[BlueOnyx:25205] Re: BlueOnyx 5210R: CentOS 8 to AlmaLinux 8 conversion — my experience

[Meaulnes Legler @ MailList]

well me too, I tried the conversion on a server without too many fussy users — with success (except for a small glitch at the end). I take the liberty of sharing this:

# yum clean all
# yum update
# cat /etc/build
build 20210202 for a 5210R in en_US
# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 8.4.2105

# /usr/sausalito/sbin/almalinux-deploy.sh | tee ~/almalinux-deploy_output.txt
...
/ very verbose for ~10min /
...
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'.
Error: Transaction test error:
   file /usr/share/pixmaps/poweredby.png from install of almalinux-logos-httpd-84.4-1.1.el8.noarch conflicts with file from package blueonyx-logos-httpd-80.5-3.el8.noarch

Run dnf distro-sync -y. Exit code: 1                                  ERROR
# dnf distro-sync -y
...

• Michael Stauber said:
# rpm -e --nodeps --justdb blueonyx-logos-httpd
• and ran the script again (I did this *before* he mailed this, it's now probably unnecessary)

# /usr/sausalito/sbin/almalinux-deploy.sh | tee ~/almalinux-deploy_output2.txt

# reboot

• After that, AV-Spam services and the SSHd server didn't run, thus no ssh login possible
• restarted SSHd over GUI and could then login

# cat /etc/redhat-release
AlmaLinux release 8.4 (Electric Cheetah)
# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="AlmaLinux"
VERSION="8.4 (Electric Cheetah)"
ID="almalinux"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.4"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 8.4 (Electric Cheetah)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8.4:GA"
HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-8"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="8.4"

• Now Active Monitor still reported stalled AV-Spam services

#  systemctl restart avspam
Job for avspam.service canceled.

• So I turned it off and on in GUI at Network Services > AV-SPAM, then Active Monitor reported all ok.

Best regards

で⊃ Meaulnes Legler
Zurich, Switzerland
+41¦0 44 260-1660


• But strange enough, the service still reports:

# systemctl status avspam
● avspam.service - AV-SPAM
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/avspam.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: active (exited) since Tue 2021-11-09 18:08:30 CET; 4min 21s ago
   Process: 46064 ExecStart=/usr/sausalito/sbin/avspam_init.pl -start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Main PID: 46064 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
     Tasks: 0 (limit: 104857)
    Memory: 0B
    CGroup: /system.slice/avspam.service

Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: ==================================================
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | Postfix        |   1   |      0     |     0    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | Greylist       |   1   |      1     |     1    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | GeoIP          |   1   |      1     |     1    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | Spamassassin   |   1   |      1     |     1    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | Spamass-Milter |   1   |      1     |     1    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | ClamAV         |   1   |      1     |     1    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: | ClamAV-Milter  |   1   |      1     |     1    |
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: ==================================================
Nov 09 18:08:30 blue2.waveweb.ch avspam_init.pl[46064]: AV-SPAM Email service are in failed state.



On 09.11.21 17:52, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Dirk, Hi Michael,
> 
>> After the command " rpm -e --nodeps --justdb blueonyx-logos-httpd" the upgrade to alma linux 8 was successful and all services are running.
> 
> Very well.
> 
> I just published an updated base-swupdate for 5210R that contains a
> slightly modified conversion script. That now automatically handles the
> replacement of "blueonyx-logos-httpd" and "blueonyx-logos-ipa" with the
> respective AlmaLinux RPMs.
> 
> That fixes the issue.
>