Thanks a lot for this information. Is there up to date documentation for CS 4.1 which outlines the supported OS versions or should I be going by what's listed in the drop down menu on the "Register ISO" form in the management server?
I'd like to put together a cross-reference list of OS which are supported by XS 6.1 and CS 4.1. Thanks again, Shane On Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Kirk Kosinski wrote: > Hi, Shane. CloudStack depends on the hypervisor for OS support. Even > if there is an OS Type for the OS you want in CloudStack, it doesn't > mean it will actually work. If there is no OS Type, choosing one > similar to the OS you want may or may not work. You need to check the > hypervisor documentation for the supported OSs and the supported > installation methods for them. For XS 6.1 the relevant guide is here: > > http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.1.0/1.0/en_gb/guest.html > > CentOS 5.8, is not supported. It doesn't mean it is impossible to use, > but it does mean that an ISO installation will likely fail. As a > workaround you can install CentOS 5.7 and yum update, or you can perform > a network install of CentOS 5.8 on a standalone XenServer 6.1 host, > export it as a VHD, and import it as a template to CloudStack. > > Ubuntu 10.04.4 is also not supported. Ubuntu 10.04 is supported but ISO > installs are not supported. If possible, try Ubuntu 12.04 instead, > since ISO installs are supported (10.04.2 ISO probably won't work). To > use Ubuntu 10.04, perform a network install of Ubuntu 10.04 (10.04.4 may > work) on a standalone XenServer 6.1 host, export it as a VHD, and import > it as a template to CloudStack. > > If none of these workarounds are acceptable, you can try the "Other > (32/64-bit)" OS Type and an ISO install for any OS will probably work. > The downside is that the resulting VM will be in HVM mode rather than PV > mode and thus have limited hardware support (e.g. single CPU, 100 Mb > NIC) and poor performance. > > Best regards, > Kirk > > On 03/14/2013 01:08 PM, Shane Witbeck wrote: > > I've added several ISOs via management server and I've been attempting to > > add instances from these ISO's. Once I complete the process and the > > instances is started I connect to it via "View console" to walk through the > > OS install. A common issue I'm having is that the install seems to be > > missing drivers for cd-rom with messages like "no common CD-ROM drive was > > detected" in the case of Ubuntu 10.04.4. Another example is CentOS 5.8 > > which prompts for an install method. > > > > I'm running a recent 4.1-snapshot of management server and using XenServer > > 6.1 hypervisor. Secondary storage is NFS on the same machine as the > > management server. > > > > Any ideas of what I'm missing here? > > > > Thanks, > > Shane > > > > >
