KVM Virtualization on Gentoo server

On Monday 18 June 2007 10:50, Squall Liu wrote:
> hi guys
>
> I want to deploy the virtualization on gentoo . and I
have finished
> deploying the kvm kernel gentoo-linux-2.6.20-r8.
>
> but how about the next steps?
> anyone has the  documents about it ?
>
> I didn't found any useful  information  about it on
gentoo .
>
> thanks in advance ~!
I think all current KVM activity on Gentoo is on bug
#157987.¹

I tried it a while back on amd64 without luck. It might work
now but I haven't 
really tried since I installed Xen instead.

HTH

¹ https:
//bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157987

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On Tuesday 19 June 2007 09:07, Squall Liu wrote:
> hi Sune
>
> I'm sorry to heard about this  -_-!..
>
> It seems that I can't enjoy the kvm on gentoo right now
?
>
> I had read some docs about kvm,openvz ,xen  and qemu.
>
> I thought kvm is suit for me , but right now , I should
choose another
> way...............
>
> You personal opinion , for the virtualization on gentoo
and the Guest OS is
> linux ,which maybe are other distributions , which kit
is more performance
> and stable?
>
> thanks~~~
>
> On 6/18/07, Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervoszgentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Monday 18 June 2007 10:50, Squall Liu wrote:
> > > hi guys
> > >
> > > I want to deploy the virtualization on gentoo
. and I have finished
> > > deploying the kvm kernel
gentoo-linux-2.6.20-r8.
> > >
> > > but how about the next steps?
> > > anyone has the  documents about it ?
> > >
> > > I didn't found any useful  information  about
it on gentoo .
> > >
> > > thanks in advance ~!
> >
> > I think all current KVM activity on Gentoo is on
bug #157987.¹
> >
> > I tried it a while back on amd64 without luck. It
might work now but I
> > haven't
> > really tried since I installed Xen instead.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > ¹ https:
//bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157987
> >
> > --
> > Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen
> > Gentoo Linux Security Team
> > --
> > gentoo-servergentoo.org mailing list
i recommend xen, performance is quite good, installation is
easy, and heavy 
development makes it a good candidate imho.

Bas.
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On Tuesday 19 June 2007 12:00, Bastiaan Visser wrote:
> > > gentoo-servergentoo.org mailing list
>
> i recommend xen, performance is quite good,
installation is easy, and heavy
> development makes it a good candidate imho.
>
> Bas.
For the moment I use Xen too and am quite happy with it.
Though I just got 
another system with Intel VT support so I might want to try
out KVM again at 
some point.

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On Tuesday 19 June 2007 23:10:02 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen
wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 June 2007 12:00, Bastiaan Visser wrote:
> > > > gentoo-servergentoo.org mailing list
> >
> > i recommend xen, performance is quite good,
installation is easy, and
> > heavy development makes it a good candidate imho.
> >
> > Bas.
>
> For the moment I use Xen too and am quite happy with
it. Though I just got
> another system with Intel VT support so I might want to
try out KVM again
> at some point.

i'm going to go a little deeper into KVM rather 
soon as well - especially where my new hardware 
arrived just yesterday 
however, until that, I was using linux-vserver 
and VMware in quite success so far ;)

Regards,
Christian Parpart.

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Squall Liu wrote:
> hi Christian
> 
> I am going to run more than 5 guest os on on server ,
so maybe VMware is
> not suit for me ï¼ _

it seems like you want os-level virtualization aka
linux-vserver and openvz

no overhead, very easy deployment...

> 
> and when you finish the kvm in gentoo on your new PC ,
please just let
> me  know , I want to know some details 
> 
> Thanks in advance and have a good luck~~~
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> On 6/20/07, *Christian Parpart* <trapnigentoo.org
> <mailto:trapnigentoo.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On Tuesday 19 June 2007 23:10:02 Sune Kloppenborg
Jeppesen wrote:
>     > On Tuesday 19 June 2007 12:00, Bastiaan Visser
wrote:
>     > > > > gentoo-servergentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-servergentoo.org>
>     mailing list
>     > >
>     > > i recommend xen, performance is quite
good, installation is
>     easy, and
>     > > heavy development makes it a good
candidate imho.
>     > >
>     > > Bas.
>     >
>     > For the moment I use Xen too and am quite
happy with it. Though I
>     just got
>     > another system with Intel VT support so I
might want to try out
>     KVM again
>     > at some point.
> 
>     i'm going to go a little deeper into KVM rather
>     soon as well - especially where my new hardware
>     arrived just yesterday 
>     however, until that, I was using linux-vserver
>     and VMware in quite success so far ;)
> 
>     Regards,
>     Christian Parpart.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Squall
> Xi'an Shaanxi PRC

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ON WEDNESDAY 20 JUNE 2007 10:59:40 BENEDIKT BOEHM WROTE:
> > I AM GOING TO RUN MORE THAN 5 GUEST OS ON ON
SERVER , SO MAYBE VMWARE IS
> > NOT SUIT FOR ME ? _
>
> IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WANT OS-LEVEL VIRTUALIZATION AKA
LINUX-VSERVER AND OPENVZ
>
> NO OVERHEAD, VERY EASY DEPLOYMENT...

THAT IS, WHEN YOU RUN GUESTS WHICH ARE USING THE HOST
KERNEL, IMPLYING YOU RUN 
A LINUX GUEST. HERE I'D DEFINITELY RECOMMENT YOU TO USE
LINUX-VSERVER/OPENVZ 
OVER ANY OTHER TECHNIQUE AS YOU WON'T NEED ANY KIND OF
PARAVIRTUALIZATION - 
OR AT LEAST *USUALLY* WON'T NEED.

HERE IN OUR COMPANY I'VE SET UP 7 MAC-MINI'S WITH 2GB RAM
EACH SERVING 5 GUEST 
NODES TO SIMULATE THE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT. QUITE FUN ;)

FOR MY HOME, I ALSO WANT TO TRY OUT OTHER OSES ASWELL, LIKE
WIN32, SO THERE 
I'M GIVING KVM A TRY (ASAP) AND MAYBE CAN HELP PUSHING THE
EBUILDS INTO THE 
TREE ;)

REGARDS,
CHRISTIAN PARPART.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:07:42 +0800
"Squall Liu" <squall.q.liugmail.com> wrote:

> hi Sune
> 
> I'm sorry to heard about this  -_-!..
> 
> It seems that I can't enjoy the kvm on gentoo right now
?

It just means that it currently isn't available in the main
repository.
You can still install the userspace tools manually, get an
ebuild
from the referenced bug or even write your own (that's what
I did).

I assume the main reason why it hasn't been added yet is
because most
people wait for the kvm support to be merged back into
qemu,
unfortunately there is no deadline for that (I'd guess they
want to
fix the gcc-4 problems first).

Marius
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