How to install Zentyal 3.0-1 amd64 within KVM

Here’s an explanation of how to install Zentyal within KVM.

[ about zentyal ]

In short , zentyal is a small business server similar to pfSense , PacketFence , Utangle etc.
please check the below URL , if you’d like to know the detail about zentyal more.
http://www.zentyal.org/
I’m now looking for captive portal tool…

# libvirtd –version libvirtd (libvirt) 0.9.13 # kvm --version QEMU emulator version 1.2.0 (qemu-kvm-1.2.0+noroms-0ubuntu2.12.10.2, Debian), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard

I’ll build the VM in KVM by using zentyal-3.0-1-amd64.iso.

[ build zentyal VM with virt-manager ]

Seen from the zentyal site (http://www.zentyal.org/) , zentyal 3 is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.



the installation is similar to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS’s installation.



the installation has completed!



[ how to enable console access to the VM with “virsh console” ]

confirm the VM has a serial port

on the KVM host

# virsh dumpxml zentyal3-vm01 | egrep -i "console|serial"    <serial type='pty'>      <alias name='serial0'/>    </serial>    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/1'>      <target type='serial' port='0'/>      <alias name='serial0'/>    </console>

on the VM , make /etc/init/ttyS0.conf file

root@zentyal-1:~# cat /etc/init/ttyS0.conf start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] stop on runlevel [!2345] respawn exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 vt102

make grub.cfg

# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic done

add write permission

# chmod u+w /boot/grub/grub.cfg

edit grub.cfg
add the red lines

serial -speed=115200 -unit=0 -word=8 -parity=no -stop=1 terminal -timeout=10 serial menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-29-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {        recordfail        gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode        insmod gzio        insmod part_msdos        insmod ext2        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 96d5cc44-a368-470d-a4ae-831a6b5ee47e        linux   /vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=/dev/mapper/zentyal--1-root ro   quiet splash $vt_handoff console=ttyS0,115200n8        initrd  /initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic

reboot the VM

virsh # reboot zentyal3-vm01 Domain zentyal3-vm01 is being rebooted

access to the VM via console

virsh # console zentyal3-vm01 Connected to domain zentyal3-vm01 Escape character is ^] Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS zentyal-1 ttyS0 zentyal-1 login: root Password: Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64) * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/                    *** Zentyal WARNING *** The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.