The Xen cloud driver works with Citrix XenServer.
It can be used with a single XenServer or a XenServer resource pool.
This driver requires a copy of the freely available XenAPI.py Python module.
Information about the Xen API Python module in the XenServer SDK can be found at https://xenserver.org/partners/developing-products-for-xenserver.html
Place a copy of this module on your system. For example, it can be placed in the site packages location on your system.
The location of site packages can be determined by running:
python -m site --user-site
Xen requires login credentials to a XenServer.
Set up the provider cloud configuration file at /etc/salt/cloud.providers or
/etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/*.conf.
# /etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/myxen.conf
myxen:
driver: xen
url: https://10.0.0.120
user: root
password: p@ssw0rd
url option supports both http and https uri prefixes.Note
Changed in version 2015.8.0.
The provider parameter in cloud provider definitions was renamed to driver. This
change was made to avoid confusion with the provider parameter that is used in cloud profile
definitions. Cloud provider definitions now use driver to refer to the Salt cloud module that
provides the underlying functionality to connect to a cloud host, while cloud profiles continue
to use provider to refer to provider configurations that you define.
Xen profiles require a provider and image.
clone: False.user and
password options are required. If deploy is set to False
then these options are not needed.Set up an initial profile
at /etc/salt/cloud.profiles or in the /etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/ directory:
# file: /etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/xenprofiles.conf
sles:
provider: myxen
deploy: False
image: sles12sp2-template
suse:
user: root
password: p@ssw0rd
provider: myxen
image: opensuseleap42_2-template
storage_repo: 'Local storage'
clone: False
minion:
master: 10.0.0.20
w2k12:
provider: myxen
image: w2k12svr-template
clone: True
userdata_file: /srv/salt/win/files/windows-firewall.ps1
win_installer: /srv/salt/win/files/Salt-Minion-2016.11.3-AMD64-Setup.exe
win_username: Administrator
win_password: p@ssw0rd
use_winrm: False
ipv4_cidr: 10.0.0.215/24
ipv4_gw: 10.0.0.1
minion:
master: 10.0.0.21
The first example will create a clone of the sles12sp2-template in the same storage repository without deploying the Salt minion.
The second example will make a copy of the image and deploy a new suse VM with the Salt minion installed.
The third example will create a clone of the Windows 2012 template and deploy the Salt minion.
The profile can be used with a salt command:
salt-cloud -p suse xenvm02
This will create an salt minion instance named xenvm02 in Xen. If the command was
executed on the salt-master, its Salt key will automatically be signed on the master.
Once the instance has been created with a salt-minion installed, connectivity to it can be verified with Salt:
salt xenvm02 test.ping
Sizes can be obtained using the --list-sizes option for the salt-cloud
command:
# salt-cloud --list-sizes myxen
Note
Since size information is build in a template this command is not implemented.
Images can be obtained using the --list-images option for the salt-cloud
command:
# salt-cloud --list-images myxen
This command will return a list of templates with details.
Locations can be obtained using the --list-locations option for the salt-cloud
command:
# salt-cloud --list-locations myxen
Returns a list of resource pools.