source: trunk/server/doc/install-xen @ 1747

# install Hardy
# this involves complicated partitioning (with lvm)
# the popular version of Grub doesn't cope with this.
# Thus, we need a boot partition not under LVM
# allocate about 1G for /root ext3 filesystem
# partition the two disks the same way
# that means you have two disks, each with a 1G partition and
# a "rest-of-the-space"G partition
# now, combine the two 1G partitions into a RAID 1 (as /boot ext3)
# take the two other partitions, another RAID 1 (set up as lvm)
# create one volume group the same as the host
# in that volume group, create two lvs one of them named root (ext3)
# and one named swap (copy sizes, 10G root and 2G swap)
# F11 will suggest ext4, DON'T USE IT.
#   - New filesystem, so it's scary
#   - The hosts can't mount it
#   - Grub can't cope with it

# enable backports (because Xen 3.3 is in hardy backports)
    apt-get update
    apt-get dist-upgrade
# install Xen
    apt-get install ubuntu-xen-server
# download Debathena archive key, verify
    apt-key add ...
# add Debathena repos to etc/apt.d/sources.list
# install Debathena software
    apt-get install debathena-clients
# compare packages with another server
dpkg -l
# reconfigure so that we can get an MTA, although we don't
# want the hosts to accept mail (smart host, does not take mail)
# outgoing.mit.edu
    dpkg reconfigure xm4-config
        # answer questions properly
# change root alias in /etc/aliases to be the same as scripts server
# reload it
    newaliases
# ssh key for host...
# install host keytab
# copy conserver config (we need to version this)
# clone the xen config (/etc/xen)
    git clone ssh://scripts@scripts.mit.edu/mit/scripts/git/xen.git /etc/xen

# setup conserver
    cat /etc/conserver/console.cf # add the correct entires here
    visudo # add conservr to sudoers list with:
        conservr ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/xm console *