Re: Random tools I've found interesting

2020-03-06 Thread Scott Moser
> == LXD Login == > > $ lxc alias add login 'exec @ARGS@ --mode interactive -- bash -xac $@bryce > - exec /bin/login -p -f ' > This is similar to 'ctool exec --container=mycontainer --user=bryce'. It doesn't use 'login', so I'm not sure what effect that actually has on things, but you don't ne

Re: Ubuntu 16.04, UEFI and software RAID 1

2019-08-12 Thread Scott Moser
I've looked at this before. To my knowledge, there is not a really good solution. Kees Cook described the problem and some options https://outflux.net/blog/archives/2018/04/19/uefi-booting-and-raid1/ . It'd be nice if there was a supported "right way" to do this. On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:47 PM

Re: Please import the git tree for debian-multimedia

2018-12-21 Thread Scott Moser
Done. https://code.launchpad.net/~usd-import-team/ubuntu/+source/debian-multimedia/+git/debian-multimedia On Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 7:39 AM Ross Gammon Hi, > > I would like to attempt the merge of the debian-mutimedia package: > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-multimedia > > Would it be

Server team meeting minutes: 2017-10-31

2017-10-31 Thread Scott Moser
== Meeting information == * #ubuntu-meeting: ubuntu-server-team, 31 Oct at 16:02 — 16:23 UTC * Full logs at [[http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2017/ubuntu-meeting.2017-10-31-16.02.log.html]] == Meeting summary == === Review ACTION points from the previous meeting === The d

Re: upcoming changes to Ubuntu cloud images via cloud-init

2017-02-22 Thread Scott Moser
[Replying and adding ubuntu-cloud and ubuntu-cloud-announce] In an effort to improve the performance and efficiency of Ubuntu's cloud images[1], cloud-init is making some changes in the way that it searches for datasources. By making use of environment information that platforms provide such as D

upcoming changes to Ubuntu cloud images via cloud-init

2017-02-22 Thread Scott Moser
In an effort to improve the performance and efficiency of Ubuntu's cloud images[1], cloud-init is making some changes in the way that it searches for datasources. By making use of environment information that platforms provide such as DMI (Desktop Management Interface) data, cloud-init can quickly

Release of cloud-init 0.7.9

2016-12-23 Thread Scott Moser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Cloud-init 0.7.9 has been released. Cloud-init 0.7.9 was built by 21 individual developers. The most notable things present are: * The License has been changed on cloud-init. Previously, it was GPL-v3. Now, cloud-init is available under either t

Release of cloud-init 0.7.8

2016-09-12 Thread Scott Moser
time between 0.7.6 and 0.7.7. There were 11 contributors to this release. The full change log is below. Thank you to all contributors. Scott Moser - SmartOS: more improvements for network configuration - add ntp config module [Ryan Harper] - ChangeLog: update changelog for previous commit.

Release of cloud-init 0.7.7

2016-08-10 Thread Scott Moser
.net/cloud-init And cloned with: git clone https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init The full change log is below. Thank you to all contributors. Scott Moser - Digital Ocean: add datasource for Digital Ocean. [Neal Shrader] - expose uses_systemd as a distro function (fix rhel7) - fix broken 

Re: vm-builder

2013-12-13 Thread Scott Moser
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Quoting cdmiller (cdmil...@adams.edu): > > On 12/10/2013 10:13 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Years ago it was decided that vm-builder would be deprecated in favor > > > of alternatives (cloud images, live-build, and some others). This was

Re: Ubuntu Server seeded package review

2013-12-05 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 04:33:26PM +, James Page wrote: > > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntu.trusty/view/head:/cloud-image > > > > Description: Default cloud-image install > > > > tasksel (drops aptitude etc.) > [...] >

Re: ubuntu server mirror errors bzip2 on fresh ubuntu-server-12.04

2013-09-30 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Clint Byrum wrote: > Excerpts from Stefan Fuhrmann's message of 2013-09-25 21:25:13 -0700: > > Hello all, > > Im having problems with a fresh installed ubuntu-server-12.04 and apt, > > getting sum mismatch, not a bzip2 file and sometimes error 404 on a fresh > > ubuntu-serve

blueprints status (and work) for 13.04

2013-05-28 Thread Scott Moser
hat to one of the names above, or add it to a relevant blueprint. Thanks, Scott Moser [/me goes to fill his blueprints in now] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRpRerAAoJEB5EEKQCS8bwF3cP/iYFxRLlYZ0iTQ

[vUDS blueprint 13.10] hardware images

2013-05-01 Thread Scott Moser
Hi All, I'd like to propose that we do some work on "hardware images" in the 13.10 cycle. The end result is basically to a 'cloud-image' that works on hardware the way our cloud-images currently work on virtual platforms. * Currently, we're making "ephemeral" images available for use in MAAS.

Request for help testing Quantal Server Alpha 1 images

2012-06-05 Thread Scott Moser
Hello all, Ubuntu's first alpha of the Quantal Quetzal will arrive on Thursday, June 7. Thanks to the focus on automated testing, we have reasonable automated test coverage [1]. However, it makes good sense to have a manual run and record for milestones. Before tomorrow afternoon, it would

Re: Change default APT mirrors

2012-06-04 Thread Scott Moser
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Alan Hoffmeister wrote: > Hello there! > > The default installation of Ubuntu Server get packages from the main > repository, is there a simple way for changing this? I mean, it would > be much faster to download packages from a mirror in Brazil, where the > server is, than the

Re: lxc ubuntu-cloud template issue

2012-05-08 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 8 May 2012, Aljoša Mohorović wrote: > i'm getting: > > No config file specified, using the default config > /usr/lib/lxc/templates/lxc-ubuntu-cloud: line 240: type: > ubuntu-cloudimg-query: not found > failed to execute template 'ubuntu-cloud' > aborted > > when i use "-t ubuntu-cloud" but

Re: Proposal for a Remote Desktop Server.

2011-06-02 Thread Scott Moser
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Marcelo Boveto Shima wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Scott Moser wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Jun 2011, Marcelo Shima wrote: > > > X2goagent changes the output s/nxagent/x2goagent. This will break > FreeNX, but it is a reason that can be ignored since

Re: Proposal for a Remote Desktop Server.

2011-06-01 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 1 Jun 2011, Marcelo Shima wrote: Please send plaintext responses. Your comments are very difficult to find in a text only reader. > As far as I know x2goagent is just visual patches too. > No bug fixes, no features, no api changes. So why would you be so opposed to using that as an upstr

Re: Proposal for a Remote Desktop Server.

2011-06-01 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 31 May 2011, Marcelo Boveto Shima wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Marcelo Boveto Shima (https://launchpad.net/~marceloshima). > I'm the maintainer of FreeNX-Team (https://launchpad.net/~freenx-team). > > I was looking at the blueprints and just found that Ubuntu is planning to > use X2go for R

Re: [10.04 64bit] Automate upgrade of openssh-server

2011-04-17 Thread Scott Moser
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > [Resent with a proper subject.] > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to automate the setup of an Ubuntu Server 10.04 64bit > system. I am unable to run apt-get upgrade sucessfully (i.e. without > manual intervention). Every time it blocks because of openssh-serve

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] remote desktop improvements

2011-04-13 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, TImo Aaltonen wrote: > On 13.04.2011 19:57, Scott Moser wrote: > > Hi, in the natty cycle, there has been some work done that utilizes a > > remote desktop both in weblive and awstrial. Both of these solutions used > > NX, and specifically the freenx

[Oneiric-Topic] virtualization tools

2011-04-13 Thread Scott Moser
Hi, I'd like to start a general "virtualization tools" conversation here. At the moment, things I think would be nice adds to Ubuntu would be: * libguestfs packages libguestfs allows you to much more easily work with virtual disk images and to do so without being root. I've somewhat propo

[Oneiric-Topic] UEC images / cloud-init improvements

2011-04-13 Thread Scott Moser
Hi, I'd like to start a thread on the next steps for UEC images and cloud-init. I've done a fair amount of work in Natty on both of these fronts. Heres a list of items I think could be focused on in 'O'. * Documentation * OVF support. Currently what is there is very raw, I'd like to: *

[Oneiric-Topic] remote desktop improvements

2011-04-13 Thread Scott Moser
Hi, in the natty cycle, there has been some work done that utilizes a remote desktop both in weblive and awstrial. Both of these solutions used NX, and specifically the freenx server. As a client, they use either qtnx or NoMachine's binary-only java applet. There are a couple other Open Source r

Re: Feedback on the Ubuntu kernel for server and cloud

2011-03-31 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, 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 s

Re: Feedback on the Ubuntu kernel for server and cloud

2011-03-29 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011, Scott Moser wrote: > >I also would prefer the '-extra' modules for -virtual, > > Ok > > > > * would be nice if we weren't using GRUB 1 anymore; it's a bit > > >con

Re: Feedback on the Ubuntu kernel for server and cloud

2011-03-29 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011, John Johansen wrote: > > What are we doing right? > > What are we doing wrong? > > What configs should we change? > > What new features should we included? > > Very EC2 centric, and most are already known, but I'll repeat my pet > i

Re: restricting ssh login based on IP

2011-02-28 Thread Scott Moser
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Michael Zoet (michael.z...@zoet.de): > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Am 26.02.2011 10:21, schrieb Tapas Mishra: > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Dan Sheffner wrote: > > >> Like Michael said I would accom

Re: Currently emulating unsupported memory accesses warning for 10.04.01 on EC2 even with libc6-xen installed

