Re: [Xen-API] missing ebtalbes and arp_tables modules in XCP's dom0 linux

[Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Todd Deshane wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Roman Bogorodskiy
> <bogorodskiy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to deploy openstack's nova on XCP. I hit the problem that
> > nova agent stuff that needs to be run in dom0 requires arptables and
> > ebtables to function.
> 
> Are you trying to install Nova on XCP dom0? If so that is not possible
> with the XCP appliance version of XCP.

No, I installed Nova into VM, not on dom0 (I followed the guide you
linked beyond). It is the plugins that I have problems with. Basically,
I followed this document:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~hudson-openstack/nova/cactus/view/head:/plugins/xenserver/doc/networking.rst

and there's a script that uses arptables and ebtables:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~hudson-openstack/nova/cactus/view/head:/plugins/xenserver/networking/etc/init.d/host-rules

> We are porting the XCP toolstack (xapi) to Debian as part of project
> Kronos [1], which will allow for OpenStack and xapi to reside on dom0.
> 
> For the XCP appliance you need to install Nova in a VM. Detailed
> instructions are available here:
> 
> http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServerDevelopment
> 
> We are tracking (and currently in the process of testing) RPM packages
> for the XCP appliance that provide the XenAPI plugins that are needed
> on the XCP dom0. The repo that is tracking git commits is available
> here:
> http://downloads.xen.org/XCP/openstack/openstack-xen-plugins/
> 
> XCP + a Nova VM has been successfully tested. The
> openstack/openstack-operators mailing list should be used for any
> OpenStack-specific issues, but you can also feel free to contact me
> via email (or even IRC - deshantm on freenode) for input after you
> have created the OpenStack+Xen thread on the appropriate list.

Thanks for the info, I'll try to create a thread there. I thought that
the question more XCP specific, that the reason I tried think list
first.

Roman Bogorodskiy

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