debian xen setup with global ipv4 and ipv6

[JeanLuc]

Hi,

i'll try to setup a xen under etch with a global ipv4 and ipv6 in bridge mode and hardware virtualization for windows guests.

I think this howto is to old (http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_etch_xen_3.1) and i should use xen 3.3 instead or is 3.0.3 up2date enough?

However, i want to use xen with a global ip, i think that a just use the global ips in the creating dialog?

xen-create-image --hostname=xen1.example.com --size=2Gb --swap=256Mb --ide \
--ip=$GLOBAL_IP_OF_GUEST --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=$GLOBAL_IP_OF_HOST

I have no real idea becuase I didn't find any hints, but maye i have to create it with local ips and just adding the global ip in the guest to eth0?
Then it is not a problem to add there the v6 ip too, but in the other case i have no idea how to do this.

Hope ypu can help me with this.

Greetings
jeanluc

[falko]

Use the public IP, but make sure you also use the correct netmask and gateway.

I've tried Xen 3.3 on Debian Etch, but I wasn't able to create any guests (they just don't boot). I'm still working on this, but I'm not sure if I will find a solution.

You could try Xen 3.2 on Lenny: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-xen-on-debian-lenny-amd64
But one strange thing I noticed is that - although the CPU of my test system is capable of hardware virtualization (AMD-V) - as soon as you boot the Xen kernel, the "svm" (which shows that the AMD CPU supports hardware virtualization) disappears from the cat /proc/cpuinfo output (which means you cannot do hardware virtualization, but just paravirtualization). Not sure if this happens just on my system...

[JeanLuc]

Hi,

ok, it was easy, everything works fine out of the box expect ipv6.

I've just tried to add a v6 adresse and the gateway to the guest eth0, but i think bridge in dom0 ignores it because a neighboorhoodquery fails there.

Any idea?