[mythtv-users] Centos 7 and mythtv

[Stephen Collier]

I've been building 0.28 el6 and el7 for several months via an automated
mock process and atrpms original specs.

its up to version 19 of 0.28

scrpms.net/pub/RPMS

Cheers

Stephen



On 21/08/2016 2:00 AM, Rob Verduijn wrote:
>
>
> 2016-08-20 15:45 GMT+02:00 Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
> <mailto:mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>>:
>
>     On 20/08/16 13:21, Rob Verduijn wrote:
>
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I've also been running mythtv on centos 7 for some time now.
>         When 0.28 was released I was a bit miffed because there was no
>         repo that
>         contained the rpm's available.
>         Also the qt5 requirement was a bit of a challenge.
>
>         I solved it by installing mythtv into a fedora 28 docker
>         container on the
>         centos 7.2 host.
>
>         This solved a lot of problems for me.
>         * quite a lot of rpms that in my view should not be instaled
>         on a server
>         have been removed since they are installed in the container
>         (cleaner server
>         config)
>         * it's now in an isolated container again which makes a far
>         better security
>         solution than running it directly on a server backend
>         * it's a lot easier to allow a container access to a pci-card
>         then to share
>         it via passthrough to a vm ( most pci cards can't deal with
>         this including
>         mine)
>         * Rebuilding a docker container with a docker file when there
>         are updates
>         is really easy.
>         * the mariadb runs in a dedicated mariadb container.
>         * cronjobs are started on the centos host with the 'container
>         exec' command
>         which runs them as the mythuser in the mythtvbackend container.
>
>         There are also drawbacks.
>         * running mythtv setup is a pain but not impossible (I created
>         a dedicated
>         container for this that I only build when needed which is
>         almost never)
>         * database schema updates are a challenge too (waiting for
>         lock ends with a
>         fail),
>           for now I did a temporary mariadb install on my frontend to
>         deal with
>         this (import old db from backend, upgrade, export new db to
>         backend)
>           I removed it once this was done. I'm still pondering what
>         the best
>         solution is for this (I'm tinking of merging it with the mythsetup
>         container)
>         * it creates a rather large container
>         * I still need to create a container for the mythweb interface
>         * Ofcourse this is complete f#@$-up of the container
>         principle, but it
>         works for me :-) (and was a nice learing experience)
>
>     Any chance you can write this up and add it to the wiki? I always
>     thought that containers were essentially VMs but from what you say
>     above this isn't exactly so.
>
>     Alternative methods for building and/or using a mythtv system are
>     always of interest, especially if it can lead to more efficient
>     use of hardware.
>
>     -- 
>
>     Mike Perkins
>
>
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> I really do not like editing wiki's
> But since I've been using mythtv for over a decade I think it's a fair
> suggestion.
> However, Like I said my container solution still needs work.
> So it will be a work in progress for some time.
>
> Cheers
> Rob Verduijn
>
>
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