[Fedora-xen] VCL for xen?

Michael DeHaan mdehaan at redhat.com
Thu Feb 28 22:45:57 UTC 2008


Michael DeHaan wrote:
> yonas Abraham wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for open source application that does similar to NC
>> states Virtual Computing Library (VCL) for xen management.  I have
>> seen ovirt.org, but it seems to require hardware virtualization, which
>> I don't have.
>>
>> any pointers will be appreciated.
>>
>> /yonas
>>
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>
> If you are happy with some lower level tooling (and building some of 
> the stuff yourself), Func offers
> remote virt control using libvirt modules for Xen (incl. paravirt) as 
> well as KVM, as well as remote hooks
> for installation via koan (see below) -- and is very interested in new 
> modules / tweaks from the people who use it.
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/func
>
> You can also use Cobbler/koan to provide the missing provisioning half 
> (so Func for control and Cobbler for installation)
>
> http://cobbler.et.redhat.com
>
> I would suspect eventually ovirt will support other virt types since 
> libvirt makes this possible.  It's also planning on integrating 
> Cobbler support in the future.
>
> These solutions are more CLI/batch/scripting oriented though if you 
> need to customize your own solution for specific
> things (like the VCL case) you may want that anyway -- I'm not too 
> familiar with the VCL to say for sure.
>
> --Michael
>
>
I should add that Cobbler /does/ have a Web user interface.   Func does 
have one in development though it has a ways to go.
Still usable from the command line/API/etc.






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