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

[Dawid Kowalski <dkadds2@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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