How to install Xen on CentOS
Posted On Saturday, August 15th, 2009 By Ravi
I have just finished installing CentOS 5 on my PC ,next i am going to test Xen Virtualization on my new CentOS 5 machine. When doing a fresh install of CentOS 5, you can specify if Xen should be installed by selecting Xen in the base Group installer. But I missed selecting Xen software and tools during my CentOS 5 installation, not a big deal i don’t have to reinstall CentOS 5 just because i missed selecting Xen packages, I can install Xen software and tools later on. Xen is the open source Virtualization environment available for Linux kernel only that means Xen cannot run on windows platform. I have installed Xen latest release 3.1 on my CentOS 5 machine. Xen allows you to install “virtual servers” on your base operating system. Xen allows you to create and run several instances of any Linux utilizing your single server hardware resources. Here is my attempt to document step by step instructions for installing Xen on CentOS: 1. Xen installation Preparation in CentOS 5: First check on your CentOS 5 machine if you have Xen installed: xenserver# rpm -qa |grep xen xen-libs-3.1.0-13.el5 xen-3.1.0-13.el5 xenserver #rpm -qa |grep kernel-xen kernel-xen-2.6.21-2950.el5 If you have Continue Reading