Hi Geoff , On your Virtualbox XenServers training appliances, are you able to install a domU distributions (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 server)?
I just performed a quick test in XenServer 6.2, and I am hitting an error (INVALID_SOURCE) which I think is due to the lack of HMV. My basic requirement for the environment is to be able to start a Ubuntu 12.04 operating system, so it would be good to know if that is possible. Many thanks, Chris On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:27 PM, 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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