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| Install a minimal OpenSuse system, choose "other" graphical system, and choose text based server). | Install a minimal OpenSuse system, choose "other" graphical system, and choose text based server). | ||
| - | Change the default runlevel to 3, and change the default boot-option to Xen, and use fixed IP-numbers etc. | + | Now the system will come up with a graphical-screen (ROTFL). With ctrl-alt-F1 change to text-mode and log in with the created non-root user during install. Use: |
| + | sudo su - root | ||
| + | passwd root | ||
| + | to go to a more comfortable area. | ||
| + | Use yast: | ||
| + | * system -> System Services (expert): to the default runlevel to 3 | ||
| + | * security -> firewall: to disable the firewall | ||
| + | * system -> System Services: to enable sshd in runlevel 3 (and optionally 4 and 5) | ||
| + | * network -> to change the hostname and make the IP static | ||
| - | Install the Xen hypervisor and a Xen-enabled Linux kernel, and the bridging stuff with: | + | Update the repository cache and install generic usefull stuff: |
| - | zypper install | + | zypper up |
| + | zypper install mc iputils man bind-util vim-enhanced tcpdump rsync wget iftop | ||
| - | or use Yast: Virtualization -> Install Hypervisor and Tools -> Xen to install the Xen hypervisor and dom0 patched kernel. | + | De-install conflicting patterns-openSUSE-minimal_base because it conflicts with python-base (which is a requirement for xen-tools). As a replacment for the package, some other packages need to be installed: |
| + | zypper remove patterns-openSUSE-minimal_base | ||
| + | zypper install python-base | ||
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| + | Install the Xen hypervisor and a Xen-enabled Linux dom0 kernel: | ||
| + | zypper install libvirt xen-libs xen kernel-xen xen-tools | ||
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| + | Extra stuff: | ||
| + | zypper install libvirt-python vm-install xen-tools-ioemu | ||
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| + | The required linux-bridging stuff has come as dependency. | ||
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| + | Change the default boot-option to the Xen hypervisor in /boot/grub/menu.lst | ||
| + | default 0 | ||
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| + | As an alternative for cmdline zypper; use Yast: Virtualization -> Install Hypervisor and Tools -> Xen to install the Xen hypervisor and dom0 patched kernel. Resolve the python dependency also. | ||
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| #!/bin/sh | #!/bin/sh | ||
| BASEPATH=/etc/xen/scripts | BASEPATH=/etc/xen/scripts | ||
| - | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=0 netdev=eth0 bridge=xenbr0 | + | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=0 bridge=xenbr0 netdev=eth0 |
| - | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=1 netdev=eth1 bridge=xenbr1 | + | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=1 bridge=xenbr1 netdev=eth1 |
| - | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=2 netdev=eth2 bridge=xenbr2 | + | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=2 bridge=xenbr2 netdev=eth2 |
| - | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=3 netdev=eth3 bridge=xenbr3 | + | ${BASEPATH}/network-bridge "$@" vifnum=3 bridge=xenbr3 netdev=eth3 |
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