Xenserver-core: What it is, how it is built and how to get involved
summary
xenserver-core repackages XenServer’s toolstack into RPMs and Debian sources so the core components build and install on CentOS and Ubuntu; all code lives on GitHub and builds via a configure/make flow that drives mock for RPMs and cowbuilder/pbuilder for Debian, producing roughly 50–60 packages. A full build takes about an hour (≈80 minutes on CentOS), yields a pool you can point apt/yum at, runs zappy (so VMs migrate between hosts), and supports make install to configure local repos for easy testing and contribution.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:03Ubuntu support
- 7:38Why are we doing this
- 9:35What we want to do
- 9:54How we build
- 15:46Make install
- 16:43Debian
- 17:28Chronos
- 21:20Getting involved
- 23:14IRC
- 23:39Next steps
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