[Bug 1152378] [NEW] FTBFS on 3.5.0-25-generic

2013-03-07 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Public bug reported: open-vm-tools fail to build on the new kernel for precise (3.5.0-25-generic) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture:

Deploying modern web apps (apt vs pip/rvm)

2013-01-15 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi there, We're building (and deploying) a large scale app (python+rails+mongodb) and others. Now developers are running rampant install python dependencies from pip, and ruby stuff with rvm...etc. Some of the packages needed, are in apt repos, some are older versions, and some are not there at

Re: [Bug 1094019] Re: Linux's getdents gets /.. inode number from host system under LXC

2013-01-02 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi Serge, You need to compile the C code on http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/getdents.2.html and run it to see this issue. It's getdent sys-call that sees different numbers. Please confirm On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Serge Hallyn 1094...@bugs.launchpad.netwrote: Nor

Re: [Bug 1094019] Re: Linux's getdents gets /.. inode number from host system under LXC

2013-01-02 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Ok I see, will use block backed lxc then. Thanks On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Serge Hallyn 1094...@bugs.launchpad.netwrote: Ok, sorry, I see now. Yes i can reproduce this with getdents of course. This has nothing to do with lxc lying, and yes if you need to work around this you'll need

[Bug 1094019] [NEW] Linux's getdents gets /.. inode number from host system under LXC

2012-12-27 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Public bug reported: Calling getdents on / gets the host system's inode number for /.., which is different from /. unlike real (non lxc) systems. This causes flexlm to fail More info at http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2012/12/LXC-lies-about -..-inode-number-making-flexlm-unhappy.html

[Bug 1011600] [NEW] LXC nesting broken, installing lxc package breaks under guest

2012-06-11 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Public bug reported: I would like to run nested LXC guests. It seems this was working as per http://www.stgraber.org/2012/05/04/lxc-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/ container nesting section On a fully updated 12.04 LXC guest, trying to apt-get install lxc, breaks as so: Unpacking lxc (from

[Bug 1011603] [NEW] LXC-unshare network namespace segfaulting

2012-06-11 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Public bug reported: root@ubuntu:~# lxc-unshare -s NETWORK root@ubuntu:~# tail -1 /var/log/syslog Jun 11 14:54:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 9386.305870] lxc-unshare[21539]: segfault at 0 ip 7f0fc03aea52 sp 7fff63819f00 error 4 in libc-2.15.so[7f0fc02f+1b3000] and is not creating a new

[Bug 1011600] Re: LXC nesting broken, installing lxc package breaks under guest

2012-06-11 Thread Ahmed Kamal
apparmor was disabled from host system to the best of my knowledge :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011600 Title: LXC nesting broken, installing lxc package breaks

[Bug 873301] [NEW] Package XSpice Xorg server with spice support

2011-10-13 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Public bug reported: Please package xspice (an Xorg server with spice support) http://www.spice-space.org/download.html#XSpice http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-qxl/tree/README.xspice sorry if this is more xorg related than kvm related ? ** Affects: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-10-07 Thread Ahmed Kamal
*From:* Ahmed Kamal k...@ubuntu.com *To:* Peter Matulis peter.matu...@canonical.com *Cc:* ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com *Sent:* Friday, October 7, 2011 12:48 PM *Subject:* Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed On 10/07/2011 06:11 PM, Peter

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed (some final chapters need adoption)

2011-10-07 Thread Ahmed Kamal
. Thanks a lot On 10/05/2011 03:46 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Calling out to: - Christophe.sauthier (Package Management) - javiplx (Kerberos, Kerberos and Ldap) - guillaume-espanel (Monitoring) - twirrim (MySQL) - stefan-pynappels (LAMP overview) - guillaume-espanel (Backups) - Koolhead17 (etckeeper

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-10-05 Thread Ahmed Kamal
of great work has been done, let's keep pushing Cheers On 09/27/2011 12:38 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 09/13/2011 03:44 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/18/2011 01:49 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/17/2011 06:33 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hi folks, As you know Adam the maintainer of the serverguide had

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-09-27 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 09/13/2011 03:44 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/18/2011 01:49 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/17/2011 06:33 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hi folks, As you know Adam the maintainer of the serverguide had stepped down. I'm trying to assemble a team of server oriented folks who are interested

Re: building a list of KVM workloads

2011-09-14 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 09/14/2011 04:14 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On Wed 14 Sep 2011 03:44:10 PM EET, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Quoting jurgen.depic...@let.be (jurgen.depic...@let.be): From: Serge E. Hallynserge.hal...@canonical.com To: ubuntu-serverubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: jurgen.depic...@let.be, Mark

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-09-13 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/18/2011 01:49 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/17/2011 06:33 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hi folks, As you know Adam the maintainer of the serverguide had stepped down. I'm trying to assemble a team of server oriented folks who are interested in reviewing the Ubuntu server guide (making sure all

