Install Debian 5.04 amd64 via DVD 1 & enable network interface & Network Repos!

Debian 5.04 amd64 ISO is: ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/debian-cd/5.0.4/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-504-amd64-DVD-1.iso

/etc/apt/sources.list setup after install & used throughout Xen Unstable install is:

##deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.4 _Lenny_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20100131-22:09]/ lenny contrib main

deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib

Pre-Req’s:

apt-get update

apt-get install’s done:

apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install zlib1g-dev python-dev libncurses5-dev libssl-dev xorg-dev
apt-get install mercurial gawk bcc bin86
apt-get install openssh-server
apt-get install git-core
apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev
apt-get install uuid-dev
apt-get install gettext
apt-get install iasl
apt-get install bridge-utils
apt-get install flex bison libpci-dev

Get to it!:

cd /usr/local/src

hg clone http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg

cd xen-unstable.hg

make world

When “make world” stops to configure kernel, CTRL-C the make menuconfig within the kernel’s build dirs!

Edit ./linux-2.6-pvops.git/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig AND ./linux-2.6-pvops.git/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig to enable whatever config entries you want.

Re-start the xen-unstable.hg/ make dist process & work through the prompts for the kernel config stage & all going well, it should configure & build the kernel & Xen!

make install

mkinitramfs -k -o ./initramfs-2.6.31.6 2.6.31.6

cp /initramfs-2.6.31.6 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.6

Set GRUB menu.lst to boot on this Xen install:

title           Xen Unstable + kernel 2.6.31.6
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/xen-4.0.gz
module          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet
module          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.6

Boot on that!

First you’ll need to manually start xend for the 1st time!

/etc/init.d/xend start

Check networking, xm list output, etc..

Set xend to start at boot via:

updated-rc.d xend defaults

updated-rc.d xendomains defaults

Update xend-config.sxp to support Live Migration via Replication:

(xend-relocation-server yes)
(xend-relocation-port 8002)
(xend-relocation-ssl no)
(xend-relocation-address ”)
(xend-relocation-hosts-allow ”)

Load those xend-config.sxp changes with:

/etc/init.d/xend restart

See that your Xen is sitting on TCP port 8002 with:

lsof -i tcp:8002

Do all this on > 1 physical host/server to get other Hypervisors available to Replicate to!