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[John Garbutt <John.Garbutt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You can use Xen with OpenStack without XCP. You do Xen+libvirt.
libvirt_type="xen"

I haven't tried that myself, I am concentrating on XenAPI bases systems.

Cheers,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openstack-bounces+john.garbutt=eu.citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:openstack-bounces+john.garbutt=eu.citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Massimo Canonico
> Sent: 01 June 2012 15:22
> To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Openstack] Install OpenStack on Fedora 16 and xen (not Xen Cloud
> Platform)
> 
> Hi all,
> first of thank you very much for your support.
> 
> Right now I have a fedora 16 with xen (NOT XCP), that is, I have installed
> those package:
> 
> xen-licenses-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> xen-hypervisor-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> xen-runtime-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> netxen-firmware-4.0.534-4.fc15.noarch
> xen-libs-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> xen-4.1.2-7.fc16.x86_64
> 
> and xen seems happy:
> 
> [mex@minicloud03 ~]$ sudo xm info
> [sudo] password for mex:
> host                   : minicloud03.di.unipmn.it
> release                : 3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64
> version                : #1 SMP Tue May 22 13:59:39 UTC 2012
> machine                : x86_64
> nr_cpus                : 4
> nr_nodes               : 1
> cores_per_socket       : 4
> threads_per_core       : 1
> cpu_mhz                : 2400
> hw_caps                :
> bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000940:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001:0000000
> 0
> virt_caps              : hvm
> total_memory           : 4094
> free_memory            : 717
> free_cpus              : 0
> xen_major              : 4
> xen_minor              : 1
> xen_extra              : .2
> xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32
> hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
> xen_scheduler          : credit
> xen_pagesize           : 4096
> platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
> xen_changeset          : unavailable
> xen_commandline        : placeholder
> cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2) (GCC)
> cc_compile_by          : mockbuild
> cc_compile_domain      : phx2.fedoraproject.org
> cc_compile_date        : Mon May  7 23:28:57 UTC 2012
> xend_config_format     : 4
> 
> 
> Now the question is:
> - Can I install openstack in this machine or I must use XCP?
> 
> Thanks,
>   Massimo
> 
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