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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by paul snom <pr...@gmail.com> on 2013/04/07 17:31:47 UTC

CloudStack with Xen and vShere

Hi;

I'm evaluating CloudStack, I have a couple of questions I hope someone
can clarify for me:
Q 1: Is CloudStack compatible with Xen Hypervisor (xen.org)?  the
installation manual refers to Citrix XenServer but not Xen as far as I
could see.

Q 2: to continue using my vSphere hosts do I need to keep vCenter?

Thanks!

Re: CloudStack with Xen and vShere

Posted by paul snom <pr...@gmail.com>.

thanks for the advice and input.

Paul


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Carlos Reátegui <cr...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Until Cloudstack 4.1 is released I suggest you stick to XenServer 6.0 and
> not try to swap its default xen.
>
> I finally have a custom build of CS 4.0.1 working with Ubuntu + xcp-xapi
> but it was a real pain to get there and don't recommend you go that route
> for eval purposes. CS 4.1 is supposed to make those pains go away and bring
> proper support for XS 6.2, XCP 1.6 and Ubuntu/Debian + xcp-xapi.
>
> Cheers
> Carlos
>
> On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:59 AM, paul snom <pr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > thanks!!
> >
> > To test Xen should I just follow the installations steps in the
> > Installation Manual for Citrix Xenserver, but using the binaries from
> > xen.org? any good instructional links on xen and cloudstack?
> >
> > Thanks, again!!
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:37 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:31 AM, paul snom <pr...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Hi;
> >>>
> >>> I'm evaluating CloudStack, I have a couple of questions I hope someone
> >>> can clarify for me:
> >>> Q 1: Is CloudStack compatible with Xen Hypervisor (xen.org)?  the
> >>> installation manual refers to Citrix XenServer but not Xen as far as I
> >>> could see.
> >>
> >>
> >> CloudStack uses XAPI to interact with Xen - so technically Xen.org
> >> will work provided you have XAPI in place. In practice this means
> >> XenServer, XCP, or Xen + XAPI on Debian/Ubuntu.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Q 2: to continue using my vSphere hosts do I need to keep vCenter?
> >>
> >> Yes - CloudStack interacts with the vCenter API, not directly with
> >> vSphere hosts.
> >>
> >> --David
> >>
>

Re: CloudStack with Xen and vShere

Posted by Carlos Reátegui <cr...@gmail.com>.

Until Cloudstack 4.1 is released I suggest you stick to XenServer 6.0 and not try to swap its default xen. 

I finally have a custom build of CS 4.0.1 working with Ubuntu + xcp-xapi but it was a real pain to get there and don't recommend you go that route for eval purposes. CS 4.1 is supposed to make those pains go away and bring proper support for XS 6.2, XCP 1.6 and Ubuntu/Debian + xcp-xapi. 

Cheers
Carlos

On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:59 AM, paul snom <pr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks!!
> 
> To test Xen should I just follow the installations steps in the
> Installation Manual for Citrix Xenserver, but using the binaries from
> xen.org? any good instructional links on xen and cloudstack?
> 
> Thanks, again!!
> Paul
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:37 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:31 AM, paul snom <pr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi;
>>> 
>>> I'm evaluating CloudStack, I have a couple of questions I hope someone
>>> can clarify for me:
>>> Q 1: Is CloudStack compatible with Xen Hypervisor (xen.org)?  the
>>> installation manual refers to Citrix XenServer but not Xen as far as I
>>> could see.
>> 
>> 
>> CloudStack uses XAPI to interact with Xen - so technically Xen.org
>> will work provided you have XAPI in place. In practice this means
>> XenServer, XCP, or Xen + XAPI on Debian/Ubuntu.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Q 2: to continue using my vSphere hosts do I need to keep vCenter?
>> 
>> Yes - CloudStack interacts with the vCenter API, not directly with
>> vSphere hosts.
>> 
>> --David
>>

Re: CloudStack with Xen and vShere

Posted by paul snom <pr...@gmail.com>.

thanks!!

To test Xen should I just follow the installations steps in the
Installation Manual for Citrix Xenserver, but using the binaries from
xen.org? any good instructional links on xen and cloudstack?

Thanks, again!!
Paul


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:37 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:31 AM, paul snom <pr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi;
> >
> > I'm evaluating CloudStack, I have a couple of questions I hope someone
> > can clarify for me:
> > Q 1: Is CloudStack compatible with Xen Hypervisor (xen.org)?  the
> > installation manual refers to Citrix XenServer but not Xen as far as I
> > could see.
>
>
> CloudStack uses XAPI to interact with Xen - so technically Xen.org
> will work provided you have XAPI in place. In practice this means
> XenServer, XCP, or Xen + XAPI on Debian/Ubuntu.
>
> >
> > Q 2: to continue using my vSphere hosts do I need to keep vCenter?
> >
>
> Yes - CloudStack interacts with the vCenter API, not directly with
> vSphere hosts.
>
> --David
>

Re: CloudStack with Xen and vShere

Posted by David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us>.

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:31 AM, paul snom <pr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I'm evaluating CloudStack, I have a couple of questions I hope someone
> can clarify for me:
> Q 1: Is CloudStack compatible with Xen Hypervisor (xen.org)?  the
> installation manual refers to Citrix XenServer but not Xen as far as I
> could see.

CloudStack uses XAPI to interact with Xen - so technically Xen.org
will work provided you have XAPI in place. In practice this means
XenServer, XCP, or Xen + XAPI on Debian/Ubuntu.

>
> Q 2: to continue using my vSphere hosts do I need to keep vCenter?
>

Yes - CloudStack interacts with the vCenter API, not directly with
vSphere hosts.

--David