Ah, cool. There may be some sharing possible with the stuff Ian Duffy is looking at:
https://github.com/imduffy15/packer-xenserver http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/public/google/gsoc2014/imduffy15/5662278724616192 On 7 Apr 2014 12:28, "Geoff Higginbottom" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Our current setup uses two VMs running inside VirtualBox, one CentOS VM > for CloudStack, MySQL and bith Pri and Sec Storage via NFS. A 2nd VM is > running Citrix XenServer 6.2. > > The key is everything is opensource, hence not using VMware Workstation > (which would perform better). > > Regards > > Geoff Higginbottom > > D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: chris snow [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 07 April 2014 12:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CloudStack on qemu > > Hi Geoff, > > When I started playing with Cloudstack a few months back, I was looking to > create a vagrant based Cloudstack IaaS for Apache Stratos > (PaaS) developers. The journey has been very long, but not > completely wasted because it has given me quite a bit of exposure to the > Cloudstack codebase and architecture. > > With my vagrant+virtualbox+debian+xen environment, I'm able to deploy a > devcloud tiny Linux instance, but that's about as far as I have been able > to get with Xen and Cloudstack in a virtualbox guest. Creating an instance > from a distro ISO is proving to be quite difficult - this is where I was > hoping Cloudstack + Qemu would make things easier. > > A Cloudstack user appliance sounds great! Will you use vagrant, or create > standalone virtual machines? Will it be VMware only? > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Geoff Higginbottom < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > > > That SQL command is simply to allow you to add a non HVM Xen Host into > CloudStack, so if you have added the host this is your first hurdle > overcome. > > > > The problem is really with VirtualBox and its limitations. For example > I also run XenServer 6.2 test hosts, but running on VMware boxes as VMware > supports nested virtualisation whereas VirtualBox does not. > > > > We are working on an alternate 'CloudStack Appliance' for our Bootcamps > factoring in the new way Console Proxy access now works (removing reliance > on realhostip.com is actually a help for this type of build) and we may > be able to share that with the community. It's being 'road tested' as colab > this week so assuming its successful, we may be able to share it within the > next couple of weeks. > > > > Regards > > > > Geoff Higginbottom > > > > D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > > > > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: chris snow [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 07 April 2014 10:16 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CloudStack on qemu > > > > Hi Geoff, > > > > I had run that command, but I still received errors such as > VM_HVM_REQUIRED (from XCP), INVALID_SOURCE [1] and host automatically > > rebooting. Some of the issues were probably due to my customised > > version of DevCloud [2] and the Xen setup. > > > > I was hoping that qemu would give me full virtualisation inside > virtualbox, so would eliminate my newbie errors such as creating templates > using the wrong OS Type flag. > > > > Has there been any discussion within the CloudStack community to provide > a virtualbox/vmware (+vagrant) envrionment that people new to cloudstack > can download and immediately get started playing with a > > pre-configured Cloudstack. Maybe, a sister project to DevCloud, > > something like UserCloud? I see Simstack [3] has created an environment > using the simulator, but that won't let you play with real instances. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Chris > > > > --- > > [1] [INVALID_SOURCE, Unable to access a required file in the specified > > repository: file:///tmp/cdrom-repo-j5Socp/isolinux/vmlinuz., ] [2] > > https://github.com/snowch/cloudstack-vagrant-box > > [3] https://github.com/runseb/simstack > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Geoff Higginbottom < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris, > >> > >> To use a XenServer which does not have HVM support you need to run > >> this command to update the CloudStack DB. Replacing [password] & > >> [account] with your MySQL Credentials (this assumes the command is > >> run on the local MySQL Server so add -h [IPADDRESS] if running > >> remotely > >> etc) > >> > >> mysql -p[password] [account] -e \ "INSERT INTO cloud.configuration > (category, instance, component, name, value, description) VALUES > ('Advanced', 'DEFAULT', 'management-server', 'xen.check.hvm', 'false', > 'Shoud we allow only the XenServers support HVM');" > >> > >> We run our CloudStack Bootcamp > >> (http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/) on Virtual Box using > >> XenServer as the HyperVisor and CloudStack on a CentOS VM, this way > >> we get the full feature set of an Advanced Zone including Console > >> Proxy etc > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Geoff Higginbottom > >> > >> D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > >> > >> [email protected] > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: chris snow [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: 07 April 2014 07:00 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: CloudStack on qemu > >> > >> Yes, I have been using devcloud2 as the basis of building a vagrant box > with xen and CloudStack. > >> On 7 Apr 2014 01:49, "OutBackDingo" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 04/06/2014 06:56 PM, chris snow wrote: > >>> > I have been trying to get a CloudStack and xen development > >>> > environment running inside virtualbox, but xen without hvm doesn't > >>> > seem to be straightforward. > >>> > > >>> > I have seen a post [1] discussing some options for running > >>> > CloudStack using qemu instead of xen as the hypervisor, but I'm > >>> > not clear on the outcome of the discussion. > >>> > > >>> > - What is the status of qemu support? > >>> > > >>> > - Are there any instructions for setting up CloudStack with qemu > >>> > instead of kvm? > >>> > >>> Have you considered trying devcloud2 > >>> > >>> > > >>> > Many thanks, Chris > >>> > > >>> > --- [1] > >>> > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.cloudstack.devel/1303 > >>> > 6 > >>> > > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) > >>> > >>> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTQfYSAAoJEIDt1R73EZ6RZnMIAI8LBEin2EG3kD7EmuIP3J7O > >>> 1ts9nsMNhi96QomNmsb/Dv9YfLSlsvNIhmJJM6zSyKAsDUud7Gq4YcqJ/Z1tNK7H > >>> SHjMCvi7QqtZ8HY+Cr2Tjt80wpsaLKay7dlK52ugu3zZNn0Ram6VekgBqMuRMy3T > >>> 5mUnxG/LvM75pb9YQdgDIyVtCrCc1I0wbrMlYdJLZ3S7CAdsWE8XMW4jzyYVf9bQ > >>> xkLtEDHDmnsIEqvQInNoPU7oG4dDF8kC2tyKaeV5vxOrHgFcEAd/qYau0lzW7WrR > >>> 6IVPxVhsbNmKY96tUle1RIzDbxVXqZIUt0pxYdAFEepkg/Nt2ZBX6YETZ3niBDs= > >>> =Nm7P > >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> > >> Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack? > >> Our CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> offers the best > 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments. > >> > >> Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses > >> > >> **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2.1 > >> training<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > >> 28th-29th May 2014, Bangalore. > >> Classromm<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > >> 16th-20th June 2014, Region A. 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