[Openstack] Install OpenStack on Fedora 16 and xen (not Xen Cloud Platform)

John Garbutt John.Garbutt at citrix.com
Thu Jun 7 10:25:07 UTC 2012


I think it should be as simple as looking at this step:

If you are testing OpenStack in a virtual machine, you need to configure nova to use qemu without KVM and hardware virtualization:
$> echo '--libvirt_type=qemu' | sudo tee -a /etc/nova/nova.conf

And adding "xen" rather than qemu. There may be other required changes that other people know about.

Cheers,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Massimo Canonico [mailto:mex at di.unipmn.it]
> Sent: 05 June 2012 14:51
> To: John Garbutt
> Cc: openstack at lists.launchpad.net
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Install OpenStack on Fedora 16 and xen (not Xen
> Cloud Platform)
> 
> Hi and thanks for your answer.
> 
> I was just wondering when I have to specify "libvirt_type" in the following
> procedure:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_OpenStack_Nova
> 
> Thanks,
>   Massimo
> 
> On 06/01/2012 05:28 PM, John Garbutt wrote:
> > You can use Xen with OpenStack without XCP. You do Xen+libvirt.
> > libvirt_type="xen"
> >
> > I haven't tried that myself, I am concentrating on XenAPI bases systems.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:
> >> openstack-bounces+john.garbutt=eu.citrix.com at lists.launchpad.net
> >> [mailto:openstack-bounces+john.garbutt=eu.citrix.com at lists.launchpad.
> >> net]
> >> On Behalf Of Massimo Canonico
> >> Sent: 01 June 2012 15:22
> >> To: openstack at lists.launchpad.net
> >> Subject: [Openstack] Install OpenStack on Fedora 16 and xen (not Xen
> >> Cloud
> >> Platform)
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> first of thank you very much for your support.
> >>
> >> Right now I have a fedora 16 with xen (NOT XCP), that is, I have
> >> installed those package:
> >>
> >> xen-licenses-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> >> xen-hypervisor-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> >> xen-runtime-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> >> netxen-firmware-4.0.534-4.fc15.noarch
> >> xen-libs-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> >> xen-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> >>
> >> and xen seems happy:
> >>
> >> [mex at minicloud03 ~]$ sudo xm info
> >> [sudo] password for mex:
> >> host                   : minicloud03.di.unipmn.it
> >> release                : 3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64
> >> version                : #1 SMP Tue May 22 13:59:39 UTC 2012
> >> machine                : x86_64
> >> nr_cpus                : 4
> >> nr_nodes               : 1
> >> cores_per_socket       : 4
> >> threads_per_core       : 1
> >> cpu_mhz                : 2400
> >> hw_caps                :
> >>
> bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000940:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001:000000
> >> 0
> >> 0
> >> virt_caps              : hvm
> >> total_memory           : 4094
> >> free_memory            : 717
> >> free_cpus              : 0
> >> xen_major              : 4
> >> xen_minor              : 1
> >> xen_extra              : .2
> >> xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32
> >> hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
> >> xen_scheduler          : credit
> >> xen_pagesize           : 4096
> >> platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
> >> xen_changeset          : unavailable
> >> xen_commandline        : placeholder
> >> cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2) (GCC)
> >> cc_compile_by          : mockbuild
> >> cc_compile_domain      : phx2.fedoraproject.org
> >> cc_compile_date        : Mon May  7 23:28:57 UTC 2012
> >> xend_config_format     : 4
> >>
> >>
> >> Now the question is:
> >> - Can I install openstack in this machine or I must use XCP?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>    Massimo
> >>
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