Re: Conserver + UML virtuel machines

I wrote up a doc on how to use Conserver with UML a while ago that was
featured on the UML Community site, perhaps that can help. 

I based it on a working configuration, with sample config files.

See it at:

http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/twiki/bin/view.cgi/HLUG/UsingConserverWithUserModeLinux

Russell

On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:26:14PM +0200, Samuel Torton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I have several physical hosts, each of them hosting several UML virtual
> machines. "conserver" is installed on each physical host, so that I can
> access my UML virtual machines "uml10", "uml11", etc... with console, such
> as in the following exemple:
> 
> +-------------------+ +-------------------+ +-------------------+
> | host1 + conserver | | host2 + conserver | | host3 + conserver |
> |                   | |                   | |                   |
> | uml10: /dev/ttya0 | | uml20: /dev/ttya0 | | uml30: /dev/ttya0 |
> | uml11: /dev/ttya1 | | uml21: /dev/ttya1 | | uml31: /dev/ttya1 |
> | uml12: /dev/ttya2 | | uml22: /dev/ttya2 | | uml32: /dev/ttya2 |
> +-------------------+ +-------------------+ +-------------------+
> 
> For examples:
>  - from "host1": I access the "uml11" with "console uml11"
>                  (via the ttya1 on host1 physical machine)
>  - from "host2": I access the "uml20" with "console uml20"
>                  (via the ttya0 on host2 physical machine)
>  - from "host3": I access the "uml32" with "console uml32"
>                  (via the ttya2 on host3 physical machine)
>  - etc...
> 
> For the above example, I know how to set up the 3 "conserver.cf" files on
> the 3 physical hosts.
> 
> 
> Now, I would like to have a "hostmaster conserver" with "conserver"
> installed, so that I can access to any UML virtual machine hosted on all
> physical nodes, from the hostmaster, such as in the following example:
> 
> +------------------------+
> | hostmaster + conserver |
> |                        |
> | /dev/ttyp0 -> uml10    |
> | /dev/ttyp1 -> uml11    |
> | /dev/ttyp2 -> uml11    |
> | /dev/ttyp3 -> uml20    |
> | /dev/ttyp4 -> uml21    |
> | /dev/ttyp5 -> uml22    |
> | /dev/ttyp6 -> uml30    |
> | /dev/ttyp7 -> uml31    |
> | /dev/ttyp8 -> uml32    |
> +------------------------+
>      ^      ^      ^
>      |      |      |
>      |      |      |
>    host1  host2  host3
> 
> For examples, from "hostmaster":
>  - I access the "uml11" with "console uml11"
>    (via the ttyp1 on hostmaster --> ttya1 on host1)
>  - I access the "uml20" with "console uml20"
>    (via the ttyp3 on hostmaster --> ttya0 on host2)
>  - I access the "uml32" with "console uml32"
>    (via the ttyp8 on hostmaster --> ttya2 on host3)
>  - etc...
> 
> I read several documentations found on the web, but I'm a little bit
> confused with all the parameter to set in "conserver.cf" config files on
> either "hostmaster" or "hostX" (such as "master" paramaters).
> 
> Would you have some info or good tips to give me for such a configuration ?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> Samuel
> 
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