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There are 2 reasonably simple ways to build XAPI and related components: |
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The easiest way to compile the XCP toolstack from source is to use the [https://github.com/jonludlam/xapi-autobuilder xapi-autobuilder]. |
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== via opam == |
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First install the perquisites: |
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Opam is a source-based package manager which has a developer-friendly workflow. The following commands assume an Ubuntu host, update to match your distro of choice: |
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apt-get install opam -y |
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apt-get install pbuilder debhelper dh-ocaml dh-autoreconf cdebootstrap python-debian mercurial git |
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wget http://downloads.xen.org/XCP/debian/blktap-dkms_0.1_all.deb |
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dpkg -i blktap-dkms_0.1_all.deb |
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Next the dependencies of xapi can be installed: |
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Then clone xapi-autobuilder and build: |
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sudo apt-get install $(opam install xapi -e ubuntu) |
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</pre> |
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Finally xapi itself can be built: |
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opam install xapi |
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cd xapi-autobuilder |
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make clean ; make |
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== via RPM == |
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The open-source XenServer "buildroot" has a convenient Makefile to build Xapi via RPM (and experimentally via .debs also): |
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This will build all of the required Debian packages for Xapi (except for vncterm, which is only available as a binary until we sort out licensing issues). Take a look at xapi-autobuilder/build.sh to see what's going on inside. You can modify the files git-repos and hg-repos to point to your own repositories if you plan on compiling your own code. If you only want to build a subset of the packages, comment out the ones you don't want to build from the build.sh script. |
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On a CentOS 6 machine: |
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You can manually download all of the latest packages and source packages using: |
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yum install -y epel-release |
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</pre> |
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After adding EPEL, install and set up mock: |
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yum install -y mock redhat-lsb-core |
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wget -r -l1 --no-parent -nd http://downloads.xen.org/XCP/debian/latest/ |
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rm index.html* |
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Mock will refuse to run as root. You must choose a non-privileged user to run mock as. Type the following as root: |
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(Note select a <user> which isn't "mock" when typing the commands below) |
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useradd <user> -G mock |
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passwd <user> |
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su - <user> |
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</pre> |
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You are now ready to clone the buildroot repository and build the packages: |
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<pre> |
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cd buildroot |
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./configure |
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make |
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</pre> |
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[[Category:XAPI Devel]] |
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[[Category:Development Process]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 20 January 2015
There are 2 reasonably simple ways to build XAPI and related components:
via opam
Opam is a source-based package manager which has a developer-friendly workflow. The following commands assume an Ubuntu host, update to match your distro of choice:
apt-get install opam -y
Next the dependencies of xapi can be installed:
sudo apt-get install $(opam install xapi -e ubuntu)
Finally xapi itself can be built:
opam install xapi
via RPM
The open-source XenServer "buildroot" has a convenient Makefile to build Xapi via RPM (and experimentally via .debs also):
On a CentOS 6 machine:
yum install -y epel-release
After adding EPEL, install and set up mock:
yum install -y mock redhat-lsb-core
Mock will refuse to run as root. You must choose a non-privileged user to run mock as. Type the following as root:
(Note select a <user> which isn't "mock" when typing the commands below)
useradd <user> -G mock passwd <user> su - <user>
You are now ready to clone the buildroot repository and build the packages:
git clone git://github.com/xenserver/buildroot.git cd buildroot ./configure make
