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As a general rule just about any hardware will suffice as a Standalone test machines or as a host for a virtual environment.
 
As a general rule just about any hardware will suffice as a Standalone test machines or as a host for a virtual environment.
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For sme10 a minimum of 4gb of RAM is recommended, you can try with less but may have issues when testing under load, eg backup and restores of large file sets.
    
== Install ISO for Testing or Bug Verification==
 
== Install ISO for Testing or Bug Verification==
 
Its simple for those who do this regularly, it can be a bloody mine pit for someone who doesn't 🙂 very easy to kill a test system and no way to get out but wipe and start again, please don't be put off, if nothing else it sure educates you on the blackmagic in koozali/sme
 
Its simple for those who do this regularly, it can be a bloody mine pit for someone who doesn't 🙂 very easy to kill a test system and no way to get out but wipe and start again, please don't be put off, if nothing else it sure educates you on the blackmagic in koozali/sme
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{{Warning box|Be aware you should never perform a full yum update with the /smetest and/or /smedev repos enabled it will almost certainly put your server in a state that may not be recoverable from..}}
    
1. Install current iso that is available from the Koozali webssite - [[SME Server:Download|Downloads]]
 
1. Install current iso that is available from the Koozali webssite - [[SME Server:Download|Downloads]]
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  # signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
 
  # signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
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4. Best practice is to select a Bug that need verifying, See [[Dashboard|the Dashboard]] in the wiki, update the package with the uopdated rpm listed in the Bug   
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4. Best practice is to select a Bug that need verifying, See [[Dashboard|the Dashboard]] in the wiki, update the package with the updated rpm listed in the Bug   
 
  # yum update e-smith-base --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing (ONLY this)
 
  # yum update e-smith-base --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing (ONLY this)
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  # yum update --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing  
 
  # yum update --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing  
 
you will update ALL the packages that have been updated or added and need testing, every new/modified rpm - a danger Will Robinson moment if there ever was one - this not recommended but can be useful to carry out overall testing of the system or Contrib updates/import testing and verification BUT beware you could also kill your test box VM 🙂
 
you will update ALL the packages that have been updated or added and need testing, every new/modified rpm - a danger Will Robinson moment if there ever was one - this not recommended but can be useful to carry out overall testing of the system or Contrib updates/import testing and verification BUT beware you could also kill your test box VM 🙂
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=== Contribs Testing ===
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For testing of contribs a simple install and yum update should be sufficient to prepare the test environment, however it may also be necessary to also include a yum update from /smeupdates-testing as well, this will become apparent when attempting an install of an updated contrib.
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Contribs for testing will usually be found in the /smedev /smetest repos, all will have a Bug to track the update.
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https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11272
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yum install smeserver-nfs --enablerepo=smetest,smeupdates-testing 
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*** Warning only install an updated contrib with a specific command referencing the /smedev and /smetest repos, NEVER just do a yum update --enablerepo=smedev,smetest this will most certainly render your system akin to a dead parrot.
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Those contribs found in the /smetest repo will generally be able to be installed and tested for functionality, report all findings in associated Bug.  Those contribs in /smedev may still have a degree of instability and may install but not run, again all results to relevant bug.
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Any contrib that has been moved to the sme10 contribs repo should be fully functional, again there will be a Bug that may still be open to track any issues, use it.
    
Have fun..always learning
 
Have fun..always learning

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