GitLab is no longer availaible in the plugin list

[Michel M]

Hello,
I recently update my freenas install to FreeNAS-11.2-U6 but i'm getting an issue.
The gitlab plugin is no longer showing up inside the plugin list.
Does gitlab is not supported anymore ?
This is a normal behavior ?

Thank you for your help !

 

[dlavigne]

We temporarily removed GitLab due to an issue with the latest version: https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/september-13-plugins-update/. It has since been added back so it is possible that your Index is out of date. You can force an Index refresh with this command (from Shell):

midclt call jail.list_resource 'PLUGIN' 'true' 'false'

Does that resolve it for you?

 

[Michel M]

We temporarily removed GitLab due to an issue with the latest version: https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/september-13-plugins-update/. It has since been added back so it is possible that your Index is out of date. You can force an Index refresh with this command (from Shell):

midclt call jail.list_resource 'PLUGIN' 'true' 'false'

Does that resolve it for you?

No as you can see gitlab is still not showing up:

 

[dlavigne]

Thanks for the heads up. I can reproduce here and we're looking into it. Should have it sorted by Thursday (hopefully sooner).

Edit: looks like it will be Monday as there is an issue for existing GitLab users we need to fix first.

 

[Michel M]

Thanks for the heads up. I can reproduce here and we're looking into it. Should have it sorted by Thursday (hopefully sooner).

Edit: looks like it will be Monday as there is an issue for existing GitLab users we need to fix first.

Any updates on this issue ?

 

[dlavigne]

Not yet, dev is still working on the issue.

 

[Michel M]

Not yet, dev is still working on the issue.

Do you have an idea when this issue will be fixed beacause i really need to get github on my server and it makes more than weeks that the problem is persisting.

 

[dlavigne]

You can still install the gitlab-ce package into a jail as a workaround, you don't have to wait for the plugin to be fixed.

 

[Michel M]

You can still install the gitlab-ce package into a jail as a workaround, you don't have to wait for the plugin to be fixed.

Does this issue is planned to be fixed ? Beacause gitlab-ce is not compactible with freebsd(i couldn't find any doc online).
And it has been 1month that the issue is the case.
I could understand that it is not a top priority for ixSystems buti would be nice to fix that so i will be able to re-use gitlab.

 

[dlavigne]

Please see the explanation at https://www.ixsystems.com/community...-from-plugin-available-list.79660/post-552779.

 

[Michel M]

Please see the explanation at https://www.ixsystems.com/community...-from-plugin-available-list.79660/post-552779.

So do you have any idea when freenas 1.13 will go out ?

 

[dlavigne]

BETA1 is due out next week with RELEASE expected in early January.

 

[seanm]

BETA1 is due out next week with RELEASE expected in early January.

@dlavigne, that'll put it at 6 months after the release of FreeBSD 11.3.

The problem with that is FreeBSD's documented support model:

FreeBSD Security Information

"each individual point release is only supported for three months after the next point release"

IMNSHO, FreeNAS really needs to keep up-to-date with FreeBSD better.

 

[dlavigne]

Which is still Sept 2021 (according to the chart at that link)...

 

[seanm]

Which is still Sept 2021 (according to the chart at that link)...

@dlavigne The 11.x branch is supported until then, but 11.2.x is now EoL as of a few days ago, see the bottom of the list here:

Unsupported FreeBSD Releases

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.

www.freebsd.org

This means the very newest FreeNAS (beta or otherwise) is based on an unsupported OS that doesn't even get security updates. That's not great.

The moment FreeBSD 11.3 was released (2018-06-28), the 3 month countdown started for 11.2 being EoL. The moment FreeBSD 11.4 is released (if ever), a 3 month countdown starts for 11.3. FreeNAS needs to be ready to have a new release within 3 months to catch this window.

 

[dlavigne]

To clarify, its based on stable/11 which is good til Sept 2021. 11.3 is the last of the 11 series and FreeNAS 12 is expected Q3 next year.

 

[seanm]

To clarify, its based on stable/11 which is good til Sept 2021.

Perhaps I misunderstand FreeBSD's branch naming scheme then? Isn't FreeNAS 11.2-U6 (current newest) based on FreeBSD 11.2?

Does this therefore not apply? https://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-announce@freebsd.org/msg00919.html

 

[dlavigne]

For 11.2 yes. 11.3 will be good for a few years yet and 12 will be out long before 11.3 is EoL'd.

 

[seanm]

For 11.2 yes.

Well that's my point. :) Today, FreeNAS 11.2-U6 is the latest & greatest. It's what people like me run in production. Yet it's based on an OS that's no longer receiving security updates from upstream (FreeBSD). I repeat: the latest & greatest FreeNAS is based on an EoL OS! :(

Of course FreeNAS 11.3 fixes that. The problem is that we don't have it today, not even in beta.

FreeBSD's update policy being what it is, a FreeNAS based on FreeBSD 11.3 should have been released before 2019-10-31.

I do software development for a living too, so I know scheduling is hard, etc. etc., but I hope that, going forward, iX can improve release scheduling such that "the latest & greatest FreeNAS is based on an EoL OS" never needs to be uttered again.

 

[dlavigne]

That is our goal as well