0.5.2 is out! It fixes quite a few bugs and will prompt you to remove your plain-text password from the bigv config file (sorry, that was the default until now).
I’ve documented a slightly clunky method of installing FreeBSD on BigV which we’ll replace with a proper image shortly.
Another feature snuck in to the last release which I’d not documented until now was compatibility mode, which lets you run OpenBSD, Solaris and other operating systems which don’t support qemu’s efficient “virtio” hardware model.
Finally you can now undelete accidentally deleted machines within 45 days of deleting them – see my notes on vm undelete.
0.6 should follow reasonably soon which will allow you to change your password, set up more easily on multiple machines and manage your IP addresseses.
You can update with the usual – either apt-get update; apt-get upgrade on Debian / Ubuntu. Or go to our download page and follow the instructions for your OS.
This is great news. Was just trying to install NetBSD ~10 days ago and disk were not recognized. I guess it’s time to try again : ). Thanks Matthew
BTW.. could we have NetBSD mirror at Bytemark also : )
I think NetBSD has virtio support too, doesn’t it? I just haven’t tried it out yet.
Not until 6.0 I think.. Install went fine now, and before It couldn’t find disks. But I guess droping virtio also means droping decent amount of performance ?
Are more people still being added to the beta?
Jason, sure, the queue is still growingly slightly faster than I can send keys out though. We’re buying a load more hardware at the moment, so I hope to get the queue empty by the end of this month. I’ll send one out to you on Monday!
Amar, not as much as I’d thought actually. But right now the back-end performance isn’t all it should be, which is our main concern.
Excellent. I’m almost sure I registered for the beta, but I didn’t receive any kind of confirmation e-mail, so I’m not sure.
I registered for the beta all the way back in December, but have yet to receive the key. Hopefully not much longer now, and thanks for this great service/
Sorry for the wait! We are working on clearing the beta test wait list completely in the next few weeks, but demand has so far outstripped supply
Watch your post.