2010-11-29 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, W. Andrew Loe III wrote: > I am seeing this warning in dmesg, but as far as I know it should not be > there: > > 7.223411] > [7.223422] > *** > [7.223428] > *

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-19 Thread Scott Moser
Sorry if anyone gets dupes of the message below. I sent from a phone, and its sitting (i think) in moderator limbo. On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > Hello, > >>> >>> Please consider that the very definition of a "server" implies that >>> the system is running a "service"

Re: Packaging AWS command line tools for Natty

2010-10-19 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Christophe Sauthier wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Scott Moser wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Mathias Gug wrote: > >> Seems like the best option. > > That spec would not be the correct place, as > > a.) it is discussing improve

Re: Packaging AWS command line tools for Natty

2010-10-19 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Mathias Gug wrote: > Hi, > > Excerpts from Clint Byrum's message of Tue Oct 19 15:54:40 -0400 2010: > > Eric, you can either add this to the whiteboard on an existing, > > related blueprint, such as: > > > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/cloud-server-n-cloud-im

Re: [ubuntu-server] Trying Ubuntu Server in Amazon EC2

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Moser
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote: > > How is this not a back door in an Ubuntu delivery? > > This is an experiment we're attempting to allow people to play with a > sandbox for less than an hour, with the backend being open sourced and > available for anyone to read, and with a FAQ abou

Re: [ubuntu-server] Trying Ubuntu Server in Amazon EC2

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Moser
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Eric Hammond wrote: > On 10/11/2010 06:24 PM, Scott Moser wrote: > > It is in the FAQ. > > I'm probably sounding like a broken record to you, but as a general rule, I > don't believe that people read documentation when it looks like they can

Re: [ubuntu-server] Trying Ubuntu Server in Amazon EC2

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Moser
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Eric Hammond wrote: > On 10/11/2010 11:28 AM, John M. Pugh wrote: > > Anyone try out http://10.cloud.ubuntu.com yet? > > I was already registered with launchpad.net and had previously uploaded > my ssh keys, so the experience was smooth and fast. I'm not sure how > the experi

Re: Server Team 20100928 Meeting Minutes

2010-10-04 Thread Scott Moser
> Agree on next meeting date and time > Next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 12th at 18:00 UTC in > #ubuntu-meeting. Correction: The next meeting is Tuesday, October 5 at 18:00 UTC -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/list

Server Team 20100928 Meeting Minutes

2010-10-04 Thread Scott Moser
The Server Team Meeting minutes for the 20100928 meeting are below. For more information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam Meeting Actions * [ACTION] SpamapS to chase drizzle in maverick decide between "broken" * and "removed" with slight possibility of "beta" * [ACTION] jiboum

Re: libvirt 0.7.7 and Lucid

2010-04-01 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Jamie Strandboge wrote: > > 3. libvirt seems to try to guard against hypervisor issues regarding > > detach-device and detach-disk. Specifically, these can be hot-plugged, > > but not hot-unplugged (libvirt claims the q

Server Team 20100224 meeting minutes

2010-02-25 Thread Scott Moser
Hello All, Here are the minutes of this week's meeting. They can also be found online with the irc logs here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20100224 . Review ACTION points from previous meeting (jib) * ttx followed up on server-lucid-cluster-stack and server-lucid-asteris

Re: Hibernating Ubuntu on EBS boot EC2 instances

2010-02-09 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Eric Hammond wrote: > Amazon EC2 has the ability to run "EBS boot AMIs" which keep a > persistent root disk[1]. This lets a user shutdown (stop) and boot > (start) a server without losing the contents of the root disk. > > There have been a number of people inquiring about the

Re: Earth Computing

2010-01-28 Thread Scott Moser
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Etienne Goyer wrote: > Alvin wrote: > > I know. It's still the most useful filesystem around, and we want to > > use the best tools for the job. LVM is not as flexible as ZFS. > > The main objection I have against ZFS is that it does not have any > recovery tool (or so I heard

ubuntu-server meeting minutes from 2010-01-13

2010-01-13 Thread Scott Moser
Hello All, Here are the minutes of this week's meeting. They can also be found online with the irc logs from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/ . == Agenda == * Review ACTION points from previous meeting (jib) * Alpha2 milestone (ttx) * Alpha2 blueprints status * [[https://bugs.

Re: Reporting bugs with the Ubuntu EC2 images

2009-09-15 Thread Scott Moser
> > I think there are very few bugs reported from this environment at present; > > in fact, ubuntu-bug may or may not presently be installed in the images. If > > it isn't, we should seriously consider adding it for the benefit of improved > > bug management. It's not large. > > > > > We should a

Re: Reporting bugs with the Ubuntu EC2 images

2009-09-10 Thread Scott Moser
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Eric Hammond wrote: > I used to send folks here to report bugs running Ubuntu on EC2: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-on-ec2/+bugs > > Where should they go in the new bug structure? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug?field.tags=ec2-images > It seems unlikely t