user:bh011695:vm_server_install

VM Server Install

Debian Installation

Select Debian Lenny text version
Set root password to “bob”
Choose software choice: “nothin'”
Grub: yes
Ctrl+] to detach from login

New sources.list and Xen Installation

Log in as root
Remove user vm02: userdel -r vm02
cd /etc/apt
rm sources.list
wget http://10.80.2.6/ files/student/sources.list
aptitude:
- update
- upgrade
- install open-ssh client
- install open-ssh server
- install xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-686 xen-tools

xend-config.sxp

cd /etc/xen
vi xend-config.sxp
/network script - search for the first line and uncomment it
/network-dummy - search for this line make sure it's commented out
/vif-script - search for this line paired with vif-bridge and uncomment
save and exit vi

Modules and menu.lst

vi /etc/modules
change “loop” to “loop max_loop=255”
save and exit vi
cd /boot/grub
vi menu.lst
/kernel - search for this lined paired with gz
add “dom0_mem=262144” to the end of the above line
save and exit vi

xen-tools.conf

cd /etc/xen-tools
vi xen-tools.conf
/dir - look for dir=/home/xen
uncomment and change dir=home/xen to dir=/xen
/install-method - look for this paird with bootstrap make sure its uncommented
/size - search for size and change size = “xx” to “2GB”
memory = 128Mb
swap = 128Mb
dist = lenny
image = full
/dhcp - search for dhcp and uncomment
/passwd - search for passwd and uncomment
/mirror
mirror = http://mirror/debian
/ext_3 - look for paired with FS and uncomment
/serial_device - search for and uncomment hvc0 line
/disk_device - search for and uncomment xvda line
/output - uncomment and change to /xen/conf
/extension - search for and uncomment

Housekeeping

mkdir /xen /xen/images /xen/conf /xen/boot /xen/save
reboot
uname -a xmlist
xm list
xm help