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-09-13 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 09/13/2011 06:44 PM, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, a generic question: how do I behave if I think the guide I'm reviewing doesn't need any fix? I mean... do I mark it as DONE or something else? Thank you, If you have reviewed a section and you believe all the information is correct and up

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-09-01 Thread Ahmed Kamal
/%7Elajjr I will try to complete over this weekend then grab a few more. Regards, Leo Jackson lajjr *From:* Ahmed Kamal k...@ubuntu.com *To:* ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com *Sent:* Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:05 AM *Subject:* Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed On 08/30/2011 09:31 PM, Stefan Sticht

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-08-24 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/22/2011 09:09 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Monday, August 22, 2011 02:51:31 PM Paul wrote: On 08/22/2011 04:00 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Monday, August 22, 2011 08:21:35 AM Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/21/2011 09:31 PM, Paul Graydon wrote: On 08/17/2011 06:33 AM, Ahmed Kamal wrote

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-08-22 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/21/2011 09:31 PM, Paul Graydon wrote: On 08/17/2011 06:33 AM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hi folks, As you know Adam the maintainer of the serverguide had stepped down. I'm trying to assemble a team of server oriented folks who are interested in reviewing the Ubuntu server guide (making sure

Re: ServerGuide reviewers needed

2011-08-22 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/22/2011 04:00 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Monday, August 22, 2011 08:21:35 AM Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 08/21/2011 09:31 PM, Paul Graydon wrote: On 08/17/2011 06:33 AM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hi folks, As you know Adam the maintainer of the serverguide had stepped down. I'm trying

Re: What can I do for Ubuntu Server Team?

2011-08-22 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/22/2011 03:57 PM, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 22 August 2011 14:40, Ahmed Kamalk...@ubuntu.com wrote: - We're currently reviewing the ubuntu server guide in preparation for Oneiric. It would be awesome to take ownership of a subchapter and start reviewing it in the next 2 weeks.

Ubuntu Cloud Days today, 16:00-UTC #ubuntu-classroom

2011-07-25 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi everyone, Ubuntu is running Ubuntu Cloud Days (UCD) event *today* starting 16:00-UTC. This is a great way to learn about new development happening in the server and cloud space for Ubuntu, as well as to ask questions, connect to developers and make some more friends. Technologies that

Announcing Ubuntu Cloud Days

2011-07-15 Thread Ahmed Kamal
, please contact me. Since I'm off next week, please also cc Jorge Castro jorge AT ubuntu.com Regards On 07/04/2011 05:25 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hello everybody, We're currently planning Ubuntu Cloud Days https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuCloudDays which will happen from *25th-26th July* (we can

Call for Cloudeers, Ubuntu Cloud Days

2011-07-04 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hello everybody, We're currently planning Ubuntu Cloud Days https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuCloudDays which will happen from *25th-26th July* (we can expand to handle more sessions) If you use Ubuntu on the cloud or as the cloud and you think you can share your experiences with us, I'd love

Re: OpenStack vs Eucalyptus

2011-06-20 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 06/18/2011 10:53 PM, Tomasz 'Zen' NapieraƂa wrote: On 2011-06-18, at 18:44, Jesus arteche wrote: Hi, I have to build a private cloud, I have experience with Eucalyptus...and our apps are in production in Amazon...but now Open Stack is there...someone has experience working with

Re: Feedback on the Ubuntu kernel for server and cloud

2011-03-29 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 03/29/2011 03:11 PM, John Johansen wrote: The kernel team is looking for feedback on the state of the kernel for server and cloud flavors of Ubuntu. Any and all feed back is welcome. What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? What configs should we change? What new features should we

Announcing Ubuntu Cloud Days (in 2 days)

2011-03-21 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi everyone, I'd like to announce Ubuntu Cloud Days. This is an IRC event where the Ubuntu Cloud Community gets together around tuition sessions and information sharing. During Cloud Days, you'll learn lots of exciting stuff, you'll interact with tons of smart people, and you'll just have

Re: SPICE on Ubuntu

2011-03-21 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 03/21/2011 05:58 PM, Mat Cantin wrote: Hello, I'm just wondering if there are any plans to bring SPICE to Ubuntu? Having some sort of support, community or otherwise, would go a long way to making it viable in the my environment. Here's how to compile and use it now in Ubuntu:

Re: SPICE on Ubuntu

2011-03-21 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 03/21/2011 06:04 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: On 03/21/2011 05:58 PM, Mat Cantin wrote: Hello, I'm just wondering if there are any plans to bring SPICE to Ubuntu? Having some sort of support, community or otherwise, would go a long way to making it viable in the my environment. Here's how

[Bug 723796] Re: Enable spice in kvm

2011-03-12 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Serge has built a separate kvm-spice binary at ppa:serge-hallyn/spice, this should be pushed. Closing since no need for MIR ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is

EC2 Migrate EBS AMI tool, call for volunteers

2011-03-09 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi everyone, A while back I had sent an email asking for people interested in working on a python tool to help migrate ebs AMIs across ec2 regions. Since then the project has progressed a bit: - Project page is now: https://launchpad.net/ec2-migrate-ebs-ami - Project is now able to launch

Re: how do web hosting companies give ssh and root to so many users.

