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== Instructions ==
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In order to be able to run Freebsd 9.0-RELEASE or RELENG_9_0 on XCP you should have a
See
XENHVM kernel and the [[#port|Xentools installed from the FreeBSD xentools port]]. So, for summarizing :

* Build and install HVM kernel.
* Build and install xentools from the FreeBSD xentools port.
* untar and place the proper location (as could be deduced) in the tar output.

So :
<pre>
x freebsd-xenservertools/
x freebsd-xenservertools/etc/
x freebsd-xenservertools/procfalse/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/escribe-ip-if.sh
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/escribe-meminfo.sh
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/xe-daemon
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/xe-linux-distribution
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/xe-update-guest-attrs
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/etc/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/etc/rc.d/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/etc/rc.d/xe-daemon.sh
x freebsd-xenservertools/etc/freebsd-version
</pre>

* Create /procfalse
* do a ‘uname -r > /etc/freebsd-version’ from you’re shell as root.
* after that, just place files in proper places as seen before.

Finally... after booting the machine (or doing /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xe-daemon.sh start), you would be
able to enjoy of the Xen Cloud virtualization possibilities and so, you could see on right clicking on
the machine in XenCenter :

[[Image:freebsd90-cloud-screenshot.png]]

that you’re able for example to suspend or migrate de FreeBSD VM.

This is working for me in XCP release 1.1.0 and FreeBSD RELENG_9_0.

I wanted to say I’m very thankful to my company SareNET who has allowed me to examine how
could I run FreeBSD in XCP and very thankful too to Dave Scott from Citrix because of the initial
ideas for getting this working.

{{Anchor|port}}
== FreeBSD xentools port ==
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* [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-06/tarvG0F1rJq8O.tar Tar file with FreeBSD xentools port] (according to the author available under an [http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html OpenBSD license] - please check if in doubt.

== Other References ==
* [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-06/msg00137.html Mail Thread on xen-api]
* [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-06/msg00137.html Mail Thread on xen-api]
* [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-06/pdfBwuQRWpURg.pdf Instructions]
* [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-06/pdfBwuQRWpURg.pdf Instructions]

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* [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-api/2012-06/tarvG0F1rJq8O.tar Tar file with FreeBSD xentools port]
== Thanks To ==
A big thank you to '''Egoitz Aurrekoetxea Aurre''' for working on the port and making it available.


[[Category:XCP]]
[[Category:XCP]]

Revision as of 16:31, 28 June 2012

Instructions

In order to be able to run Freebsd 9.0-RELEASE or RELENG_9_0 on XCP you should have a XENHVM kernel and the Xentools installed from the FreeBSD xentools port. So, for summarizing :

  • Build and install HVM kernel.
  • Build and install xentools from the FreeBSD xentools port.
  • untar and place the proper location (as could be deduced) in the tar output.

So : 

x freebsd-xenservertools/
x freebsd-xenservertools/etc/
x freebsd-xenservertools/procfalse/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/escribe-ip-if.sh
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/escribe-meminfo.sh
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/xe-daemon
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/xe-linux-distribution
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/sbin/xe-update-guest-attrs
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/etc/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/etc/rc.d/
x freebsd-xenservertools/usr/local/etc/rc.d/xe-daemon.sh
x freebsd-xenservertools/etc/freebsd-version
  • Create /procfalse
  • do a ‘uname -r > /etc/freebsd-version’ from you’re shell as root.
  • after that, just place files in proper places as seen before.

Finally... after booting the machine (or doing /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xe-daemon.sh start), you would be able to enjoy of the Xen Cloud virtualization possibilities and so, you could see on right clicking on the machine in XenCenter :

Freebsd90-cloud-screenshot.png

that you’re able for example to suspend or migrate de FreeBSD VM.

This is working for me in XCP release 1.1.0 and FreeBSD RELENG_9_0.

I wanted to say I’m very thankful to my company SareNET who has allowed me to examine how could I run FreeBSD in XCP and very thankful too to Dave Scott from Citrix because of the initial ideas for getting this working.

FreeBSD xentools port

Other References

Thanks To

A big thank you to Egoitz Aurrekoetxea Aurre for working on the port and making it available.

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