[Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release - Seems to break FOSS only servers

Stefan Sänger stefan.saenger at gr13.net
Fri Apr 13 20:32:51 CEST 2018


Hi All,

do I understand this correctly that running yum update -y results in a 
broken installation?

best regards,

Stefan

Am 13.04.2018 um 19:36 schrieb Tony Publiski:
> Hello again!
> 
> Here's the response I got from engineering toda:
> 
> I looked at installation steps. It looks like, they are using yum update 
> -y to install patch packages.
> 
> Instead, they should use below commands to install the patch:
> yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=zimbra-888-patch clean metadata
> yum check-update --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=zimbra-888-patch --noplugins
> yum install zimbra-patch
> 
> Let me know if this helps!
> 
> Tony
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Tony Publiski" <tonster at tonster.com>
> To: "Barry de Graaff" <info at barrydegraaff.tk>; "Malte S. Stretz" 
> <mss at msquadrat.de>
> Cc: "Phil Pearl" <ppearl at zimbra.com>; users at lists.zetalliance.org
> Sent: 4/13/2018 9:53:01 AM
> Subject: Re[2]: [Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release - Seems to break 
> FOSS only servers
> 
>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> Nice find. I'll take a look and see what engineering has to say.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Barry de Graaff" <info at barrydegraaff.tk>
>> To: "Malte S. Stretz" <mss at msquadrat.de>
>> Cc: "Tony Publiski" <tonster at tonster.com>; "Phil Pearl" 
>> <ppearl at zimbra.com>; users at lists.zetalliance.org
>> Sent: 4/13/2018 4:41:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release - Seems to break 
>> FOSS only servers
>>
>>> No this was always FOSS only, not Zextras no Talk none of that.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Barry de Graaff
>>> Zeta Alliance
>>> Co-founder & Developer
>>> zetalliance.org | github.com/Zimbra-Community
>>>
>>> +31 617 220 227 | skype: barrydegraaff.tk
>>> Fingerprint: 97f4694a1d9aedad012533db725ddd156d36a2d0
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Malte S. Stretz" <mss at msquadrat.de>
>>> To: "Barry en Katie de Graaff" <info at barrydegraaff.tk>
>>> Cc: "Tony Publiski" <tonster at tonster.com>, "Phil Pearl" 
>>> <ppearl at zimbra.com>, users at lists.zetalliance.org
>>> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 10:35:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release - Seems to break 
>>> FOSS only servers
>>>
>>> Hi Barry,
>>>
>>>
>>> I always have trouble reading the dependency output of yum but to me it
>>> looks like zimbra-network-modules-ng is pulled in by zimbra-talk. Which
>>> isn't supported for FOSS and shouldn't appear in the dependency tree at
>>> all. Especially both zimbra-chat and zimbra-talk shouldn't appear at the
>>> same time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Did you by any chance downgrade this system from NE to FOSS at
>>> somepoint? Since this sounds a bit like the issue I had with such a
>>> downgrade on Ubuntu and for which I filed
>>> https://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=108911
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Malte
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13.04.2018 09:13, Barry de Graaff wrote:
>>>> Hello Tony and Phil,
>>>>
>>>> It seems the patch 8.8.8 p1 is distributed via the repos.
>>>>
>>>> It does NOT seem to work if one runs a FOSS only server (aka without
>>>> Zextras).
>>>>
>>>> I am addressing Phil as there is a CVE 5.8 Major security fix in the
>>>> patch.
>>>>
>>>> [root at zimbra1 ~]# yum update -y
>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>>> * base: centos.mirror.triple-it.nl
>>>> * epel: mirror.1000mbps.com
>>>> * extras: mirror.denit.net
>>>> * updates: mirror.prolocation.net
>>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>>> --> Running transaction check
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-chat.x86_64 0:1.0.13.1521626727-2.r7 will be 
>>>> obsoleted
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-common-core-jar.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7
>>>> will be updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-common-core-jar.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>> will be an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-conf.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7 will be
>>>> updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-conf.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7 will be
>>>> an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-service.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7 will
>>>> be updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-service.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7 will
>>>> be an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7 will be
>>>> updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7 will be an
>>>> update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-webclient-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521723166-1.r7
>>>> will be updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-webclient-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7
>>>> will be an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-talk.x86_64 0:1.0.3.1523266296-1.r7 will be 
>>>> obsoleting
>>>> --> Processing Dependency: zimbra-network-modules-ng >= 1.0.14 for
>>>> package: zimbra-talk-1.0.3.1523266296-1.r7.x86_64
>>>> --> Running transaction check
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-network-modules-ng.x86_64 0:1.0.14.1522918190-1.r7
>>>> will be installed
>>>> --> Processing Dependency: zimbra-network-store >= 8.8.8 for package:
>>>> zimbra-network-modules-ng-1.0.14.1522918190-1.r7.x86_64
>>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>> *Error: Package:
>>>> zimbra-network-modules-ng-1.0.14.1522918190-1.r7.x86_64
>>>> (zimbra-888-patch)*
>>>> *           Requires: zimbra-network-store >= 8.8.8*
>>>> You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>>>> You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>>>>
>>>> [root at zimbra1 ~]# su zimbra
>>>> [zimbra at zimbra1 root]$ zmcontrol -v
>>>> Release 8.8.8_GA_2009.RHEL7_64_20180322150747 RHEL7_64 FOSS edition.