2011-03-05 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 03/05/2011 03:24 PM, Abhishek Dixit wrote: So if some one has to host 100 million websites and if 10 million asks then the web hosting company has these 10 million IP addresses? Websites are different. Due to Name Virtualhosting you can host multiple websites (thousands) on a single IP

Ubuntu Cloud days, call for sessions

2011-02-25 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi everyone, From March 23rd 2011 to March 24th 2011 we are going to host the very first Ubuntu Cloud Days. This is an event of IRC tutorials and sessions, targetted towards users and IT pros interested in using Ubuntu on commercial clouds, or using Ubuntu server to build their own private

[Bug 723796] [NEW] Enable spice in kvm

2011-02-23 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: qemu-kvm Can you please add -enable-spice to the configure args? Currently, trying to run kvm binary directly, passing the following parameters -vga qxl -spice port=5930,disable-ticketing results in kvm: -spice port=5930,disable-ticketing: there is no

Re: recovery of virtual machines on KVM

2011-02-11 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 02/09/2011 08:39 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: I am having a virtualization setup via KVM on a Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit server. A recent dbus update cause a crash of my Host OS.It was a post install script of dbus which ultimately brought everything down. Now I have to basically format the host OS.My

Call for Volunteer Cloud Hackers

2011-02-03 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi, I would like to reach out to the Ubuntu cloud community for volunteers willing and interested in contributing code/scripts/tools to help Ubuntu reach its goal of being the best Cloud Operating System. I've written a blueprint of a missing tool that I'd like to work on with interested

Re: Hard disk high avalibity

2011-01-20 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 01/20/2011 02:02 PM, Jesus arteche wrote: Hey guys, I have two servers...and I need that a folder in one of the servers will be updated every time to another server, in case the first server go down...the second will be able to replace it. anyone has any idea? thanks drbd is the

Re: openldap in ubuntu 10.04

2011-01-20 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 01/20/2011 04:59 PM, Jesus arteche wrote: hey guys, someone knows any howto where explain how to install a openldap slave server in ubuntu 10.04 thanks Did you check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Message in syslog,messages Kern.log

2011-01-17 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 01/17/2011 05:31 PM, Chris Lynch wrote: Hi, I have the following two lines in the three log file above. What are they *Redirect from IP(I do not know) on ppp0 about IP(I do not know) ignored Advised path= IP(My IP) - IP(IP addresses I do not Know)* Any ides what these are it is my

Re: converting lvm based Virtual Machine to qcow image.

2011-01-05 Thread Ahmed Kamal
I wouldn't really do it that way. The reason being, running applications like a database server, might have unflushed data, i.e. the on-disk data structures would not be fully consistent. I don't really like taking a backup in that state (called crash consistent state). If possible it's always

Re: Hardware Raid Controller Card.

2010-12-29 Thread Ahmed Kamal
fwiw, I had multiple data corruptions with 3ware 9550 card as well as bad performance, I would surely not buy from them again. It's only my personal experience On 12/29/2010 02:27 PM, Jussi Jaurola wrote: Hi I have loaded Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server on HP DL 360 G6. Can someone please recommend

[Bug 687968] Re: [FTBFS] package 'bacula' (5.0.2-2ubuntu1) failed to build on natty

2010-12-10 Thread Ahmed Kamal
** Branch unlinked: lp:~kim0/+junk/bacula -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to bacula in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687968 Title: [FTBFS] package 'bacula' (5.0.2-2ubuntu1) failed to build on natty --

[Bug 687968] Re: [FTBFS] package 'bacula' (5.0.2-2ubuntu1) failed to build on natty

2010-12-09 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Can someone check if this fix works http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kim0/+junk/bacula/revision/9396 ** Branch linked: lp:~kim0/+junk/bacula -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to bacula in ubuntu.

