[OmniOS-discuss] ANNOUNCEMENT OmniOS Community Edition - OmniOSce r151022h

Fri Jul 14 01:31:51 UTC 2017

Cool!

Can the new boot loader handle 4K drives with this release?

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:51 PM Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:

> This is very exciting.  Thanks for the hard work to get things going.
>
> Gary
> On 7/12/2017 11:32 AM, Tobias Oetiker wrote:
> > # OmniOS Community Edition
> >
> > On April 21st 2017, OmniTI announced that they would suspend active
> development of OmniOS and support contracts would not be renewed.
> >
> > While this announcement left many users stunned, others focused more on
> the fact that OmniTI in their announcement also expressed the hope that
> "the community" would take up further development of the OS. 14 weeks
> later, OmniOS Community Edition is a reality.
> >
> > Andy Fiddaman (www.citrus-it.net), Tobias Oetiker (www.oetiker.ch) and
> Dominik Hassler have spent some quality time setting up the systems and
> procedures allowing us to take over maintenance and development of OmniOS.
> In this endeavour we were supported by many. Special thanks to Stefan Husch
> (www.qutic.com), Peter Tribble (www.petertribble.co.uk), Dan McDonald and
> Theo Schlossnagle (www.circonus.com).
> >
> > We have forked the OmniOS repos and pulled in bugfixes and security
> fixes that have been published since the release of OmniOS r151022. After
> setting up our own package repository and updating the build
> infrastructure, we are finally ready to go public. We are following the
> established OmniOS release naming scheme by releasing
> >
> >
> > ## OmniOSce r151022h, 12th July 2017
> >
> > The new release contains the following fixes:
> >
> > - expat updated to version 2.2.1 (fixes CVE-2017-9233)
> > - openssl updated to version 1.0.2l
> > - curl updated to version 7.54.1
> > - bind updated to version 9.10.5-P3
> > - p7zip updated to fix CVE-2016-9296
> > - web/ca-bundle updated to include OmniOSce Certificate Authority
> certificate
> >
> > `uname -a` shows omnios-r151022-f9693432c2 (no change in this release)
> >
> > Our work does not stop here though. First we are committed to quickly
> releasing updates for r151022 as the need arises. We are also working
> towards releasing r151024 on schedule. To that end, we have already updated
> the bloody environment with all the latest goodies from upstream illumos
> and joyent-lx repositories.
> >
> > OmniOS community edition hosts its sources on
> https://github.com/omniosorg/ and if you want to get in touch, you can
> find us on https://gitter.im/omniosorg/Lobby
> >
> >
> > ## Release Schedule
> >
> > The intention is for new stable releases to continue to come out every
> 26 weeks. Interim, "weekly" updates to stable follow a fixed schedule
> denoted by letters, one per week. Weekly releases are made as needed, so
> there may not be a release each week. The first release of a new stable
> version is synonymous with weekly release "a", though the letter is not
> used.
> >
> > During the intervals between stable releases, Bloody moves forward
> rapidly, picking up changes from upstream illumos-gate and illumos-joyent
> as well as updating various userland packages. In general, upstream merges
> will be performed on a Thursday/Friday each week and weekly releases will
> be published on a Monday.
> >
> > Bloody releases will be published on an ad-hoc basis but may be as
> frequent as every week.
> >
> > Security fixes are excluded from the schedule and handled with priority
> as they occur.
> >
> >
> > ## How to Upgrade
> >
> > All OmniOS packages are signed and the pkg installer is configured to
> only allow trusted sources for the core packages. In order to upgrade to
> the new OmniOS community edition, you have to let your box know that the
> updates will be coming from a new trusted source. This means you will have
> to import our CA certificate into your system.
> >
> > 1. Get a copy of the new certificate
> >
> > ```
> > # /usr/bin/wget -P /etc/ssl/pkg \
> >      https://downloads.omniosce.org/ssl/omniosce-ca.cert.pem
> > ```
> >
> > 2. Check the certificate fingerprint
> >
> > ```
> > # /usr/bin/openssl x509 -fingerprint \
> >      -in /etc/ssl/pkg/omniosce-ca.cert.pem -noout
> > ```
> >
> > `8D:CD:F9:D0:76:CD:AF:C1:62:AF:89:51:AF:8A:0E:35:24:4C:66:6D`
> >
> >
> > 3. Change the publisher to our new repo
> >
> > ```
> > # /usr/bin/pkg set-publisher -P \
> >     -G https://pkg.omniti.com/omnios/r151022/ \
> >     -g https://pkg.omniosce.org/r151022/core/ omnios
> > ```
> >
> > 4. For each native zone (if you have any), run
> >
> > ```
> > # /usr/bin/pkg -R <zone_root> set-publisher -P \
> >     -G https://pkg.omniti.com/omnios/r151022/ \
> >     -g https://pkg.omniosce.org/r151022/core/ omnios
> > ```
> >
> > (get a list of all your zones by running `zoneadm list -cv` for the
> `<zone_root>`, add `/root` to the PATH given in the list.)
> >
> >
> > 5. Install the new ca-bundle containing our new CA
> >
> > ```
> > # /usr/bin/pkg update -rv web/ca-bundle
> > ```
> >
> > 6. Remove the CA file imported by hand
> >
> > ```
> > # rm /etc/ssl/pkg/omniosce-ca.cert.pem
> > ```
> >
> > 7. Finally update as usual
> >
> > ```
> > # /usr/bin/pkg update -rv
> > ```
> >
> >
> > ## About OmniOS Community Edition Association
> >
> > OmniOS Community Edition Association (OmniOSce) is a Swiss association,
> dedicated to the continued support and release of OmniOS for the benefit of
> all parties involved. The board of OmniOSce controls access to the OmniOS
> CA. Current board members are: Tobias Oetiker (President), Andy Fiddaman
> (Development), Dominik Hassler (Treasurer).
> >
> >
> > ## About Citrus-IT
> >
> > Citrus IT is a UK company that provides a managed email service platform
> to companies around the world. For many years they ran their systems on
> Solaris with SPARC hardware but transitioned to OmniOS in 2012.
> www.citrus-it.net
> >
> >
> > ## About OETIKER+PARTNER AG
> >
> > OETIKER+PARTNER is a Swiss system management and software development
> company. Employees from O+P are involved in many Open Source Software
> projects. O+P runs most of their server hardware on OmniOS. www.oetiker.ch
> >
> >
> > Press inquiries to info at omniosce.org
> >
> > Published July 12, 2017
> >
> > OmniOSce
> > Aarweg 17
> > 4600 Olten
> > Switzerland
> >
> > http://www.omniosce.org
> >
> >
>
>
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