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
user/bh011695/vm_server_install.txt · Last modified: 2010/05/11 16:37 by bh011695