propolis pulled by get-propolis.sh cannot initialize control plane in a4x2 when host is latest helios #106
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I don't understand the root cause of this, so hopefully someone who does can add more info below. Here's what I know:
The symptoms, as I observed them, was that the VMs would launch fine, but control plane would never initialize, and this was always true. I was told to replace my propolis-server, and after I did, the control plane initialized again.
As stated in the title, the propolis-server pulled by get-propolis.sh does not actually work if the host OS is an up to date version of helios. I don't know what version made it stop working. I think this is because it's an old propolis-server, and some interface changed.
I've also been told that the latest propolis-server, while it works on latest helios of course, falcon cannot actually use it. I don't know why.
There is a build of what has been described to me as a "hotfixed" propolis-server, built by @papertigers , present in catacomb at /staff/mike/propolis-server. This version works when placed at /usr/bin/propolis-server instead of the version get-propolis.sh downloads.
In the short term, I think it'd be good to get this "hotfixed" version published somewhere available over https, perhaps in the falcon s3 bucket?
In the limit, I believe @jmpesp knows much better than I do what needs to be done to make falcon work with the latest propolis.