Re: [Xen-users] xen hotplug scripts not working

[Christian Placzek <clp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

thank you for your comments.

Tim Post wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 20:06 +0100, Christian Placzek wrote:
> 
>> auto eth1
>> allow-hotplug eth1
>> iface eth1 inet static
>>        address 10.1.1.201
>>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>>        network 1.1.1.0
> 
> Stop using network-bridge , its there to construct and deconstruct a
> bridge so that Xen itself is non destructive (no changing of network
> init needed to install it).
> 
> Since you are doing the more production-sensible thing by letting Debian
> handle your bridges in init, there's no need to be using network-bridge.
> Better, more structured and sensible control over all of that is partly
> achieved by how you construct your guests.
> 
> First thing to do, get rid of network-bridge
> 
> In /etc/xen/scripts/ do 
> 
> echo -e "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0" > network-dummy && chmod +x network-dummy

Just for information: this script already exists in the debian package (v. 
3.0.3).

> 
> Then in /etc/xen/ change xend-config.sxp to call network-dummy instead
> of network-bridge.
> 
> Secondly (just suggesting) : 
> 
> Specify vifname= in the vif [] containers in the guests to keep it all
> nice and neat. If you name the vif after the domname (or something else
> specific and meaningful), bandwidth accounting becomes *very* easy over
> an entire farm, which sounds like it would also lend well to your setup.

What do you mean? Naming the bridge for easy identifying or are there more 
options?


> 
> Best,
> --Tim
> 
> 
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / with kind regards

Christian Placzek



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