moby / moby/ipvs

Run CI on CentOS 7

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Go
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Description

A lot of Kubernetes users (using IPVS proxy) run on CentOS 7 which is based on Linux 3.10. In the past there have been compatibility issues with older kernel where certain netlink attributes do not exist. For example, for Linux < 3.18 the address family doesn't exist so we had to create some workarounds (https://github.com/moby/ipvs/pull/15 and https://github.com/moby/ipvs/pull/19). The address family compatibility issue would have been caught if we ran tests on CentOS 7.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

No specific file or test is named. Start by locating the repository's CI configuration and existing platform jobs, then review the linked IPVS compatibility examples for Linux 3.10. Done means CI runs the relevant tests on CentOS 7 and can expose the older-kernel netlink compatibility issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, linux
Domain
ci-cd, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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