buildroot

Buildroot for xen-api and related packages, producing RPM and (experimentally) Debian packages.

RPM-based distributions

On RPM-based distributions, the packages are built using mock. To install it on a RHEL/CentOS system then you will need to add the EPEL repositories. Here is a useful article for CentOS.

After adding EPEL, install and set up mock:

yum install -y mock redhat-lsb-core

Mock will refuse to run as root. You must choose a non-privileged user to run mock as. Type the following as root:

(Note select a <user> which isn't "mock" when typing the commands below)

useradd <user> -G mock
passwd <user>

su - <user>

You are now ready to clone the buildroot repository and build the packages:

git clone git://github.com/xenserver/buildroot.git
cd buildroot

./configure.sh
make

Finally, install the packages you have just built, run the install wizard to configure your system to boot Xen and start the buildroot components on boot, then reboot:

make install
xenserver-install-wizard
reboot

Debian-based distributions (experimental)

Building Debian packages is experimental!

The Debian/Ubuntu package build uses cowbuilder, which needs to run as root, so you may wish to add your user to the sudoers list.

The build also depends on OCaml 4.01.0, now available in Ubuntu Trusty and Debian Jessie.

The steps to build Debian packages are the same as those to build RPMs:

git clone git://github.com/xenserver/buildroot.git
cd buildroot

./configure.sh
make

make install
xenserver-install-wizard
reboot