xen-tools
xen-tools is a collection of scripts that allow you to manipulate virtual images for the Xen virtualization software. With the tools installed, you may create new instances of Debian, complete with networking, OpenSSH, and user accounts, with one simple command. Images may also be easily updated, listed, or deleted.
| Tags | Operating System Kernels Linux Software Distribution Tools Systems Administration |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Perl GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 12 Jan 2009 05:48
Changes: This release updates the creation of Xen guests that are installed upon physical volumes, and corrects numerous other minor issues.
- 01 Feb 2008 13:15
Changes: This release fixes a couple of minor bugs with the handling of failure cases, and support for new distributions. Included within this release is a new tool for resizing existing guests easily.
- 02 Oct 2007 06:13
Changes: This release adds several small bugfixes and improvements which will allow the tools to create images which will work correctly with more recent versions of Xen. There is also support for multiple role scripts which allow users to further customize their images in a simple manner.
- 31 Jul 2007 11:00
Changes: This release supports the installation of RPM-based distributions via the external 'rinse' tool, which is more reliable than the 'rpmstrap' utility. New guests will now have a random MAC address generated by default, to avoid issues with udev, and several other minor bugfixes were applied.
- 10 Jul 2007 13:28
Changes: This release allows new Xen guests to have arbitrary partitioning set up and easily configured with the addition of a simple template configuration file. Some minor bugs were fixed relating to the creation of device nodes.
