Download/vzctl/4.7/changes

Changes

Since 4.6.1:

New functionality and other important changes

• Disable conntrack for VE0 by default (#2755)
• vzctl set --diskspace: add --offline-resize (#2281)
• vzctl create: use ploop by default
• vzctl create, vzctl convert: honor diskinodes for ploop (#2898)
• vzctl create: add --diskinodes
• vzctl set: new option --netfilter to replace --iptables
• vzmigrate: support for copying CT dump file
• vzmigrate: introduce/use vzfsync for ploop (to shorten CT freeze time)
• bash-completion: CTIDs on ploop for compact
• vzctl create: honor MOUNT_OPTS
• vzctl console: add set_console dist script (#2865)
• vzctl snapshot-switch: add --skip_arpdetect option
• vzctl snapshot-switch: add --skip-resume, --skip-config
• vzctl set --diskinodes, DISKINODES: allow suffixes (KMG)
• vzpid: new option "-p" to show in-container PID(s)
• etc/vz.conf: add SKIP_ARPDETECT example
• etc/vz.conf: use ploop by default
• etc/vz.conf: use vswap config by default
• etc/vz.conf: merge IP6TABLES to IPTABLES_MODULES

Fixes

• vzctl destroy: fix locking (#2814)
• debian-add_ip.sh: setup loopback device at least (#2859)
• vzctl start --wait: fix for non-standard Debian 7
• postcreate.sh: add Fedora 20+
• postcreate.sh: set file caps for suse 13.1+
• vzmigrate: fix ploop for diff VE_PRIVATE case (#2875)
• vzmigrate: hide ploop getdev output
• vzctl status, snapshot-list: don't mess with stdout even when verbose
• vzlist: don't spoil output with ploop messages
• logger.c: fix wrt ploop logging
• etc/network/if-up.d/vzifup-post: fix for Debian Wheezy (#2914)
• hooks_ct.c: bind-mount root to itself (fix for kernel v3.11+)
• hooks_ct: mount /proc and /sys before umounting old root
• bash_completion: replace exit with return
• bash_completion: add --quiet to vzctl
• vzmigrate: call vzctl status with --quiet
• vzcptcheck: fix program name in usage

Improvements

• add_reach_runlevel_mark(): improve error messages
• set(): don't ignore fail from fill_vswap_ub()
• vzctl restore: warn in CPT_SET_LOCKFD2 not supported
• config.c: add SKIP_ARPDETECT to ignored list
• vzmigrate: lock CT locally
• vzmigrate --live: check for running CT earlier
• destroy_dump(): don't log "Removing" if no dump
• etc/conf/*sample: tune DISKINODES for ploop diskspace/diskinodes ratio
• etc/conf/ve-unlimited.conf-sample: remove
• hooks_ct: remove non-working devpts mount
• hooks_ct: mount devtmpfs in CT
• ct_chroot(): do not change a set of CT0's mounts
• parse_netif_str(): improve NETIF= param parsing
• setup_hardlink_dir(): show error if mkdir() failed

Documentation

• vzctl(8): document MAX_VEID (#2784)
• vzctl --help: fix convert synopsys

Build system

• setver.sh: rework buildid
• setver.sh: make it work on fresh git source
• autogen.sh, setver.sh: fix build from screwed git repo
• vzctl.spec: require bridge-utils (as we use brctl)

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for vzctl-4.7.

Thanks

OpenVZ project would like to thank the following people who contributed patches and/or provided bug reports for this vzctl release (in no particular order):

• Sean Fulton
• Igor Podlesnyi
• Mike Fedyk
• Pavel Odintsov
• Donatas Abraitis
• reduzent
• Oskar Groh
• Dietmar Maurer