Xen2006
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Xen 2006 You've been warned that this information has been subjected to serious bit-rot over the past few years. These instructions were correct at the time, alas that time has gone. So things will have to be figured out again, but hopefully this will help not having to start completely from scratch.
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Introduction
There are two homepages for Xen,
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/ this site has information from the University of Cambridge who did Xen's original development.
- http://www.xensource.com which is the (more) commercial spin-off of the original project that seems to carry on where they left off.
Xen is a system for virtualized machines. The general overview is that you compile a custom Xen0 (aka Dom0) kernel, which the computer boots. This kernel then allows you to run the Xen Hypervisor (known as xend) and manage virtual machines. These virtual machines also need a special kernel referred to as XenU or DomU (U for user).
The following document describes how Xen is running on Paravue's server. These instructions are from 2006-03. It should be noted that this system appears to be under development, so things are bound to change. An effort has been made to provide links to useful information where possible to help with debugging if needed.
Xen0
Xen0 - This section is getting the host environment ready for the new kernel, download the Xen source, compile Xen, install Xen, and complete the installation and reboot. This section should also include instructions for making Xen run at boot time.
XenU
XenU - This section goes through the details of getting a Xen virtual machine ready. This includes preparing the disk, installing the base system, configuration changes, and whatever else is unusual about getting a Xen/XenU up and running.
Xen2006/XenU/Script There is also a handy script that can do the basic setup in ~6minutes on a very fast connection.