Topic: Blades

[steve]

During install of the service update 2 blade, after clicking install the page timed out. The server manager now says the update is installed. Is it ?
How can i verify ?

[Darrell May]

I'd like to relate my experience with blades.  Ok, here goes:

1) blades get downloaded into /var/cache/e-smith/blades/packages
2) blades are rpms that checks for depencies
3) blades are installed like any other rpm
4) blades are identified as being installed just like rpms
5) blades do not have to be downloaded via the server-manager Blades
   panel.  You can get them via ftp to e-smith.org directly.
6) blades may be copied and installed to servers just like you are
   installing a standard rpm.
7) blades once installed do not have to be saved or placed in
   /var/cache/e-smith/blades/packages
blades installed manually correctly show up in the server-manager
   Blades panel as being installed.
9) blades do not have to be installed release 1 then release 2.

For instance, here are the current update blades:

SMEServer-5.0_Update1-04.noarch.rpm
SMEServer-5.0_Update2-07.noarch.rpm
e-smith-base-4.6.1-09.noarch.rpm
e-smith-base-4.6.1-17.noarch.rpm
e-smith-blades-1.0.0-19.noarch.rpm
e-smith-email-4.6.1-05.noarch.rpm
e-smith-lib-1.6.0-11.noarch.rpm
e-smith-mod_ssl-1.8.0-05.noarch.rpm
e-smith-release-5.0-03.noarch.rpm
e-smith-release-5.0-04.noarch.rpm
imap-4.7-1mdir8es.i386.rpm
obtuse-smtpd-2.0-29.i386.rpm

Yet you do not have to install all of these.  Just like standard rpms you
only need to install the most current releases to bring yourself up to
date:

e-smith-base-4.6.1-17.noarch.rpm
e-smith-blades-1.0.0-19.noarch.rpm
e-smith-email-4.6.1-05.noarch.rpm
e-smith-lib-1.6.0-11.noarch.rpm
e-smith-mod_ssl-1.8.0-05.noarch.rpm
e-smith-release-5.0-04.noarch.rpm
imap-4.7-1mdir8es.i386.rpm
obtuse-smtpd-2.0-29.i386.rpm
SMEServer-5.0_Update2-07.noarch.rpm

10) The above blades may be added and a custom iso built (difficult but
    I've done this) that installs an up to date, ready to go SME Server
    at install.

This is from my own testing and experience.

Regards,

Darrell

[stephen noble]

excellent darrell  !!

[steve]

Thanks,

I am sure the info was helpful to many. All the RPM's seem to be listed on the system.

Now another question - was i dreaming or did i see somewhere that the blades used a port and needed to be opened up if using a seperate router. Can't seem to find the reference. If so what port ?

[Dan Brown]

Well, the initial announcement of SME5/Update 1 said that SSH has to be open, which would be port 22.