The beroNet Hypervisor is based on Alpine Linux and uses XEN as bare-metal Hypervisor. It has a Web Interface which allows the management of the VMs. Please see the documentation for the beroNet Appliance which is shipped with the beroNet Hypervisor BeroNet Telephony Appliance-v2 here.
This changelog contains information about new releases of the hypervisor. Changes are marked as MINOR, FEATURE and BUGFIX.
Starting with Version 0.9.7 BETA Hypervisors can be installed by adding the beta=true flag to the update URL like:
http://$IP/update.php?beta=true
beta versions will carry a rcX postfix.
NOTE: Make sure to backup your VMs before trying beta versions!
Contents:
NOTE: This Version needs to be installed via the USB recovery stick. Instructions for the recovery Update are provided here: Factory Reset and Recovery - Appliance, BNTA20/BNTA21/BNTA22. Note that this Update deletes all VMs, so you need to backup them first!
NOTE: This Version needs to be installed via the USB recovery stick or directly from 0.9.7 or 0.9.8. If installed from 1.00 - instructions for the recovery Update will be provided: Recover Hypervisor - while maintaining VMs
NOTE: This Version changes the VM Format, so you should make backups of your VMS before upgrading
* BUGFIX: cloud save seemed not to work after first save * BUGFIX: fixed whitespace in names issue * FEATURE: added multi disk support * FEATURE: added sleep / wake up function for VMS, VMs can go to sleep during a reboot now. * FEATURE: added ISO Upload (up to 1.4G) * MINOR: added seperated VM Mangement view * MINOR: vnc keymap can be configured now * MINOR: added timezone setting * MINOR: using more buttons now instead of links, not done yet at every place * MINOR: added some more infos like date and size on backup files
NOTE: This Version requires a reboot
* UPGRADE: XEN Hypervisor upgraded to 4.6.1, fixes time drifting issue of VMs and makes it possible to use qcow2, so that the disk can be resized (this comes in the next release) * UPGRADE: lighttpd upgrade, makes it possible to upload bigger files, so ISOs can be uploaded soon * MINOR: added hidden option to install beta HV versions * MINOR: added HV Version sending to Cloud * MINOR: added detail info action to gateway browser
* BUGFIX: fixed another issues about filesystem resize, now it works finally fine in all cases * GUI: changed VM editor to be tabbed, so that options can be categorized * MINOR: when the disk image format doesn't support resize, the input field is now grey and read-only to clarify that fact
* BUGFIX: checking also the filesystem size and not only the partition size in resize-tool * FEATURE: added moving / renaming of VMs * MINOR: added option to manually specify a Market URL * MINOR: added HV-Options string to manually add XEN options to a VM
* BUGFIX: cloud page and reboot / halt page wouldn't load due to bug introduced in 0.9.3 * MINOR: updater will reload the page after 2s after the update
* BUGFIX: storage size is only about 23G on each appliance version (M, L, XL) * BUGFIX: bfdetect doesn't work properly * BUGFIX: apps and isos from beronet market couldn't be downloaded * FEATURE: added possibility to change NIC model (between Realteks RTL8139 and Intels e1000) * MINOR: added printing of real disk size, storage size and Memory
* BUGFIX: downgrade to 0.9 didn't work * BUGFIX: trusted repository apps couldn't be installed * FEATURE: market apps and isos have categories now and can be filtered * FEATURE: message with IP, Serial, System Stats and running VMs will now be printed on the console after bootup and login
* BUGFIX: wrong network settings could result to loss of IP connectivity, added validation to network settings now * FEATURE: added status info to long taking tasks, especially downloads from the market * MINOR: added "done" information when rebooting and auto reload after 30s
* BUGFIX: making a backup space didn't succeed, so backups didn't work properly * MINOR: printing a "Done" message when Hypervisor has been updated * MINOR: next free VNC Port is now found automatically
* BUGFIX: fixed the problem that "start on boot" - VMS wouldn't start the WebVNC Proxy * BUGFIX: Shutdown of Hypervisor didn't work * WORKAROUND: Shutdown of Windows didn't work: see BeroNet Telephony Appliance-v2#FAQ * FEATURE: added permanent beroNet MAC Addresses for VMs
* BUGFIX: Cloud didn't work, fixed that * FEATURE: Added Fulltrace feature * BUGFIX: root pw is now changeable in the GUI * BUGFIX: Memory consumption of Hypervisor can be switched between 512MB/1024MB in order to boot 3GB Images in M Appliance (and 7GB in L) * BUGFIX: added option to switch the Kernel from XEN to Linux, as it happens that the wrong kernel is booted and the message "HYPERVISOR BROKEN, CAN'T START VMs" is displayed
* BUGFIX: Fallback to IP 10.0.04 if DHCP lease request failed, allows bfdetect to discover the appliance * FEATURE: queue time consuming jobs, so that the GUI can still be used. Especially large downloads or backups take several minutes * BUGFIX: removed Upload Feature for ISOs as it didn't allow larger Files than about 3 MB * FEATURE: added Hypervisor Settings page with the option to reduce Hypervisor memory consumption to 512MB instead of 1024MB, which allows the usage of 3GB VMs on M-Appliance and 7GB on L-Appliance * BUGFIX: display the real VNC Port, so that an external VNC client can be used
* FEATURE: added option to become root with the link: http://IP/reboot.php?action=root&pw=new-root-pw * MINOR: set LAN-WAN to default lan mode
* FEATURE: added ISO Upload * BUGFIX: VMS / ISOs with whitespaces in names can now be deleted * FEATURE: added Shutdown/ Halt for Hypervisor * FEATURE: Cloud-Server can now be changed