Linux XEN DomU on OpenSolaris Dom0
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Introduction
Xen is like the Mach microkernel, where you can have multiple operating systems running at once and a thin kernel handles switching between them and managing device access. This thin layer in Xen is called the hypervisor, and is analogous to the Mach microkernel. It provides an idealized hardware layer that you port your OS to, and in return you get the ability to run multiple operating system instances at once (e.g., run two copies of Redhat's latest, one copy of the Novell Desktop, and an NetBSD), freeze and restore snapshots of a running OS, and more.
Requirements
CPU with Intel's VM or AMD's AMD-V technology.
A CD with a Linux distribution, e.g. SuSe.
Solaris Express CE .
You may also need to enable virtualization capabilities in your BIOS.
Software
Writing this howto we used Solaris Express CE b103 which comes with preinstalled XEN.
As the guest operating system we used Linux SuSe SLES 10.
Preparation
Booting your system chose Solaris xVM to boot into Xen kernel.
Create the Xen disk image. This image file will be used as a "hard drive" for your installation.
Value of bs is 1Mbyte (1024x1024 bytes) and count is 1024*X where X is number of Gbytes, 20 in our case.
You can put this image anywhere you want. I use to create /xen/linux/ for my linux XEN hosts.
# dd if=/dev/zero of=suse.img bs=1048576 count=20480
Configuration files
Now create a HVM enabled configuration file for your Linux DomU (host), i.e suse.cfg:
#Kernel and memory size kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader' builder = 'hvm' memory = '512' name = 'suse' vcpus=2 pae=0 acpi=0 apic=0 usb=1 #usbdevice="tablet" #cpus = 2 device_model = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm' #Install from ISO image: #disk = [ 'file:/xen/linux/suse.img,hda,w', 'file:/xen/linux/SuSe.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] #Install from CD/DVD: disk = [ 'file:/xen/linux/suse.img,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2,hdc:cdrom,r' ] # Hostname and Networking vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=e1000g0, mac=00:00:00:ff:fe:02' ] # Behaviour boot = 'd' #d is cdrom boot, c is disk boot. nographic='0' vnc = '1' vncviewer = '1' vnclisten="0.0.0.0" audio='1' on_poweroff = 'destroy' on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'preserve'
Note that the boot='d' designates that this XEN image should boot off of the 'cdrom image or physical CD device'.
This is required for the initial boot - and needs to be changed to "boot='c'" once the hard drive image has Linux installed on it.
The value of bridge= should be set to the networking device you want to use as a bridge.
Also note that this image is set to place the console onto a VNC enabled terminal.
Installation
Put your Linux install CD/DVD into CD/DVD tray and begin installation:
# xm create suse.cfg
Where suse.cfg is the created config file. Then quickly in another terminal (on another machine if you like) start up vncviewer to connect to your installation screen (using localhost in this case).
# vncviewer 127.0.0.1:1
You can also use virt-manager to see your running XEN hosts. To open graphical window just right click on your newly created Linux host, right-click and chose Open.
You should then be able to see Linux booting and installing on your system.
References
That's all folks. Marcin
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