Xen

Howto create CentOS Xen VM under Ubuntu Dom0

Posted Wed, 02/25/2009 - 16:21 by ma

In this article, I will show you how to create CentOS 5.2 virtual machines under a Ubuntu 8.04 server LTS dom0 (Xen 3.2).

Howto high perfomance Xen virtualization on Ubuntu server

Posted Tue, 02/24/2009 - 10:50 by ma

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install XEN 3.2 on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron server 8.04 LTS AMD64 or i386 without compromising on disk I/O and network throughput by using partitions instead of image files. You can find all the software used here in the Ubuntu repositories, so no external files or source compilation are required. Unfortunately, installing Xen 3.3 on Ubuntu 8.10 requires kernel source.

The perfect load balanced & high availability web cluster with 2 servers running Xen on Ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron

Posted Fri, 09/05/2008 - 00:36 by ma

In this howto we will build a load balanced and high availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites.

Creating new xen bridges on Ubuntu 8.04 (or other)

Posted Wed, 08/20/2008 - 14:02 by ma

When Xen is installed, there is only one bridge by default. If you have multiple network cards, you can assign a physical card to a specific DomU or use as many as you want on the same DomU.

Fix test: =: unary operator expected error with Xen on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted Wed, 08/20/2008 - 13:38 by ma

Bug fix for =: unary operator expected with Xen on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server

High Performance XEN On An Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) Server System AMD64 or i386

Posted Wed, 08/06/2008 - 19:17 by ma

Updated version of this tutorial available here : http://blogama.org/node/92

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install XEN on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron server (8.04) without compromising on disk I/O and network throughput by using partitions instead of image files. You can find all the software used here in the Ubuntu repositories, so no external files or source compilation are required.