Xen PV guest OpenSUSE 13.2 (x86_64)

As I needed a PostgreSQL 9.3 database for my phpBB3 forum installation, I decided to use an OpenSUSE 13.2 distribution. 

The virtual machine PV Xen is located on logical volumes LVM2, so that the creation of  snapshot backups on the fly is possible. The kernel, initram and grub2 loader are located on a common ext2 partition. Minimal miscellaneous server is installed (without Xorg). PostgreSQL wasn’t installed in order to make the image maximally generic. The size of the disk is 10 GB, which is rather generous. Second disk can be added to the volume group, if more space is needed.

The image can be found here with configuration files for Xen3 (SLES11 SP3 I CentOS5.11) included.

Properties “name” and “vif” have to be configured according to your needs. The rest can be used as is, or adjusted to your environment or taste.

Xen4 (OpenSUSE 13.1) configuration files are needless as I raised the image with VM-Manager by means of <Import existing disk image>.

SSHD is enabled and activated, so it is possible to connect either via VNC or via SSH.

Login: poltawer

Password: Linux (the same for root)

Don’t forget to change the credentials after the first run ;)

I hope somebody could need it.

Any feedback is welcome!

CentOS 5.11

OpenSUSE 13.1