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--- virt:xen_4.4_14.04 [2014/03/11 14:20]
tschulz [Compile and Install Xen 4.4 from source]
+++ virt:xen_4.4_14.04 [2014/03/11 14:54]
tschulz [Enable Network Bridging]
@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 apt-get build-dep xen
+cd /usr/src
 wget http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/4.4.0/xen-4.4.0.tar.gz
 tar xvzf xen-4.4.0.tar.gz
@@ Line 15: / Line 16: @@
 make install
+</file>
+===== Enable Network Bridging =====
+<file network /etc/network/interfaces>
+iface eth0 inet manual
+auto xenbr0
+iface xenbr0 inet dhcp
+  bridge_ports eth0
+</file>
+===== Enable startup services and install virt-manager =====
+<file>
 update-rc.d xencommons defaults
 update-rc.d xendomains defaults
 update-rc.d xen-watchdog defaults
-update-grub
+apt-get install virt-manager
+mkdir /var/log/libvirt/libxl/
 </file>
+notes: for some reason libvirt-bin needs /var/log/libvirt/libxl/ created otherwise libvirtd will not start.  You also need to add a new xen hypervisor connection to virt-manager the first time you start virt-manager.
-[[ubuntu:gub2|Force boot menu to be displayed]]
+===== Update Grub Loader =====
+<file>
+cd /boot/
+rm xen-4.4.gz xen-4.gz xen.gz
+update-grub
+</file>
+Notes: By default ubuntu will not boot xen so you either need to change the default boot entry or [[ubuntu:gub2|force grub boot menu to be displayed]]
 ===== Build libvirt =====

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