Re: [Xen-API] XAPI create PV (para-virtualized) Ubuntu guest 14.04

[Dawid Kowalski <dkadds2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Olivier,

Which packages should I install on Ubuntu guest?
I know it is silly question... but searching around points me all the 
time to xe-guest-utilities which I can't find as I'm using XenProject 
hypervisor 4.4 installed on Ubuntu from buildroot.
This is certainly some silly point... but all related to xen kernel 
points me to xen-hypervisor.
Thanks for help!
Dawid

On 31/12/14 10:42, Olivier Lambert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> PV means your guest "knows" it is virtualized, because its kernel
> itself is modified to talk directly to Xen [0]. It doesn't mean
> minimal filesystem occupation. However, if you want to have minimal
> footprint on your guest, you can rely on Ubuntu server installation
> [1] (likewise to the Debian netinstall without selecting any extra
> packages), or use minimalist distro.
>
> The other alternative is to use unikernel OS, like Mirage [2].
>
>
> [0]: http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Paravirtualization_%28PV%29
> [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/server
> [2]: http://www.openmirage.org/
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Olivier
> XO Team
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Dawid Kowalski <dkadds2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Could any of you point me to how to create PV guest with minimal filesystem
> > consumption?
> >
> > I've update template for Ubuntu 14.04 following
> > http://www.mikeslab.net/?p=222
> >
> > But I have no idea how to create PV system from CLI.
> >
> > I've created VM using Xen Orchestra and it seems to be PV system based on
> > parameters however XO forced me to use ISO image or URL. I've chosen ISO but
> > while it still installs it took already 1.4GB of disk space for minimal
> > installation.
> >
> > Is this the way it should be or there is some minimalistic approach?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dawid
> >
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