For example: I've attempted to create a CentOS guest by following the
instructions in Section 5 of the Citrix XenServer 7.2 Virtual Machine
User's Guide...
1. I've made the contents of the CentOS installation image available via
NFS: On the lab NFS server...
# mount -t iso9660 /srv/images/ISO/CentOS-7.7-x86_64-Minimal.iso
/srv/pkgs/ISO/
2. I've created the VM:
# xe vm-install template=CentOS\ 7 new-name-label=CentOS7-2
sr-uuid=21044441-dfba-9293-408b-41379e194718
2a56158d-9759-03af-568a-648399d5754f
3. I've created the VIF:
# xe network-list bridge=xenbr0
uuid ( RO) : 47a6223e-74d0-b75d-bec3-0ca6324b498c
name-label ( RW): Pool-wide network associated with eth0
name-description ( RW):
bridge ( RO): xenbr0
# xe vif-create vm-uuid=2a56158d-9759-03af-568a-648399d5754f
network-uuid=47a6223e-74d0-b75d-bec3-0ca6324b498c mac=random device=0
c2aa8481-f8b4-bc65-1f13-24bad54f9c5c
4. I've configured the installation repository:
# xe vm-param-set uuid=2a56158d-9759-03af-568a-648399d5754f
other-config:install-repository=nfs://192.168.0.95:/srv/pkgs/ISO
5. I've started the guest:
# xe vm-start uuid=2a56158d-9759-03af-568a-648399d5754f
# xe vm-list name-label=CentOS7-2 params=dom-id,uuid,name-label,power-state
uuid ( RO) : 2a56158d-9759-03af-568a-648399d5754f
name-label ( RW): CentOS7-2
power-state ( RO): running
dom-id ( RO): 1
But the guest doesn't have an entry in Xenstore (so I'm not able to connect
to the guests's console to perform the installation):
# xenstore-read /local/domain/1
xenstore-read: couldn't read path /local/domain/1
What have I done wrong?
TIA,
Eric Pretorious
Reno, Nevada
On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 4:39 PM Practical XenServer <
practicalxenserver@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, All!
>
> I'm looking for a good reference for installing a Linux guest in
> XCP-ng/XenServer using only the XAPI CLI. (I've read Section 5 of the
> Citrix XenServer 7.2 Virtual Machine User's Guide, "Creating Linux VM's".
> But it's lacking some details. So I'm looking for something more complete.)
>
> Are there instructions available for doing that?
>
> TIA,
> Eric Pretorious
> Reno, Nevada
>
On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 4:39 PM Practical XenServer <
practicalxenserver@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, All!
>
> I'm looking for a good reference for installing a Linux guest in
> XCP-ng/XenServer using only the XAPI CLI. (I've read Section 5 of the
> Citrix XenServer 7.2 Virtual Machine User's Guide, "Creating Linux VM's".
> But it's lacking some details. So I'm looking for something more complete.)
>
> Are there instructions available for doing that?
>
> TIA,
> Eric Pretorious
> Reno, Nevada
>