Community Call will be in the APAC friendly time slot. The call is scheduled to happen on November 1 at 7pm US Pacific Time / 10m pm US Eastern Time | November 2 at 0200 UTC / 10am China Standard Time. You can find dial-in information and further details here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Starlingx/Meetings#7pm_Pacific_on_Every_Fir… Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community Open Infrastructure Foundation

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[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: Test Status Call - October 31, 2023
by Cooke, Rob 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Hi everyone, Please find below the minutes from this week's StarlingX Test Status Call: * Minutes for 10/31/2023 ? Open Topics: * None ? Open Actions: * Need to review revised content list for STX9.0 and evaluate testing plans - Action: Rob and Nimalini ? Sanity Status: * Sanity on STX 9.0 for SX and DX. * Last sanity email sent on October 31: https://lists.starlingx.io/archives/list/starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.… * Status: Green * Sanity on STX 9.0 plus Openstack * Last sanity email sent on October 31: https://lists.starlingx.io/archives/list/starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.… * Status: Red * 2 failed tests due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2030888 * 2 failed tests due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2030889 * 2 failed tests due to internal automation issues that are being investigated * Feature Test Status: * Feature testing is tracked in the following google sheet: * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1El3g0ute5K2S5DTR9p_rxa1jQlq8gcUzgMC… * Some features are in progress, sheet does need updating ACTION: Rob/Nimalini ? Regression Testing will be tracked here closer to release end: * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NjYk9N0whK91nHViB5HFG2C1-XdJ09StVuL… Thanks, Rob

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