OpenVZ based Arch Linux VPS's off-line at several hosting providers

radix · 2011-01-12 02:39:13

Hello all,
I have a number of Arch Linux OpenVZ based VPS's with a good number of hosting providers. For the last year+ I have done a regular weekly update (pacman -Syu cron job) on all my VPS's. The last update round rendered all my VPS's unbootable on every host. It looks like the package update "linux-api-headers 2.6.36.2-1" does not play well with the kernels that have OpenVZ support baked in. Currently I have VPS's offline with Virpus and ZoomVPS/BoostHosting amongst others. Virpus and Zoom have booth been rather unresponsive for a number of days now. I have to think other Arch VPS users are feeling this because at lest one VM was nearly a brand new vanilla install and was impact just like the others. Are there any other Arch users out there effect by this? Have any hosting providers found a fix? Any info would be great.

cactus · 2011-01-12 03:02:04

15 seconds of google searching:
https://forum.ramhost.us/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=408

lifeafter2am · 2011-01-12 03:08:34

Why would you set a cron job to do a system update for you? Sounds a little dangerous for any OS running a live server.

radix · 2011-01-12 03:12:42

lifeafter2am wrote:

Why would you set a cron job to do a system update for you? Sounds a little dangerous for any OS running a live server.

These are not production e-commerce servers or anything like that. They are used just as a platform for little projects I am working on for my self and at $5 a month or less these VPS's are no real commitment.

radix · 2011-01-12 03:14:40

cactus wrote:

15 seconds of google searching:
https://forum.ramhost.us/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=408

I guess your 15 seconds of google searching was more productive then my like apparently less effective hour. Thanks for the link!

cactus · 2011-01-12 04:46:58

Sure thing. I didn't mean "15 seconds of googling" in a "omg you didn't look" kind of way, more in a "here is what I turned up after a cursory search, and it seemed relevant but it might not be useful".

wonder · 2011-01-12 08:33:13

@radix is better to subscribe to our news feed. it was announced long before the update was pushed.

For example, i had time to build my own glibc version

I hope you learn your lesson and stop using pacman -Syu in a cron job

Last edited by wonder (2011-01-12 08:33:38)

radix · 2011-01-14 19:28:23

My hosts would not upgrade and or spoof their kernel on my node so to solve my situation I restored an older backup and followed these directions (http://irony.at/archlinux-openvz-glib) ignoring upgrades to glibe (IgnorePkg), installing a custom build of glib and then applying regular updates. My systems back online and I have learned my lesson about pacman -Syu cron jobs. Sure does make you think that Xen-HVM hosting might be worth the minimal additional cost.

wonder · 2011-01-14 19:50:22

oh, my packages are popular

radix · 2011-01-14 19:51:46

wonder wrote:

oh, my packages are popular

and good Thanks!

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OpenVZ based Arch Linux VPS's off-line at several hosting providers

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