Installing XEN on Debian Lenny
Monday, 23 March 2009
Really needed to virtualize the server as I can't waste all those resources, so first tried vmware which was ok but I'm not that big a fan; I really wanted to go the XEN route.
So, after some experimenting with a dev machine I finally bit the bullet & installed it.
Check Support
The server processor is an AMD with an ASUS board, so first check you can support virtualization
grep "vmx" /proc/cpuinfo
For AMD, look for SVM, for Intel look for VMX.
Install Xen
Next install xen, 'from here on in, it gets scary fast'
aptitude install xen-linux-system-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 xen-utils-3.2-1 xenstore-utils xenwatch xen-shell xen-tools
Setup
You're not out of the woods yet, edit /etc/modules if you're after image-based virtual machines; skip otherwise.
nano /etc/modules
...change
loop
...to
loop max_loop=64
Save then edit /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp
nano /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp
- Find (network-script network-bridge) and uncomment
- Make sure (network-script network-dummy) is commented
- Make sure (vif-script vif-bridge) is uncommented
e.g.
(network-script network-bridge)
#(network-script network-dummy)
(vif-script vif-bridge)
Checking
Now reboot
reboot
And check which o/s you've got
uname -r
Mine returns...
2.6.26-1-xen-amd64
more here
Installing VMWare Server on Ubuntu
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
First install the pre-requisites;
sudo aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential
sudo aptitude install xinetd
Download VMWare Server .tar.gz file from here.
Remember to signup for a Serial Number, you'll need that during the install
Download the latest vmware-any-any-update patch here,
Now extract VMWare Server and terminal into it's directory, run,
cd vmware-server-distrib
sudo perl vmware-install.pl
When asked Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] enter NO and patch VMWare with that file.
Extract the files within that patch and Terminal into it's directory,
cd vmware-any-any-update115
sudo ./runme.pl
It should prompt you to run vmware-config.pl, this time say YES and continue with the install.
Afterwards start vmware with,
vmware
You might get a load of errors like this,If you get compile errors, do this;
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
That's because one part of the vmware package was compiled with a different version of gcc than the one you're running now, to fix that do:
sudo cp /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/
sudo cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/
Now you should be able to start VMWare Server
(tested and working on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 64-bit)
