2024 March, April and May

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Adding more swap space to OmniOS
https://neirac.srht.site/posts/omnios-add-swap.html

Updating NIC properties in SmartOS
https://neirac.srht.site/posts/updating_nic_properties.html

Debugging a crashdump in SmartOS
https://neirac.srht.site/posts/debugging_crashdump.html

Running NetBSD on OmniOS using bhyve
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/running-netbsd-on-omnios-using-bhyve/

Tailscale for illumos updated to v1.66.4
https://github.com/nshalman/tailscale/releases/tag/v1.66.4-sunos

OpenIndiana Release 2024.04
https://openindiana.org/announcements/openindiana-hipster-2024-04-announcement/

OmniOS Community Edition r151050
https://omnios.org/article/r50.html

SmartOS 20240530T000454Z
https://us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20240530T000454Z

2024-02-29 Triton DataCenter Office Hours: Web GUI for SmartOS Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkKKOIgw5mQ

2024-03-14 Triton DataCenter Office Hours: Back to Basics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGzN6Wt-eQw

2024-03-28 Triton DataCenter Office Hours: Images and Q&A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTgLKjcVYoA

2024-05-23 Triton DataCenter Office Hours: Learning From Disasters, Failures, and Mistakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxaX5IbOuQ0

Editor’s note №1: This blog post was researched, written, edited and published on an OpenIndiana Workstation.

Editor’s note №2: I have been away for a while due to ETOOMUCHWORK, however, I will continue posting on weekly basis. My apologies to the community.

2024W08

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Booting OmniOS using iPXE
https://neirac.srht.site/posts/ipxe_boot.html

OpenIndiana Package updates include:
— Firefox updated to 123.0
— Thunderbird updated to 115.8.0
— HAProxy updated to 2.8.6
— NVIDIA 470 updated to 470.239.06
— NVIDIA updated to 550.54.14
— Samba updated to 4.19.5
— PHP updated to 8.2.16
— MariaDB updated to 10.6.17
— Many MATE components are updated to 1.28.0
— git updated to 2.44.0
— xterm updated to 390
And much more!

OmniOS Extras updates include:
— Squid Web Proxy v6.7 has been added
— Switched to Python 3.12

Tailscale for illumos updated to v1.60.0
https://github.com/nshalman/tailscale/releases/tag/v1.60.0-sunos

2024-02-15 Triton DataCenter Office Hours: Hypervisor Landscape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW24RUjEgcM
Join the next call: https://discord.gg/v4NwA3Hqay

2024-02-22 bhyve Production Users Call
https://youtu.be/d2itG4o1rMA

2024-02-21 OpenZFS Production Users Call
https://youtu.be/Hz-xPzmeEP4

2024-02-20 jail(8)/zones(7) Production Users Call
https://youtu.be/Q-OoE0L031M

SmartOS 20240222T001232Z
Interesting changes include:
— vmadm should worry less about bootrom
https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20240222T001232Z

Support for Intel i225/226 2.5GbE igc(4D) has landed!
https://www.illumos.org/issues/14448
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/6bbbd4428a21d3f4d1d329851dbc599121cb5d31

pstack(1) works with Python (again!)
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16272
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/616d60f414d125f2dfc25908ca90a7c4451076c6

Editor’s note: This blog post was researched, written, edited and published on an OpenIndiana Workstation.

2024W07

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OmniOS Stable is updated to r151048o
This update requires a reboot
https://github.com/omniosorg/omnios-build/blob/44731424e67c8aaafe5c4e500fe7c4544a22f0f6/doc/ReleaseNotes.md#r151048o-2024-02-15

OmniOS Extras updates include:
— OpenLDAP updated to 2.6.7
— VirtualBox updated to 7.0.14a
— BIND updated to 9.16.48 / 9.18.24
— Unbound updated to 1.19.1
— OpenVPN updated to 2.6.9
— Nginx updated to 1.25.4
— Listmonk updated to 3.0.0
And much more!

SmartOS 20240208T000334Z
Interesting changes include:
— bhyve returns bogus cpuid 8000_001D leaf
— update pkgsrc-setup to 20240116
— Update curl to 8.6.0
— Update OpenSSL to 3.0.13
https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20240208T000334Z

2024-02-15 bhyve Production User Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1joWFfpTX8

Mirroring OmniOS: The Complete Guide; Part One
https://antranigv.am/posts/2024/02/omnios-mirror-one/

Booting OmniOS on Vultr
https://github.com/omniosorg/illumos-omnios/issues/1432

Migrate a FreeBSD bhyve virtual machine to OmniOS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/migrate-a-freebsd-bhyve-virtual-machine-to-omnios/

ZFS encryption and notification service on OmniOS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/zfs-encryption-and-notification-service-on-omnios/

Configure OmniOS to use an authenticated SMTP relay (smarthost)
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/configure-omnios-to-use-an-authenticated-smtp-relay-smarthost/

Remotely install OmniOS on a Dell R620
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/remotely-install-omnios-on-a-dell-r620/

Dealing with USB Storage devices on OmniOS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/dealing-with-usb-storage-devices-on-omnios/

Running OpenBSD on OmniOS using bhyve
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/running-openbsd-on-omnios-using-bhyve/

SMB shares using OmniOS, zones and ZFS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/smb-shares-using-omnios-zones-and-zfs/

Add support for Emulex LPe35000/LPe36000 32Gb/64Gb fibre channel chipsets
https://www.illumos.org/issues/15391
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/e2d1a4340d8c7e04c758949b4fb4b1934fcf9330

Provide execvpe
https://www.illumos.org/issues/7125
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/a89c0811c892ec231725fe10817ef95dda813c06

Port NFSv41 base
(Allows to enable and disable NFSv4 minor versions)
https://www.illumos.org/issues/15405
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/f44e1126d9eae71c48c5d1de51e24750c6ec20a4

pcieadm decodes readiness time reporting
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16233
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/8a300ed6ab165c8d46fd165c6d8a4de8a5b0b596

Update tzdata to 2024a
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16230
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/e15592c8dabdb93c1b45a4785db35f013e0b49f9

illumos now recognizes QEMU/TCG as a hypervisor
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16139
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/2faf06a0ad863963d95ad569428e5e6e45255ab7