>>>>
>>>> This is a FOSS only server, and should not fetch
>>>> *zimbra-network-modules-ng.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Funny thing is, that on a FOSS server with Zextras installed, it does
>>>> work:
>>>> [root at mail ~]# yum update -y
>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>>> * base: mirrors.centos.webair.com
>>>> * epel: mirror.math.princeton.edu
>>>> * extras: mirrors.centos.webair.com
>>>> * updates: mirrors.tripadvisor.com
>>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>>> --> Running transaction check
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-common-core-jar.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7
>>>> will be updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-common-core-jar.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>> will be an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-conf.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7 will be
>>>> updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-conf.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7 will be
>>>> an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-service.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7 will
>>>> be updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-service.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7 will
>>>> be an update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7 will be
>>>> updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7 will be an
>>>> update
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-webclient-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1521723166-1.r7
>>>> will be updated
>>>> ---> Package zimbra-mbox-webclient-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7
>>>> will be an update
>>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>>
>>>> Dependencies Resolved
>>>>
>>>> ================================================================================ 
>>>>
>>>> Package                   Arch   Version     Repository        Size
>>>> ================================================================================ 
>>>>
>>>> Updating:
>>>> zimbra-common-core-jar    x86_64 1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>> zimbra-888-patch  13 M
>>>> zimbra-mbox-conf          x86_64 1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>> zimbra-888-patch  35 k
>>>> zimbra-mbox-service       x86_64 1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>> zimbra-888-patch 3.7 k
>>>> zimbra-mbox-war           x86_64 1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>> zimbra-888-patch  21 M
>>>> zimbra-mbox-webclient-war x86_64 1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7
>>>> zimbra-888-patch  24 M
>>>>
>>>> Transaction Summary
>>>> ================================================================================ 
>>>>
>>>> Upgrade  5 Packages
>>>>
>>>> Total download size: 59 M
>>>> Downloading packages:
>>>> Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed.
>>>> (1/5): zimbra-mbox-conf-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64.rpm   |  35 kB
>>>> 00:00
>>>> (2/5): zimbra-mbox-service-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64.rp | 3.7 kB
>>>> 00:00
>>>> (3/5): zimbra-common-core-jar-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64 |  13 MB
>>>> 00:01
>>>> (4/5): zimbra-mbox-war-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64.rpm    |  21 MB
>>>> 00:02
>>>> (5/5): zimbra-mbox-webclient-war-1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7.x86 |  24 MB
>>>> 00:02
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>
>>>> Total  13 MB/s |  59 MB  00:04
>>>> Running transaction check
>>>> Running transaction test
>>>> Transaction test succeeded
>>>> Running transaction
>>>> Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
>>>>  Updating   : zimbra-common-core-jar-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64 1/10
>>>>  Updating   : zimbra-mbox-war-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64   2/10
>>>>  Updating   : zimbra-mbox-conf-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64  3/10
>>>>  Updating   : zimbra-mbox-service-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64   4/10
>>>>  Updating   : zimbra-mbox-webclient-war-1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7.x86_64
>>>>  5/10
>>>>  Cleanup    : zimbra-mbox-service-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64   6/10
>>>>  Cleanup    : zimbra-mbox-war-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64   7/10
>>>>  Cleanup    : zimbra-mbox-conf-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64  8/10
>>>>  Cleanup    : zimbra-common-core-jar-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64 9/10
>>>>  Cleanup    : zimbra-mbox-webclient-war-1.0.0.1521723166-1.r7.x86_64
>>>> 10/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-conf-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64  1/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-war-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64   2/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-service-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64   3/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-webclient-war-1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7.x86_64
>>>>  4/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-common-core-jar-1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7.x86_64 5/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-webclient-war-1.0.0.1521723166-1.r7.x86_64
>>>>  6/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-war-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64   7/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-service-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64   8/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-common-core-jar-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64 9/10
>>>>  Verifying  : zimbra-mbox-conf-1.0.0.1521707697-1.r7.x86_64 10/10
>>>>
>>>> Updated:
>>>>  zimbra-common-core-jar.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>>  zimbra-mbox-conf.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>>  zimbra-mbox-service.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>>  zimbra-mbox-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1522952748-1.r7
>>>>  zimbra-mbox-webclient-war.x86_64 0:1.0.0.1523095946-1.r7
>>>>
>>>> Complete!
