Hi there,
I would like to change the Vagrant images to use a single partition (xfs) and swap to a file on that partition. This would simplify resizing the OS partition and also adjusting the size of the swap, compared to the current images. Would anyone be interested in testing the images? Please email me off-list for the links. I already had the changes done last month, tested them myself and on CICO but didn't get to wider testing or merging the PR for the monthly release... life is bit complicated lately. :)
The only gotcha with swapping to a file is that you have to create the swap file with dd, as fallocate doesn't work properly on XFS. The experimental images come with a preconfigured swap, so this is only important if you want to change to another swap size.
Thanks, Laurențiu
Greetings!
I wanted to provide some feedback on my use of these experimental vagrant images over the last week or so.
The provider that I tested under was VirtualBox.
My day to day work requires that I stand up VMs to recreate and troubleshoot customer issues, have pristine environments in order to (re)build packages and other random tasks. This work is usually on CentOS 6 or 7 via the centos/6 and centos/7 images, respectively, so having both of these images to test out was very useful and aligned with my normal practices.
The experience continues to be all-around positive! No issues have been encountered related to the images at all.
In addition to the above, I expanded the size of the virtual disks multiple times as well as tested adding, removing and resizing swap.
If there are any additional tests or any specific questions you have about my use of these images, please let me know!
Thanks!
-Rich
Rich Alloway | Linux Developer Rogue Wave Software, Inc. Innovate with Confidence www.roguewave.com http://www.roguewave.com/ / richard.alloway@roguewave.com
On 6/28/18, 00:30, "CentOS-devel on behalf of Laurentiu Pancescu" <centos-devel-bounces@centos.org on behalf of lpancescu@centosproject.org> wrote:
Hi there,
I would like to change the Vagrant images to use a single partition (xfs) and swap to a file on that partition. This would simplify resizing the OS partition and also adjusting the size of the swap, compared to the current images. Would anyone be interested in testing the images? Please email me off-list for the links. I already had the changes done last month, tested them myself and on CICO but didn't get to wider testing or merging the PR for the monthly release... life is bit complicated lately. :)
The only gotcha with swapping to a file is that you have to create the swap file with dd, as fallocate doesn't work properly on XFS. The experimental images come with a preconfigured swap, so this is only important if you want to change to another swap size.
Thanks, Laurențiu _______________________________________________ CentOS-devel mailing list CentOS-devel@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel
Hello Richard,
The very reason for changing the partition scheme was to ease the resizing of the data and swap partitions, so that's great news!
Thanks for investing the time to test our images. If I manage to convince Karanbir, I hope to have these changes merged in for the release in August. :)
Best regards, Laurențiu
On 2018-07-13 22:30, Richard Alloway wrote:
Greetings!
I wanted to provide some feedback on my use of these experimental vagrant images over the last week or so.
The provider that I tested under was VirtualBox.
My day to day work requires that I stand up VMs to recreate and troubleshoot customer issues, have pristine environments in order to (re)build packages and other random tasks. This work is usually on CentOS 6 or 7 via the centos/6 and centos/7 images, respectively, so having both of these images to test out was very useful and aligned with my normal practices.
The experience continues to be all-around positive! No issues have been encountered related to the images at all.
In addition to the above, I expanded the size of the virtual disks multiple times as well as tested adding, removing and resizing swap.
If there are any additional tests or any specific questions you have about my use of these images, please let me know!
Thanks!
-Rich
Rich Alloway | Linux Developer Rogue Wave Software, Inc. Innovate with Confidence www.roguewave.com http://www.roguewave.com/ / richard.alloway@roguewave.com
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