To use this, you’ll need to be on oi_151 beta, which we serve up from the pkg.openindiana.org/dev-il repo. To upgrade from oi_148, simply do:

sudo pkg set-publisher -g http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev-il -G http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev openindiana.org
sudo pkg image-update --be-name oi_151_beta

(It might bug you to update package/pkg before upgrading)

Once you’re on oi_151, you can set up the KVM repo and install it with:

sudo pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/kvm-test
sudo pkg install driver/i86pc/kvm system/qemu system/qemu/kvm

At the moment Illumos haven’t integrated Joyent’s KVM branded zone, and there is no libvirt, so for now you’ll need to use qemu directly. Enjoy!

The proposal is to publish oi_148 to a /release branch and provide a limited set of critical security fixes to a defined set of supported packages.

Please do provide feedback on our mailing list openindiana-discuss.

oi_148 has seen a lot of improvements in documentation and processes to enable more people to contribute releasing more development knowledge to the community instead of being locked in a small number of people’s heads.  If you want to help with OpenIndiana please join us on the mailing lists or in IRC.

You may download DVD/USB images or image-update from your current OpenIndiana IPS publisher.

Click the link for release notes.

Please see our announcement page for full details!