>>>> [root at mail ~]# su zimbra
>>>> [zimbra at mail root]$ zmcontrol restart
>>>>
>>>> Good thing it's Friday!
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Barry de Graaff
>>>> Zeta Alliance
>>>> Co-founder & Developer
>>>> zetalliance.org | github.com/Zimbra-Community
>>>>
>>>> +31 617 220 227 | skype: barrydegraaff.tk
>>>> Fingerprint: 97f4694a1d9aedad012533db725ddd156d36a2d0
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> *From: *"L Mark Stone" <lmstone at lmstone.com>
>>>> *To: *"Randy Leiker" <randy at skywaynetworks.com>,
>>>> users at lists.zetalliance.org, "Tony Publiski" <tonster at tonster.com>
>>>> *Sent: *Friday, April 13, 2018 2:03:48 AM
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release
>>>>
>>>> On a single Zimbra 8.8.8 server, a number of the Zimbra packages today
>>>> were given updates that I installed prior to installing the patch, 
>>>> FWIW.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure how/if they are connected?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Start-Date: 2018-04-1218:40:46
>>>>
>>>>    Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
>>>>
>>>>    Upgrade: zimbra-mbox-service:amd64 (1.0.0.1521707697-1.u16,
>>>>    1.0.0.1522952748-1.u16), plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text:amd64
>>>>    (0.9.2-3ubuntu13.3, 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.4), zimbra-mbox-conf:amd64
>>>>    (1.0.0.1521707697-1.u16, 1.0.0.1522952748-1.u16),
>>>>    libplymouth4:amd64 (0.9.2-3ubuntu13.3, 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.4),
>>>>    apport:amd64 (2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16),
>>>>    zimbra-talk:amd64 (1.0.2.1521642559-1.u16,
>>>>    1.0.3.1523266296-1.u16), python3-apport:amd64 (2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15,
>>>>    2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16), zimbra-mbox-war:amd64
>>>>    (1.0.0.1521707697-1.u16, 1.0.0.1522952748-1.u16), plymouth:amd64
>>>>    (0.9.2-3ubuntu13.3, 0.9.2-3ubuntu13.4),
>>>>    zimbra-common-core-jar:amd64 (1.0.0.1521707697-1.u16,
>>>>    1.0.0.1522952748-1.u16), zimbra-network-modules-ng:amd64
>>>>    (1.0.13+1521603981-1.u16, 1.0.14.1522918190-1.u16),
>>>>    python3-problem-report:amd64 (2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15,
>>>>    2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16), zimbra-mbox-webclient-war:amd64
>>>>    (1.0.0.1521723166-1.u16, 1.0.0.1523095946-1.u16)
>>>>
>>>>    End-Date: 2018-04-1218:41:17
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Start-Date: 2018-04-1218:44:25
>>>>
>>>>    Commandline: apt-get install zimbra-patch
>>>>
>>>>    Install: zimbra-patch:amd64 (8.8.8.1.1522961836-1.u16)
>>>>
>>>>    End-Date: 2018-04-1218:44:32
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *_________________________________________________*
>>>>
>>>> *Another Message From...   L. Mark Stone*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Users <users-bounces at lists.zetalliance.org> on behalf of Tony
>>>> Publiski <tonster at tonster.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:09 PM
>>>> *To:* Randy Leiker; users at lists.zetalliance.org
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release
>>>> I haven't actually looked at what's fixed in this patch, however
>>>> *most* of the time you don't need to ever patch anything but the store
>>>> server, so really I wouldn't even both with the other nodes. Yes, the
>>>> zimbra-common-core-jar package is used by zmprov, and thus exists on
>>>> all nodes, however it's almost certain that nothing patched affects
>>>> the non-mailbox server nodes. The former patch would, of course, run
>>>> on all nodes, but only actually copied files based on what services
>>>> were installed, and I can't remember a patch I was involved in
>>>> actually patching anything on non-store nodes.
