Re: [Xen-users] About project Kronos

[Muriel <mucawhite@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Muriel <mucawhite@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I read with pleasure the announcement of the Kronos project.
>> Some time ago someone had asked if it was possible to bring xapi on debian.
>> The answer had been that xapi on XCP works through changes in the os
>> and this made it difficult to porting.
>> So the question is: will now be able to recompile xapi on systems other
>> than the official without it becoming a hell?
>
> Yes. This is a desired side effect of project kronos.
>
>> XCP is a great system, but when an installation already exists, it would
>> be great to use xen + xapi.
>> Following OpenStack we realized that the version officially supported is
>> xcp /XenServer (ok ok and xen through libvirt). Having the opportunity
>> to expose the same API in a different system would be perfect.
>>
>> That the Kronos project has as a side effect to make this easier :) ?
>>
>
> Yes. Debian/Ubuntu (or pick your distro and port packages, if needed)
> + xapi + xapi-openstack-plugins + openstack packages being easier is
> an important goal.

Good news, was what I hoped.

> Debian packages for OpenStack exists
> (http://wiki.openstack.org/Packaging/Debian). You can install them on
> a Debian + xapi test system even.
>

Currently on the cluster is running a redhat clone (Centos5). This
made me hope for an easy installation of XCP package, but the 64 bit
rebuild was more complicated than expected.
The next cluster should have a centos6, and on my test i would try
xapi-openstack-plugin - xapi - xen.
I'll start with tests in the coming days: if anyone is interested i
can keep the list updated of the progress.

-- 
Muriel

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