Re: [Xen-users] IP-Address for DomUs via configuration script possible?

[Marc Patino Gómez <mpatino@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Alexandros Manakos wrote:
> Hello again and thanks for the fast answer. But i think u misunderstood
> me. I do not have access to the DHCP. I give you the scenario:
>
> i want my clients to have the possibility to create DomUs
> (windows-xp-machines) via a php-script. They click: "create" and the new
> xp-machine gets created. BUT they need access to this machine via Remote
> Desktop and so this new just created machine needs a IP. So the
> possibility you told me needs a lot of configuration. I need to set up a
>   
Using scripting is not to much work ;)
> DHCP on the dom0 and create dynamically new mac-addresses for the domus
> (thier config-file) and also edit the configurationfile from the dhcp of
> the dom0. BUT i dont want to set a dhcp on the dom0. I want to have the
> possibility to assign the ip-address via a script or sth. like that...
>   
You can create a linux domU  and install a dhcp server on it.

Sorry but I don't know other way to do it

Regards,

Marc
> regards
> Alexandros
>
> Marc Patino Gómez schrieb:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would try to put a MAC address in domU config file (XEN has his own
> > MAC range),
> >
> > vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0']
> >
> > and configure your DHCP server to assign a known  IP address to  this 
> > MAC. For example:
> > host Windoze1{
> >    hardware ethernet 00:16:3e:00:00:11;
> >    fixed-address 192.168.2.101;
> >      }
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > Alexandros Manakos wrote:
> >     
> > > Hello everybody.
> > >
> > > I got the following problem:
> > > I want to assign the ip-adresses for my domUs dynamically. I mean that i
> > > can assign them while creating them so that i dont have to login to the
> > > virtual machine to assign it. I dont have any Dhcp option because then i
> > > wouldnt know how to connect to the DomUs (which ip to use to connect to
> > > them). I solved this problem with xen-tools and debian but i need a
> > > solution for Windows XP and Vista. The sytems are running but i tried to
> > > configure via the configurescript (windows-xp.hvm and vista.hvm) with:
> > > vif=['ip=192.168.1.22'] but i couldnt connect to the virtual machine.
> > > The DomU (winxp) was configured to get its ip from dhcp cause i need to
> > > clone every machine via cp and so i can not assign the machine (in the
> > > image) a static ip...
> > >
> > > I thought that it could be possible to assign via the configuration
> > > script to assign a domu an ip and the domU gets this from xen when it
> > > tries to get a dhcp offer...
> > >
> > > any suggestions?
> > >
> > > regards
> > > Alexandros
> > >
> > >  
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