Howto Xen XCP-NG
installation
download iso:
wget -c https://mirrors.xcp-ng.org/isos/8.2/xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso?https=1 -O xcp-ng-8.2.1-20231130.iso
install xen-orchestra
clone repo using git:
git clone https://github.com/ronivay/xen-orchestra-docker
enable ssl in docker-compose:
# ports ports: - "80:80" - "443:443" environment: - HTTP_PORT=80 - HTTPS_PORT=443 # redirect to https - REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS=true # certificates path inside container - CERT_PATH='/cert.pem' - KEY_PATH='/cert.key' # volumes volumes: - ./xo-data:/var/lib/xo-server - ./redis-data:/var/lib/redis # if you have geniune ssl use this setting to mount certificate files to container - ./certs/cert.pem:/cert.pem - ./certs/cert.key:/cert.key - ./certs/ca.pem:/host-ca.pem
start docker container using docker-compose:
docker-compose up -d
enter web ui user: admin@admin.net | pass: admin :
https://192.168.75.45
import cloud image
install guestfs-tools:
pacman -S guestfs-tools --noconfirm
download debian 12 cloud image:
wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2
change image root password:
virt-sysprep -a debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2 -q --root-password password:debian
convert image to vhd:
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vpc -o subformat=dynamic debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2 debian-12-generic-amd64.vhd -p
import image in xen-orchestra:
/ login / import / disk / sr local storage
or trasnfer file to host:
scp debian-12-generic-amd64.vhd root@192.168.75.45:~/
import via cli:
xe vdi-import filename=debian-12-generic-amd64.vhd format=vhd --progress uuid=525d86de-cc81-48df-9c04-02b17d7ad7a5
edit /etc/systemd/network/enX0.network:
[Match] Name=enX0 [Network] Address=192.168.75.67/24 Gateway=192.168.77.1 DNS=4.2.2.1 DNS=4.2.2.2
restart networkd:
systemctl restart systemd-networkd
edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
PermitRootLogin yes PasswordAuthentication yes
restart sshd:
systemctl restart sshd
remove cloud-init:
apt remove cloud-init -y