Installation steps are as follows:
apt-get build-dep xen
apt-get install libc6-dev libglib2.0-dev libyajl-dev yajl-tools libbz2-dev bison flex zlib1g-dev git-core texinfo debhelper debconf-utils debootstrap fakeroot
OR
apt-get install bcc bin86 gawk bridge-utils iproute libcurl3 libcurl4-openssl-dev bzip2 module-init-tools transfig tgif tgif texinfo texlive-latex-base gcc-multilib texlive-fonts-extra texlive-fonts-recommended pciutils-dev mercurial libncurses5-dev patch libvncserver-dev libsdl-dev libjpeg62-dev iasl libbz2-dev git-core uuid-dev python python-dev python-twisted build-essential make gcc libc6-dev zlib1g-dev texlive-latex-recommended e2fslibs-dev
Download and build
the source
wget
http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/4.2.1/xen-4.2.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf xen-4.2.1.tar.gz
cd xen-4.2.1
vi Config.mk
edit the XSM_ENABLE = n --------> XSM_ENABLE= y
./configure –enable-githttp --libdir=/usr/lib64 ( if it is 64 bit machine )
vi ./.config
#
write this line -------- > PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=--install-layout=deb
#
make world
make deb
cd ./dist
./install.sh
# Important
update-grub
ls -al /boot/xen*
update-rc.d xencommons defaults 19 18
update-rc.d xendomains defaults 21 20
update-rc.d xen-watchdog defaults 22 23
update-grub
Configuration
ln -s /etc/init.d/xendomains
/etc/rc0.d/S10xendomains
ln -s /etc/init.d/xendomains /etc/rc6.d/S10xendomains
ln -s /etc/init.d/xencommons /etc/rc3.d/S98xencommons
ln -s /etc/init.d/xendomains /etc/rc3.d/S98xendomains
ln -s /root/xendom0caps /etc/rc3.d/S98xendom0caps
ln -s /root/iptables-enable /etc/rc3.d/S99iptables-enable (not required)
vi /root/xendom0caps (add xl sched-credit -d Domain-0 -w 512)
chmod +x /root/xendom0caps
vi /etc/rc.local (add /usr/bin/setterm -powersave off -blank 0
vi /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp
comment it --- > #network-script network-bridge
vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto xenbr0
iface xenbr0 inet
dhcp
bridge_ports eth0
reboot
* then i enter into the xen.
root@boss[/]#xl list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
Domain-0 0 3476 8 r----- 614.7
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then i installed libvirt form the source and the installtion steps are as follows:
* ./autogen.sh --system --with-xen=yes --with-libxl=yes
* make
* make install
and then i runned daemon/libvirtd -d
then i runned
tools/virsh
virsh # version
Compiled against library: libvirt 1.1.3
Using library: libvirt 1.1.3
Using API: QEMU 1.1.3
error: failed to get the hypervisor version
error: internal error: Cannot find suitable emulator for x86_64
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then i started the xend by following command:
/etc/init.d/xend start
then i checked libvirt(virsh)
virsh # version
Compiled against library: libvirt 1.1.3
Using library: libvirt 1.1.3
Using API: Xen 1.1.3
Running hypervisor: Xen 4.2.0