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>>> From: "Randy Leiker" <randy at skywaynetworks.com
>>>> <mailto:randy at skywaynetworks.com>>
>>>> To: users at lists.zetalliance.org <mailto:users at lists.zetalliance.org>
>>>> Sent: 4/12/2018 7:03:31 PM
>>>> Subject: [Users] Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 release
>>>>
>>>>    Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>    Today Zimbra 8.8.8 Patch 1 was released as GA:
>>>> https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/8.8.8/P1
>>>>
>>>>    One of the bug fixes included (35115) helps with the Zimbra High
>>>>    Availability open source project I've been working on developing.
>>>>     I'll be publishing the initial reference designs for that project
>>>>    very soon on its own web site.  In the meantime, I deployed 8.8.8
>>>>    patch 1 to begin testing in my lab environment which is running
>>>>    CentOS 7, with ZCS 8.8.8.  The install instructions as written in
>>>>    the release notes for Red Hat/CentOS servers
>>>> (https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/8.8.8/P1#Install_the_Patch) 
>>>>
>>>>    work fine if you're running a single server install of ZCS.  But,
>>>>    if you're running a multi-node install of ZCS, the patch install
>>>>    instructions in the release notes are inaccurate.
>>>>
>>>>    In my lab environment, I have the following ZCS nodes provisioned:
>>>>
>>>>      * 2 x LDAP MMR nodes
>>>>      * 2 x MTA nodes
>>>>      * 2 x Proxy nodes
>>>>      * 2 x Mailbox nodes
>>>>
>>>>    If you attempt to follow the install instructions for the patch
>>>>    with a similar ZCS multi-node environment as noted above, you'll
>>>>    see a dependency failure in Yum that will prevent the patch from
>>>>    installing:
>>>>
>>>>    Error: Package: zimbra-patch-8.8.8.1.1522961836-1.r7.x86_64
>>>>    (zimbra-888-patch)
>>>>               Requires: zimbra-store >= 8.8.8
>>>>     You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>>>>     You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>>>>
>>>>    This occurs because the zimbra-store package isn't installed on
>>>>    all of the ZCS nodes.  Instead, what you'll need to do is on your
>>>>    LDAP, MTA, and Proxy nodes, or essentially any ZCS node where the
>>>>    zimbra-store package is NOT installed, simply run these commands:
>>>>
>>>>      * As the root user:
>>>>          o yum upgrade (upgrades the zimbra-common-core-jar package)
>>>>      * As the zimbra user:
>>>>          o zmcontrol restart
>>>>
>>>>    Then, on your ZCS mailbox nodes (where the zimbra-store package is
>>>>    installed), follow the install instructions as written in the
>>>>    8.8.8 Patch 1 release notes.
>>>>
>>>>    When you get to the section in the release notes that advises 
>>>> running:
>>>>
>>>>      * yum install zimbra-network-modules-ng
>>>>      * yum install zimbra-chat  OR    yum install zimbra-talk
>>>>
>>>>    If you've already upgraded to 8.8.8, which would of course be the
>>>>    case if you're trying to install patch 1, the 8.8.8 install
>>>>    process uninstalls the zimbra-chat package & replaces it with
>>>>    zimbra-talk, so you only need to run:
>>>>
>>>>      * As the root user:
>>>>          o yum install zimbra-network-modules-ng
>>>>          o yum install zimbra-talk
>>>>      * As the zimbra user:
>>>>          o zmmailboxdctl restart
>>>>
>>>>    Otherwise, all of the ZCS services appeared to start successfully
>>>>    following the install of Patch 1. I wasn't able to test it within
>>>>    my Zimbra lab environment, but I suspect the Ubuntu install
>>>>    instructions in the release notes need a similar clarification for
>>>>    multi-node ZCS installs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Randy Leiker (randy at skywaynetworks.com
>>>>    <mailto:randy at skywaynetworks.com> )
>>>>    Skyway Networks, LLC
>>>>    1.800.538.5334 / 913.663.3900 Ext. 100
>>>> https://www.skywaynetworks.com <http://www.skywaynetworks.com>
>>>>
>>>>
> 
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