Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Adding KVM with support tools to DL?

[Kari M. <kar...@tr...>]

below..

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Aihe:	Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Adding KVM with support tools to DL?
Tekijä:	"Bruce Smith" <bw...@re...>
Päivämäärä:		25. heinäkuuta 2008 17:29:00

> Yes.  qemu would only be included in the DL "server" version.
>
>        Sounds very good....
> There is also a requirement for a tool to create either tun or tap for the VM. OpenVPN is ok for that, and we have it already. Another option is dedicated tool "tunctl" or "tunctrl" from Redhat, I think.

Since I've never used qemu, if I were to try and add it, I have no
idea where to start.  Can you provide a list of packages that need to
be added (complete with links to tarballs), and what ever else needs
to be changed (kernel parameters, etc.)?

Then I would probably need some kind of getting-started guide on how
to test it.  Or maybe some way to try it on my Ubuntu 8.04.1 desktop.

It's much easier adding stuff that I've used before!  :-)

	Most certainly!  I googled "ubutntu 8.04 kvm tutorial"...

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/14/virtualization-with-virt-manager-and-kvm-in-ubuntu-804/
..which contains as extra the graphical VM manager. Skip that.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM
...Ubuntu 8.04 Jeos edition etc., command line instructions.

wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM
CentOS, I know, but this has nice brief intro on the networking part of KVM.
It is also consice and well written. Recommended.
And it lists the odd parts required, which is not many.
Networking is the thing most different between physical machines and KVM/Qemu/VirtualBox VMs.

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki
Official home.

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/HOWTO
...KVM VM management scripts etc. etc.

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Documents

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Downloads
...starting point for downloads.

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/HOWTO1
...this is good. Setting up KVM to run on your machine.
Prerequisites etc.

Hope this helps.

//Kari


>>>       When can we expect i686 (non-GRSecurity) editions of 1.3.x?
>
> Already on the FTP site.  All of the 1.3 releases I've uploaded (with
> the "-bs" suffix), are compiled without grsec.
>
>        I didn't realise it was -bs, the difference. It used to be i586 (GRSec) vs. i686 (no GRSec).

Since I have a very strong dislike for grsec, you can pretty much be
assured that anything I compile is without grsec.

>        11-Jul test is very good, thanks. Mailgw (clamav, sagator, spamassassin), firewall, ftp server, dns server. All upgraded ok.
>
>        There was one minor hassle, tough.
>
>        On a system without floppy drive, no HD, etc stored on USB key, DL on CD, upgrade was ok, but save-config did not work. (mount command in the script complained it couldn't mount the USB key as it was already mounted, even it was not.) I had to copy manually the etc-mods.tar.bz2 onto /dev/sda1. Reboot and everything, including save-config worked ok since.  I'll upgrade another similar system next week and report if it has same symptoms.

I haven't seen that one.  Please post more details if it happens again.

	I will.


I'm currently compiling a new 1.3 now with all the updates Serge
committed yesterday.  Hopefully it'll be on the FTP server later
today.

	Thanks. Especially the mailgateway DLs like to be updates often (clamav, spamassassin, but also sagator).


 - BS