lost and found ( for me ? ): February 2014

Ubuntu 13.10 KVM: build VMs without VNC by using virt-install

Here are logs when building VMs via virt-install without VNC.

# virt-install --version

0.600.4

error..

# virt-install --name ubuntu1204-varm -r 1024 --vcpus=2 --os-type=linux --os-variant=ubuntuprecise --disk path=/var/lib/KVM_images/ubuntu1204-varm.qcow2,size=10,format=qcow2 --cdrom /home/hattori/ISO_files/ubuntu-12.04.1-server-amd64.iso --accelerate --nographics --network network=default,model=virtio --hvm --extra-args='console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'

ERROR --extra-args は --location とともに指定する場合のみ機能します。

when using --extra-args option, I need to use --location instead of --cdrom option.

I need to specify nfs or http or ftp path when using --location.

nfs:host:/path or nfs://host/path

An NFS server location containing an installable distribution image

http://host/path

An HTTP server location containing an installable distribution image

ftp://host/path

An FTP server location containing an installable distribution image

To specify http path, create a directory to mount ISO

# mkdir /var/www/mnt

mount the ISO

# mount -t iso9660 -o loop /home/hattori/ISO_files/ubuntu-12.04.1-server-amd64.iso /var/www/mnt

mount: block device /home/hattori/ISO_files/ubuntu-12.04.1-server-amd64.iso is write-protected, mounting read-only

# ls /var/www/mnt/

boot dists efi isolinux pics preseed ubuntu

cdromupgrade doc install md5sum.txt pool README.diskdefines

start apache2

# apache2ctl start

Now, you can specify installable image over http.

try again.

Okay, I can install ubuntu via console without VNC.

virt-install --name ubuntu1204-varm -r 1024 --vcpus=2 --os-type=linux --os-variant=ubuntuprecise --disk path=/var/lib/KVM_images/ubuntu1204-varm.qcow2,size=10,format=qcow2 --location http://127.0.0.1/mnt --accelerate --nographics --network network=default,model=virtio --hvm --extra-args='console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'

Starting install...

Retrieving file version.info... | 116 B 00:00 ...

Retrieving file linux... | 9.5 MB 00:00 ...

Retrieving file initrd.gz... | 33 MB 00:00 ...

Creating domain... | 0 B 00:00

Connected to domain ubuntu1204-varm

Escape character is ^]

[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset

[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu

[ 0.000000] Linux version 3.2.0-29-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 (Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24)

[ 0.000000] Command line: method=http://127.0.0.1/mnt console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8

[ 0.000000] KERNEL supported cpus:

[ 0.000000] Intel GenuineIntel

[ 0.000000] AMD AuthenticAMD

[ 0.000000] Centaur CentaurHauls

[ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fffe000 (usable)

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000003fffe000 - 0000000040000000 (reserved)

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000feffc000 - 00000000ff000000 (reserved)

[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)

[ 0.000000] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active

[ 0.000000] DMI 2.4 present.

[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found

CentOS 6.5: configure bonding

bond0: eth0, eth1 ( active eth0, standby eth1 )

create a file uder /etc/modprobe.d directory.

# cat /etc/modprobe.d/bonding.conf

alias bond0 bonding

options bond0 mode=1 primary=eth0 miimon=500

mode 1 is active – standby.

# grep -v ^# /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE="eth0"

BOOTPROTO="none"

NM_CONTROLLED="yes"

ONBOOT="yes"

TYPE="Ethernet"

MASTER=bond0

SLAVE=yes

# grep -v ^# /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE="eth1"

BOOTPROTO="none"

NM_CONTROLLED="yes"

ONBOOT="yes"

TYPE="Ethernet"

MASTER=bond0

SLAVE=yes

create a bond0 file.

# grep -v ^# /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0

DEVICE="bond0"

BOOTPROTO="static"

NM_CONTROLLED="yes"

ONBOOT="yes"

TYPE="Ethernet"

IPADDR=10.0.0.10

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

reboot the OS.

# cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0

Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.6.0 (September 26, 2009)

Bonding Mode: fault-tolerance (active-backup)

Primary Slave: None

Currently Active Slave: eth0

MII Status: up

MII Polling Interval (ms): 500

Up Delay (ms): 0

Down Delay (ms): 0

Slave Interface: eth0

MII Status: up

Speed: 1000 Mbps

Duplex: full

Link Failure Count: 0

Permanent HW addr:

Slave queue ID: 0

Slave Interface: eth1

MII Status: down

Speed: Unknown

Duplex: Unknown

Link Failure Count: 0

Permanent HW addr:

Slave queue ID: 0

Ubuntu 13.10: use KVM and open vswitch GRE tunnel

Reference

http://networkstatic.net/open-vswitch-gre-tunnel-configuration/

Here is how to configure GRE tunnel on openvswitch.