Re: Sharing hosts.deny

2010-10-25 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 10/25/2010 01:05 PM, James Gray wrote: On 25/10/2010, at 12:41 PM, Michael wrote: On 10/22/2010 01:16 AM, Tapas Mishra wrote: I wanted to know if there is any place where people have shared these IPs which needs to be blocked I feel most of the time the entries must be common though not

Re: deny hosts removing an Ip and checking tcpwrappers

2010-10-21 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 10/21/2010 04:40 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: Hi, I could not find any where the documentation the only best which I got was https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSecurityTools My question is the following blog says to remove an IP from /etc/hosts.deny which denyhost has blocked

Re: deny hosts removing an Ip and checking tcpwrappers

2010-10-21 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 10/21/2010 05:34 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Ahmed Kamalahmed.ka...@canonical.com wrote: On 10/21/2010 04:40 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: Hi, I could not find any where the documentation the only best which I got was

Re: deny hosts removing an Ip and checking tcpwrappers

2010-10-21 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 10/21/2010 05:40 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Ahmed Kamalahmed.ka...@canonical.com wrote: On 10/21/2010 05:34 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Ahmed Kamalahmed.ka...@canonical.com wrote: On 10/21/2010 04:40 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: Hi,

Re: Can I move an LVM as I can move an ISO

2010-10-05 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 10/05/2010 08:16 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Peter Matulis peter.matu...@canonical.com wrote: You can transfer the volume over the network and end up with another volume if you create one on $remotehost beforehand of the same size. Then have netcat listen on

Re: dead letter recieved from cron

2010-09-29 Thread Ahmed Kamal
These seem to be the output of a cron job. It seems like the server is configured to auto-update itself. Any output cron generates gets sent by email. dead.letter is when the mta (mail server) cannot deliver that email On 09/29/2010 01:00 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote: I was taking backup of my

Re: what is the advantage of using rsync over sftp

2010-09-29 Thread Ahmed Kamal
I understand you want to do all the same steps, just replace rsync with scp ? Well the advantage, is that you will be doing the backups regularly, and here rsync shines, because it will only send to the remote end the files that have been changed from the last backup! scp would just send

Re: Ubuntu server new contributor interviews

2010-09-27 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi again, I got very little volunteers on this one. If you think you qualify or know someone who does, please consider contacting me Regards On 09/24/2010 02:23 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Howdy everyone, As part of the Ubuntu community team's initiative to take a good hard look at how

Ubuntu server new contributor interviews

2010-09-24 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Howdy everyone, As part of the Ubuntu community team's initiative to take a good hard look at how it feels for new-comers to get involved, I am sending this email in search of Ubuntu-server new contributers (or want-to-be contributers). If you need a nice overview of what this is all about,

Re: Change SATA mode to AHCI on installed server

2010-09-01 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 09/01/2010 02:12 PM, Jorge Andres Brugger wrote: I want to change SATA mode on a server already installed. Should I take care of something before make the change at the BIOS setup? Thanks. The only thing I'd check is that /etc/fstab mounts using UUIDs and not /dev/sd? names. Other than

Re: [ubuntu-server] UEC FAQ page

2010-08-19 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/18/2010 07:26 PM, Mathias Gug wrote: Why not call the General section cloud? How about renaming the page from UEC to cloud instead? The idea could be to have Cloud encompass both UEC and EC2. That makes sense. I plan to move that page from UEC to a Cloud name-space. I will also be

Re: Server Team 20100817 meeting minutes

2010-08-18 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/18/2010 06:46 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: cl...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi, Here are the minutes of the meeting. ... Weekly Updates Questions for the Community Team (kim0) * kim0 was unable to attend, so this topic was skipped What is this community

UEC FAQ page

2010-08-17 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi folks, I've added a UEC FAQ page at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/FAQ At the moment I've added a couple of questions/answers (what is a cloud, and why can't I upgrade a kernel in EC2 AMI). I used Scott's answer of today. If you have ever been asked a question related to cloud or

UEC Book wiki page

2010-08-13 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi folks, As it stands, we have a lot of valuable information about UEC on the wiki, however there is no complete guide that a newbie can read start to finish. I took a first shot at creating one here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/Book

Re: Ubuntu server and cloud IRC consolidation

2010-08-12 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/12/2010 05:26 PM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: Hi! On 11/08/2010 23:02, Dustin Kirkland wrote: Have you gotten that impression? Does the above policy deserve some clarification? Perhaps that general Ubuntu development discussion should land in #ubuntu-devel, while

Re: Ubuntu server and cloud IRC consolidation

2010-08-11 Thread Ahmed Kamal
On 08/09/2010 05:59 PM, Ahmed Kamal wrote: Hi folks, I've been thinking about ways to grow the Ubuntu server and cloud communities. As it stands, I think there is a bit of fragmentation in the server and cloud related IRC channels. Since active and knowledgeable IRC community members

Ubuntu server and cloud IRC consolidation

2010-08-09 Thread Ahmed Kamal
Hi folks, I've been thinking about ways to grow the Ubuntu server and cloud communities. As it stands, I think there is a bit of fragmentation in the server and cloud related IRC channels. Since active and knowledgeable IRC community members are a valuable resource, I think it is beneficial