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SmokeStack Xen using XenServer 6.1 and a Fedora 18 domU is back in the mix and currently reviewing Nova branches.

A rough sketch of how this works and what we did is here:

 https://etherpad.openstack.org/smokestack-xenserver

Dan

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Ball" <bob.ball at citrix.com>
> To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List" <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 4:45:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] SmokeStack: where is Xen?
> 
> Just as a summary from the call:
> 
> We've decided to take this as an opportunity to upgrade the base XenServer
> version that is running under the Smokestack tests; previously we were
> running with 5.6 SP2 but now we're going to upgrade to XS 6.1 as well as
> creating the XS modules needed to use the stackforge/puppet-* modules.
> 
> XenServer will be returning to smokestack shortly - but in the meantime if
> anyone has questions around it, feel free to give me a shout.
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Prince [mailto:dprince at redhat.com]
> Sent: 30 April 2013 15:54
> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List
> Subject: [openstack-dev] SmokeStack: where is Xen?
> 
> A quick update on some recent SmokeStack changes:
> 
> Yesterday I deployed some new changes to support using/testing the new
> stackforge/puppet-* modules. This is good news in that SmokeStack will both
> use and provide test covereage for these modules (with upstream packages).
> It is now commenting on Gerrit reviews for stackforge/puppet-* modules.
> 
> There were a couple casualties in making this change... one of which was
> XenServer. PostgreSQL is also gone for now as are a couple other odd
> configurations I had in the old mix (I had like 8 or something). Anyway,
> until I get time, or someone else jumps in and helps rebuild these I
> essentially cut over to a single configuration for now. As time permits I'd
> like to gradually expand this coverage again.
> 
> Also, if anyone is interested in helping out with this sort of thing then let
> me know here or on IRC (dprince).
> 
> Dan