Downloads of 64-bit Gentoo Linux are now available for Xen, VMWare, KVM, SolusVM Xen PV and XCP. As with our Arch templates this version does not correspond to an official release upstream (rolling distros are less release oriented). Informally we are planning bi-yearly "releases" of Gentoo in January and July. x86 (32-bit) Gentoo images will no longer be built due to a lack of demand.

Downloads of 64-bit Arch Linux (Xfce Desktop and CLI versions) are now available for Xen, VMWare and KVM. We have also created a SolusVM XEN PV template with the caveat that ArchLinux is not explicitly supported by the control panel. Arch implements a rolling release and this version does not correspond to an official release upstream (which tend to be very sporadic). Informally we are planning bi-yearly releases of Arch in January and July.

A mere ten days after releasing 6.1, the CentOS project has released version 6.2. We have now released lightweight images for Xen, XCP, VMWare, KVM and SolusVM on x86 and x86_64. Additional downloads (Desktops) are available for Xen, VMWare, KVM and SolusVM. Since CentOS is now in sync with the upstream vendor release we have not included the centos-release-cr package in these templates.

CentOS 6.2 x86 Downloads
CentOS 6.2 x86_64 Downloads

SolusVM Template Users:The kernel used by CentOS 6.1 and later has changed the way sda block device names are mapped. All SolusVM users who do not default to xvda site-wide should read the notes on the template download page as well as consult the kernel howto to implement the appropriate overrides. Essentially it is now mandatory to use xvda* device names in the vm config file since sda* will be (mis)mapped by the kernel.

The CentOS project has released version 6.1; we have bundled lightweight images for Xen, XCP, VMWare, KVM and SolusVM on x86 and x86_64. Additional downloads (Desktops) are available for Xen, VMWare and KVM. Note: Because the upstream vendor has already released version 6.2, we have enabled the CentOS CR repository, which will allow users to get updated 6.2 packages as the CentOS team makes them available.

CentOS 6.1 x86 Downloads
CentOS 6.1 x86_64 Downloads

SolusVM Template Users:The kernel used by CentOS 6.1 has changed the way sda block device names are mapped. All SolusVM users who do not default to xvda site-wide should read the notes on the template download page as well as consult the kernel howto to implement the appropriate overrides. Essentially it is now mandatory to use xvda* device names in the vm config file since sda* will be (mis)mapped by the kernel. We first discussed this issue in July with respect to CentOS 6.0 + CR, so hopefully everyone has already been doing this for a few months.

The OpenSuse project released version 12.1 on Nov 16th. We have created x86_64 lightweight images for Xen, KVM and VMWare and x86 images for KVM and VMWare. The fully-virtualized images have now been explicitly build and tested with virtio as well as legacy emulation (eg SCSI, IDE). We have also enabled the acpid daemon to enable lifecycle control from various management systems. The net effect is to make the qcow2 images more manageable and efficient with the new crop of KVM control panels. Please follow the links to download:

OpenSuse 12.1 32-bit
OpenSuse 12.1 64-bit

The Fedora project released Fedora 16 on November 8th. We have released lightweight and desktop images and templates for VMWare, QEMU/KVM, Xen and SolusVM (Xen PV).

Fedora 16 x86
Fedora 16 x86_64

Final release templates and images for the latest release of Ubuntu are now available.

32-bit Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric
64-bit Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric

All of the Debian Squeeze templates and images have been updated to release 6.0.3 and the Debian Lenny templates and images have been updated to release 5.0.9. The upstream releases occured Oct. 8th and Oct 1st respectively.

32-bit Debian 6 Downloads
64-bit Debian 6 Downloads

32-bit Debian 5 Downloads
64-bit Debian 5 Downloads

SolusVM has added support for EL-derivative Scientific Linux to the list of supported distros on Xen PV. This new feature was formally introduced in version 1.8.00 earlier this week. For now we have added a x86_64 Scientific template but more may be added in the future. As always please read the Notes section on the download page for deployment advice....

The CentOS 6.1 CR repository is online, allowing CentOS 6.0 users to begin using the new packages ahead of the official 6.1 release.

Update 2011-09-30: The new kernel (2.6.32-131.12.1.el6) has finally landed in the CR repo. We have confirmed that it does use the new sda -> xvde mapping code.

SolusVM CentOS 6 Xen PV template users should implement the changes in an advisory we published in mid-July regarding a kernel change in the EL 6.1 series that impacts block device mapping under Xen PV for CentOS 6.1 guests. The essence of this change is that the vm config file for all CentOS 6 virtual servers should use xvda* nodes. If you are already using xvda naming by default then nothing is required. If you are using sda naming by default you will need to override that behavior for each CentOS 6 template you have deployed. For reference here is what your CentOS 6 VM config files should look like: