** Release features

• Supported distributions[[BR]] Many of these distros are new for OSCAR, which shows that the infrastructure is now quite flexible. And the PS3 support is something quite unique, a big thanks to DongInn and Bernard for it!
• OSCAR database (ODA):
  • Postgresql support
  • Code janitoring
• New OSCAR Package format, using native distribution package formats

• Ready to use the on-line repository

• Quick install guide
  1. download the repo tarballs you are interested in. The tarballs are available [http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/php/download.php?d_name=beta here] [[BR]] For example:

  oscar-repo-common-rpms-5.1b1.tar.gz oscar-repo-rhel-5-x86_64-5.1b1.tar.gz

  1. unpack the tarballs:

  mkdir -p /tftpboot/oscar tar xzfC oscar-repo-common-rpms-.tar.gz /tftpboot/oscar/ tar xzfC oscar-repo-rhel-5-x86_64-.tar.gz /tftpboot/oscar/

  1. install yume (supposing yum is already there):

     yum install createrepo /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms/yume*.rpm 
     

     Note: since yum is not available on RHEL4, you have to do this:

  cd /tftpboot/oscar/rhel-4-i386 rpm -ivh yum-oscar-2.4.3-1.noarch.rpm python-elementtree-1.2.6-6.1ef.i686.rpm
  python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2ef.noarch.rpm ../common-rpms/yume-2.7-2.noarch.rpm
  ../common-rpms/createrepo-0.4.3-5.1e.noarch.rpm

  1. set up the distro repository in /tftpboot/distro/… Look at this for instructions.
  2. install oscar-base rpm

  yume –repo /tftpboot/oscar/common-rpms install oscar-base

  1. start installation, for example:

  cd /opt/oscar env OSCAR_VERBOSE=3 ./install_cluster ETH_INTERFACE (ETH_INTERFACE is the cluster internal interface on the head node, e.g. eth0).

  • Repositories Instead of copying distro RPMs locally to the master node you can use online repositories: [oscar:5.1:install_guide:ch3.5_advanced_repo]