Debian 8

[sechanbask]

Hello,

I am looking for debian 8 CT templates x64, does it exist ?

 

[Sakis]

I am waiting also them to appear here
https://openvz.org/Download/template/precreated

 

[churnd]

There are probably issues with using Debian 8 in a CT. CT's use Proxmox's kernel, which is 2.6 version. Debian 8 switched to systemd, which relies on kernel 3.x. I've read it'll be possible by switching to upstart, but it might not be easy.

 

[sechanbask]

I have tried to upgrade a debian x86 wheezy to jessie.
Everything is ok but a dependencie.

How can I check if systemd is used ?

 

[Afox]

hello guys, is there a KVM minimal template for Debain 8?

 

[tom]

use a plain netinstall ISO,

e.g. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

 

[Phinitris]

Hello,
I'm already using Debian 8 on OpenVZ Containers without facing any issues yet.
If you want to, you can test it and report any issues.

http://phinitris.de/downloads/857e515866827cc30abd714b613f7584/debian-8.0-amd64-minimal-experimental.tar.gz

Just make sure, you are using kernel pve-kernel-2.6.32-37-pve or newer.

Best regards
Phinitris

 

[sechanbask]

Hello,

Thank you for this CT. How can you make it ? from debain 7 CT ? with a script ?

 

[Phinitris]

Hello,
I do not know if you want to upgrade from Debian 7 or want to know, how I made this template.

If you want to upgrade from Debian 7. I don't know if it's possible. You can try to backup your CT and then edit the sources.list to represent the jessie repo and then apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade.

I made this template by using the command debootstrap(apt-get install deboostrap) and then download Debian jessie via that tool. After that, you can chroot into the "folder" and set the nameservers and disable unused ttys.
See here: http://openvz.org/Debian_template_creation
Please note, that it's for Debian wheezy and therefore outdated. Some commands may be different or not working at all.

Best regards
Phinitris

 

[superbit]

Hi Tom,
Any news about Proxmox 4.0 and Debian 8 template for OpenVZ?
I'm waiting to update all my servers
Best regards,
Alain

 

[Phinitris]

Hello,
with Proxmox 4.0 OpenVZ is deprecated and will be completely replaced with LXC. You can not run Debian 8 on an OpenVZ node without
facing any issues.

Best regards,
Henry

 

[sechanbask]

When Proxmox will be out ?

 

[superbit]

You can not run Debian 8 on an OpenVZ node without facing any issues.

Thanks Henry,
I have a Debian 8 running on a Proxmox 3.x server, I upgraded a Debian Squeeze container to Jessie without any problem (of course still using sysvinit).
There is two beta containers of Debian 8 at OpenVz site, I don't know if these templates can be used on Proxmox 3.X (maybe they were made for a superior kernel), I will try next week. https://openvz.org/w/index.php?title=Download/template/precreated#Beta_templates
Take a look to this link: http://lists.openvz.org/pipermail/devel/2015-May/031744.html

With Proxmox 4.0 OpenVZ is deprecated and will be completely replaced with LXC.

Is that confirmed? Any news or deadline about Proxmox 4 development?