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release ;uname -ri

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"

3.11.0-17-generic x86_64

root@ubuntu:~:# dpkg -l openvswitch-switch

+++-==============-============-============-=================================

ii openvswitch-sw 1.10.2-0ubun amd64 Open vSwitch switch implementatio

VM1: 10.0.0.10

VM2: 10.0.0.20

KVM1 br2: 10.0.0.100

KVM2 br2: 10.0.0.200

KVM1 br0: 192.168.11.100

KVM2 br0: 192.168.11.44

VM1 gateway: 10.0.0.100

VM2 gateway: 10.0.0.200

configure GRE tunnel to have VM1(10.0.0.10) and VM2(10.0.0.20) communicate each other over GRE tunnel.

I have already set up openvswitch and associated br0 with eth0.

http://lost-and-found-narihiro.blogspot.jp/2014/02/ubuntu-1310-install-use-openvswitch.html

on the KVM1 host.

# ovs-vsctl add-br br2

# ifconfig br2 10.0.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0

# ovs-vsctl add-port br2 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre options:remote_ip=192.168.11.44

# ovs-vsctl show

41d09907-b8ac-4000-817c-41571e987aea

Bridge "br2"

Port "gre0"

Interface "gre0"

type: gre

options: {remote_ip="192.168.11.44"}

Port "br2"

Interface "br2"

type: internal

Bridge "br0"

Port "br0"

Interface "br0"

type: internal

Port "eth0"

Interface "eth0"

ovs_version: "1.10.2"

# ifconfig br0 | grep 'inet'

inetアドレス:192.168.11.100 ブロードキャスト:192.168.11.255 マスク:255.255.255.0

# ifconfig br2 | grep 'inet'

inetアドレス:10.0.0.100 ブロードキャスト:10.0.0.255 マスク:255.255.255.0

on the KVM2 host

# ovs-vsctl add-br br2

# ifconfig br2 10.0.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0

# ovs-vsctl add-port br2 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre options:remote_ip=192.168.11.100

# ovs-vsctl show

188ac705-d04f-42e1-b194-c90db8176629

Bridge "br2"

Port "gre0"

Interface "gre0"

type: gre

options: {remote_ip="192.168.11.100"}

Port "br2"

Interface "br2"

type: internal

Bridge "br0"

Port "br0"

Interface "br0"

type: internal

Port "eth0"

Interface "eth0"

ovs_version: "1.10.2"

- VM1 ( KVM1 )

VM1 definition file

</virtualport>

# ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet'

inetアドレス:10.0.0.10 ブロードキャスト:10.0.0.255 マスク:255.255.255.0

# netstat -rn

カーネルIP経路テーブル

受信先サイトゲートウェイネットマスクフラグ MSS Window irtt インタフェース

0.0.0.0 10.0.0.100 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

- VM2 ( KVM2 )

ifconfig eth0 | grep inet

inet addr:10.0.0.20 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

# netstat -rn

Kernel IP routing table

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface

0.0.0.0 10.0.0.200 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

send icmp packets to the VM2 from VM1.

# ping 10.0.0.20 -c 1

PING 10.0.0.20 (10.0.0.20) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 10.0.0.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=18.3 ms

--- 10.0.0.20 ping statistics ---

1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms

rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.372/18.372/18.372/0.000 ms

root@ubuntu:~# ping 10.0.0.20 -c 4

PING 10.0.0.20 (10.0.0.20) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 10.0.0.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=24.1 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.0.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=11.9 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.0.20: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=7.88 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.0.20: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=6.31 ms

arp table on the VM1

# arp -an

? (10.0.0.100) at 4e:b7:81:f6:c7:44 [ether] on eth0

? (10.0.0.20) at 52:54:00:04:16:21 [ether] on eth0

arp table on the VM2

# arp -an

? (10.0.0.200) at d2:55:99:61:8e:47 [ether] on eth0

? (10.0.0.10) at 52:54:00:1c:ca:06 [ether] on eth0

on the KVM1

n_packets and n_bytes are counting up.

# ovs-ofctl dump-flows br2

NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):

cookie=0x0, duration=5800.189s, table=0, n_packets=395, n_bytes=39402, idle_age=0, priority=0 actions=NORMAL

# ovs-ofctl dump-flows br2

NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):

cookie=0x0, duration=5801.861s, table=0, n_packets=399, n_bytes=39794, idle_age=0, priority=0 actions=NORMAL

on the KVM1

# ovsdb-tool show-log -m

record 47: 2014-02-25 15:43:29 "ovs-vsctl: ovs-vsctl add-br br2"

table Port insert row "br2" (d5f96248):

table Bridge insert row "br2" (f681b74d):

table Interface insert row "br2" (c66453e1):