Install and run Xapi

[djs55]

• VMs can be uploaded and run via the XenAPI and xe
  • The mirage-generated .xe file works
• The host can be managed via XenCenter (and presumably XenOrchestra)
• Historical performance metrics are gathered by xcp-rrdd
• VM disks are stored as thinly-provisioned LVM volumes, via ezlvm
• The host physical networks are managed by xcp-networkd
  • Note the default bridge name is now xenbr0 rather than br0

Note that Xapi runs in parallel with other 'toolstacks' so it is still
possible to use xl or libvirt.

Signed-off-by: David Scott dave.scott@citrix.com

[djs55]

Not entirely perfect yet, but it is now running mirage-www on my cubie@home. The future is here!

[avsm]

This is really wonderful, thank you!

[avsm]

I'm wondering what the best way to merge this is. Should be have an alternate build with XenServer, or just bite the bullet and not support a non-XS image on ARM? There's a lot of benefit in just having the nice storage and XML-RPC APIs, particularly with a view to monitoring and building a distributed ARM cloud in the future.

[djs55]

On 11 Feb 2015 11:02, "Anil Madhavapeddy" notifications@github.com wrote:

I'm wondering what the best way to merge this is. Should be have an
alternate build with XenServer, or just bite the bullet and not support a
non-XS image on ARM? There's a lot of benefit in just having the nice
storage and XML-RPC APIs, particularly with a view to monitoring and
building a distributed ARM cloud in the future.

I believe that it's still possible to manage your VMs manually with
xl/libxl or with libvirt -- this change gives you an extra option. Xapi
will manage its VMs only; libvirt will manage its VMs only; and, well
xl/libxl just shows you everything (expert user mode?)

The only downside that I can think of is that the image is slightly bigger.

As a separate issue there are probably still some silly bugs in the .debs
I've built. Now that I'm routinely using this I should be able to squash
those and update my binary repo.

Cheers,
Dave

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[avsm]

Thanks, I'll merge this in after I try it on my cubie at home!