Warning that network will not work during DomU creation

[vtapas]

Hi
I created a DomU image using the method shown here
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-xen-...ms-debian-etch

every thing worked perfectly I used it on Lenny.
But I got a warning

WARNING
-------

  You appear to have a missing vif-script, or network-script, in the
 Xen configuration file /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp.

  Please fix this and restart Xend, or your guests will not be able
 to use any networking!

Although I have edited the xend-config.sxp as shown above in the guide what can be cause of problem and how can I use my guests to use the network ?

[Mark_NL]

there should be a network script defined in your /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp, for example:

(vif-script vif-bridge)

and then in /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge should exists.

(don't forget to restart xend )

[vtapas]

Originally Posted by Mark_NL

there should be a network script defined in your /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp, for example:

(vif-script vif-bridge)

I am not clear with this part
the above mentioned file has the following entry

# If you are using only one bridge, the vif-bridge script will discover that,
# so there is no need to specify it explicitly.
#
(vif-script vif-bridge)

Originally Posted by Mark_NL

and then in /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge should exists.
(don't forget to restart xend )

I could not understand this part there will be 2 Virtual hosts running how should I go for that?
There is a file named vif-bridge at the above location. I am using the interface eth2. Where do I need to make changes in the script to make it up and running on eth2?
I want both Virtual Hosts to be able to connect to internet.
How do I test that?I am aware of an option called vnc?
I am right now able to do an SSH in one of them from Dom0.

[Mark_NL]

oke, it's not the vif script, then it's the network script
There should be a line in the config something like this:

(network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth1')

there is already an example in the config itself, uncomment it, restart xend and try to start the vm.

[vtapas]

Originally Posted by Mark_NL

oke, it's not the vif script, then it's the network script
There should be a line in the config something like this:

(network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth1')

there is already an example in the config itself, uncomment it, restart xend and try to start the vm.

You are saying to make the above changes in
/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge

I have eth2 working out of available 4 LAN card so should I replace eth1 by eth2.

I think I got it

#
# Your default ethernet device is used as the outgoing interface, by default.
# To use a different one (e.g. eth1) use
#
# (network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth1')
#
# The bridge is named xenbr0, by default.  To rename the bridge, use
#
# (network-script 'network-bridge bridge=<name>')

are you saying to change here eth1 to eth2 since default I am using is eth2.

[Mark_NL]

hehe, i meant /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp indeed

anyway, yes .. put this line in it:
(network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth2')

[vtapas]

Originally Posted by Mark_NL

hehe, i meant /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp indeed

anyway, yes .. put this line in it:
(network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth2')

Ok just wanted to know one thing what is network bridge ?
It says 2 things one is network-bridge netdev and another is network-bridge bridge

#
# (network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth1')
#
# The bridge is named xenbr0, by default.  To rename the bridge, use
#
# (network-script 'network-bridge bridge=<name>')

I am not clear with difference between netdev and bridge when to use them?
Actually I have 4 lan cards and I want each virtual host to use a separate lan card.

[Mark_NL]

bridge=<name> is when you want to RENAME the default name of the bridge, which is "xenbr0" .. just ignore that and set

(network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth2')

restart xend and you should be good to go.

[vtapas]

Right now I do an ssh to Dom0 and I am able to ping DomU's from Dom0 and I get replies so does that mean it is working I have not changed eth1 to eth2 is it needed?
Can you show a sample configuration file here?

[Mark_NL]

sham:/etc/xen# grep -v '#' xend-config.sxp
(network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth0')
(vif-script vif-bridge)
(dom0-min-mem 196)
(dom0-cpus 0)
(vncpasswd '')

sham:/etc/xen# cat myvm
kernel      = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-686'
ramdisk     = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-xen-686'
memory      = '4096'
root        = '/dev/hda1 ro'
disk        = [
		'phy:/dev/drbd0,hda1,w',
		'file:/swapfiles/myvm.swp,hda2,w',
	      ]
name        = 'myvm.domain.tld'
vif         = [ 'ip=213.207.x.x' ]
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'