SME Server 8

Status: Pre-Alpha

SME Server Version 8 will be the next major version of SME Server, and will involve upgrading the base to CentOS5. We are just in the very early stages of development, but so far things look very good - not nearly as many changes as were required from going from a base of RedHat 7.3 in SME Server 6.x to a base of CentOS4 in SME Server 7.x.

Upgrade paths:

So far 7.1, 7.1.3 and 7.2 are able to yum upgrade to SME 8 Pre-Alpha. You should only do this if you are interested in helping with development and testing.

	Warning:
	CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 will not work on i586 hardware. See bugzilla:2845

Want to join in the fun:

Grab yourself a test box and follow the instructions below:

Setup with the following yum repositories...

/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set sme8os repository \
Name 'SME Server 8 - smeos' \
BaseURL 'http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/smeos/i386/' \
EnableGroups yes \
GPGCheck no \
Visible yes \
status enabled

/sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set sme8test repository \
Name 'SME Server 8 - Testing' \
BaseURL 'http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/smetest/i386/' \
EnableGroups yes \
GPGCheck no \
Visible yes \
status enabled

Expand your yum.conf...

expand-template /etc/yum.conf

Then run yum command

yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=sme8os --enablerepo=sme8test upgrade

Once completed issue

signal-event post-upgrade;signal-event reboot

If you have any bug issues with upgrading please open a new SME Server 8.x file a bug here

Then try SME Server 8 - Features Tested/Results.