[one-users] [marketplace images] debian and opensuse - no bootable device

[Javier Fontan]

The OpenSUSE image and target device (xvda) are meant to be used with xen.
In fact KVM does not know about xen virtual devices (xvd*)

Can you send me the output of:

$ file /var/lib/one/datastores/1/19f921a2c46ac299b7a02bc79d60559e

That problem with CentOS is a bit more strange.



On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Martin Klepáč <klepamar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have recently installed OpenNebula 3.8.3 on three hosts (one acting as
> the frontend, two hosts running KVM hypervisor - all Ubuntu 12.04). I have
> downloaded several images from the C12G marketplace such as ttylinux,
> Ubuntu 12.04, Debian Squeeze, CentOS or OpenSuse. While ttylinux, Ubuntu
> and CentOS are successfully instantiated, I have problems booting Debian
> and OpenSuse.
>
> VNC reveals that the systems cannot boot from the designated image.
> "Booting from Hard Disk...
> Boot failed: could not read the boot disk"
>
> Both Debian and Opensuse images have a non-default disk device as shown in
> marketplace:
> OpenSuse (xvda):
> http://marketplace.c12g.com/appliance/4feb28bc8fb81d63da000001
> Debian (sda):
> http://marketplace.c12g.com/appliance/5000348d8fb81d4ba8000001
>
> Debian disk image as registered in my cloud:
> $ oneimage show 9
> IMAGE 9
> INFORMATION
> ID             : 9
> NAME           : debian
> USER           : oneadmin
> GROUP          : oneadmin
> DATASTORE      : default
> TYPE           : OS
> REGISTER TIME  : 03/26 20:15:51
> PERSISTENT     : No
> SOURCE         : /var/lib/one/datastores/1/19f921a2c46ac299b7a02bc79d60559e
> PATH           : /images/debian/debian.img
> SIZE           : 8G
> STATE          : used
> RUNNING_VMS    : 1
>
> PERMISSIONS
>
> OWNER          : um-
> GROUP          : ---
> OTHER          : ---
>
> IMAGE
> TEMPLATE
> DEV_PREFIX="hd"
>
> OpenSuse image as registered in my cloud:
> $ oneimage show 11
> IMAGE 11
> INFORMATION
> ID             : 11
> NAME           : opensuse
> USER           : oneadmin
> GROUP          : oneadmin
> DATASTORE      : default
> TYPE           : OS
> REGISTER TIME  : 03/26 22:21:35
> PERSISTENT     : No
> SOURCE         : /var/lib/one/datastores/1/365ba4bf05f157eca6e45507867a185a
> PATH           : /images/opensuse/opensuse.img
> SIZE           : 8G
> STATE          : used
> RUNNING_VMS    : 1
>
> PERMISSIONS
>
> OWNER          : um-
> GROUP          : ---
> OTHER          : ---
>
> IMAGE
> TEMPLATE
> DEV_PREFIX="hd"
>
>
> Instead of relying on templates, I use the following files for
> instantiating respective images. I assumed that adding TARGET variable in
> DISK section would do the trick, but obviously I am missing something...
> $ cat debian_new.one
> NAME   = debian
> CPU    = 1
> VCPU   = 2
> MEMORY = 512
> DISK   = [ IMAGE_ID = 9,
>   target   = "sda" ]
>
> OS = [ ARCH = "x86_64" ]
>
> NIC    = [ NETWORK_ID = 1 ]
>
> FEATURES=[ acpi="no" ]
>
> GRAPHICS=[ type = "vnc",
>         listen = "0.0.0.0" ]
>
> RAW = [ type = "kvm", data = " <serial type='pty'> <source
> path='/dev/pts/3'/> <target port='1'/> </serial>" ]
>
>
> $ cat opensuse_new.one
> NAME   = opensuse
> CPU    = 1
> VCPU   = 2
> MEMORY = 512
>
> OS = [ ARCH = "x86_64" ]
>
> DISK   = [ IMAGE_ID = 11,
>         TARGET = xvda ]
>
> NIC    = [ NETWORK_ID = 1 ]
>
> FEATURES=[ acpi="no" ]
>
> GRAPHICS=[ type = "vnc",
>         listen = "0.0.0.0" ]
>
>
> Then, I instantiate the VM by issuing $ onevm create
> {debian_new.one|opensuse_new.one}
> The instance turns into running state, but VNC discloses the issue
> depicted above.
>
>
> BTW - as setting up OpenNebula is a part of my bachelor's thesis
> (comparison of private IaaS clouds), I would say that in comparison to
> other solutions such as OpenStack OpenNebula is very user-friendly in terms
> of installation complexity. However, I do not understand why the images
> provided in the marketplace do not have a compulsory template to them ;(
>
>
> Thank you for any suggestions,
>
> Martin Klepac
>
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Javier Fontán Muiños
Project Engineer
OpenNebula - The Open Source Toolkit for Data Center Virtualization
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