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



I'll try to answer myself, but I'm not sure if this is what was missing for me.

One needed thing is linux-virtual kernel.
Do I need to install anything else?

Thanks,
Dawid

On 31/12/14 12:03, Dawid Kowalski wrote:
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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