Actually, you can have CS running on a Xen server host that it is running; however it is a little bit tricky, because when you add a xen server, the CS does not load any VM configuration that it already has running.
I did that myself in the Cloud that we have in our networking and management lab. I first installed CS in a temp machine and added the hosts I wanted to manage to CS. Then, I created 4 instances (you most certainly do not need that much) one for the CS-database, CS1 and CS2 and an Apache Webserver working as a load balancer. After that, I stopped the CS that was in the temp machine, migrated the database for the cs-database VM, configured CS1 and CS2 to use that database that is in the VM. Configured the Apache web server, and that is it. You now have a CS environment that runs on physical machines and VMs that it manages. On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Geoff Higginbottom < [email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately you cannot run CloudStack Management Server on a XenServer > (or ESXi) Host it is managing. > > It works for KVM because CloudStack and KVM are running as services on > CentOS, CloudStack is not running as a VM on KVM. > > You do have a couple of options however: > > Install Virtualbox and then create a VM for CloudStack and a separate VM > for XenServer - take a look at this recent presentation I have at the > European User Group > > > http://www.slideshare.net/ShapeBlue/building-virtualised-cloudstack-test-environments > > This is really aimed at testing on a Laptop, if you have a physical box a > better option is to install the free version of ESXi then add a CentOS VM > for CloudStack and a XenServer VM as your Hypervisor. If you configure > ESXi for nested virtualisation your XenServer will support HVM VMs, unlike > on Virtualbox which will only support PV VMs > > Regards > > Geoff Higginbottom > CTO / Cloud Architect > > D: +44 20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 0540<tel: > +442036030540> | M: +447968161581<tel:+447968161581> > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > | www.shapeblue.com<htp://www.shapeblue.com/> | Twitter:@cloudstackguru< > https://twitter.com/#!/cloudstackguru> > > ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N > 4HS<x-apple-data-detectors://5> > > > On 2 Nov 2014, at 04:14, "[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello, > > is there any way to install the CloudStack management server as VM on > XenServer 6.2.0 which will also added as host for instances? > > It is possible to install it on CentOS host with KVM but I do not find any > information regarding XenServer VM. In the documentation it is stated, that > there should be no running VM on XenServer but I am not sure, if there is > no possibility. I evaluate to create an environment with a single server in > the first step. > > Thanks > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build< > http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > CSForge - rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> > CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a > company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue > Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil > and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is > a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under > license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. > -- Rafael Weingärtner
