That enabled running without a system vm. But you'd still need a VR if you
wanted network services.

On 9/26/13 12:47 AM, "Sebastien Goasguen" <run...@gmail.com> wrote:

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>On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:27 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote:
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>> 
>> 
>> On 09/26/2013 01:38 AM, Darren Shepherd wrote:
>>> Is there any technical reason why we couldn't use ubuntu LTS (12.04
>>> and soon to be 14.04) for the system VM.  Additionally is there any
>>> technical reason we couldn't switch to 64bit.  I don't necesarily want
>>> to get into "fight for you favorite distro" discussion, just curious.
>>> 
>> 
>> This still underlines the problem with the SystemVM, it isn't flexible
>>enough.
>> 
>> I'm not saying we should change overnight, but the SystemVM should be
>>abstracted a lot more so people can throw in their own SystemVM more
>>easily.
>> 
>> I created a issue about this last year:
>>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-451
>> 
>> I'd like to see this abstracted more so you can drop in any Linux or
>>BSD distro you like as long as it talks the API and does what it's asked
>>to do.
>> 
>> For Debian based we should be able to create some .deb packages which
>>you can simple install and for Redhat some .rpms.
>> 
>> The SystemVMs aren't rocket-science, as a matter of fact, I think the
>>are a big mess internally when you see all the scripts.
>> 
>> Wido
>
>Didn't Chiradeep work on quick cloud to solve some of those issues:
>
>https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/QuickCloud
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>
>
>> 
>>> Darren
>>> 
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