[libvirt-users] libvirt for Citrix XenServer
Hi, Can someone send me the build steps how to build for Citrix XenServer ? I want to build a version of libvirt for Citrix XenServer. Regards, Navin
On 05/27/2013 12:43 AM, Parakkal, Navin S wrote:
Hi, Can someone send me the build steps how to build for Citrix XenServer ? I want to build a version of libvirt for Citrix XenServer.
Fedora doesn't build for xenserver by default, because the development headers for xenserver are not under a free license. However, you can download the xenserver development kit yourself at no monetary cost; as long as configure can detect xen_vm_start in -lxenserver, then you have installed it correctly, and your self-built libvirt will support xenserver URI. At one point, I seem to recall that Dan Berrange even set up a repo so that you could download an rpm of older copies of the xenserver headers without having to click through the non-free licensing that Citrix now enforces on their newer releases; but I don't have the details of that repo location off-hand. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
Hi Eric, Thanks for your response. ________________________________________ From: Eric Blake [eblake@redhat.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:07 PM To: Parakkal, Navin S Cc: libvirt-users@redhat.com; Daniel P. Berrange Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] libvirt for Citrix XenServer On 05/27/2013 12:43 AM, Parakkal, Navin S wrote:
Hi, Can someone send me the build steps how to build for Citrix XenServer ? I want to build a version of libvirt for Citrix XenServer.
Fedora doesn't build for xenserver by default, because the development headers for xenserver are not under a free license. However, you can download the xenserver development kit yourself at no monetary cost; as long as configure can detect xen_vm_start in -lxenserver, then you have installed it correctly, and your self-built libvirt will support xenserver URI. At one point, I seem to recall that Dan Berrange even set up a repo so that you could download an rpm of older copies of the xenserver headers without having to click through the non-free licensing that Citrix now enforces on their newer releases; but I don't have the details of that repo location off-hand.
We are planning to ship a CentOS based virtual image that has a libvirt version of 0.9.4 this is used for collection remote and local KVM host/guest domain data but some pressing requirement is for Citrix Xenserver monitoring. I now have 2 problems. 1) You say i need -lxenserver . Does that mean it can't do something xen+tcp or xen+ssh or xen+tls ? ie Does the libvirt need to be present on the host by itself . No remote collection is possible ? If remote collection is not possible i would have to install the agent on all the hosts for monitoring. Do we have something like xenapi+ssh or xenapi+tls or xenapi+tcp for remote monitoring ? Regards, Navin
On 05/28/2013 09:51 AM, Parakkal, Navin S wrote:
1) You say i need -lxenserver . Does that mean it can't do something xen+tcp or xen+ssh or xen+tls ? ie Does the libvirt need to be present on the host by itself . No remote collection is possible ?
Based on src/libvirt.c, xenapi:// URI are similar to esx, hyperv, and parallels - they are client-only APIs rather than APIs that talk to a remote server. We recently converted vbox:// to talk to a remote server (for licensing reasons), if you want to use that as an example for how to make xenapi:// URIs be serviced remotely instead of as a direct client. But in the current state of libvirt, use of xenserver APIs requires that your client be built with -lxenserver, because libvirt does not support xenapi via remote protocol.
If remote collection is not possible i would have to install the agent on all the hosts for monitoring.
Do we have something like xenapi+ssh or xenapi+tls or xenapi+tcp for remote monitoring ?
Not unless someone writes a patch for it. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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