Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Marc, On 12/2/13 4:11 PM, Marc Fournier wrote: I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server isn’t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs? I have documented the null modem serial console access at bhyve.org/faq In short: -S 31,uart,stdio Becomes: -S 31,uart,/dev/nmdm0A Before starting the VM, run: kldload nmdm Start the VM but note that it will not display any output when booted. Connect to the serial interface with: cu -l /dev/nmdm0B -s 9600 nmdmN is a 32bit in so you should have plenty to work with. The pty style of console is more involved and I am experimenting with it. Michael ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hi Michael, In short: -S 31,uart,stdio Becomes: -S 31,uart,/dev/nmdm0A This will continue to work, though the preferred way of setting up a console port is to use the PCI-ISA (aka LPC) bridge -s N,lpc (N can be any slot number on bus 0, usually 1..31) There are 2 serial ports behind the LPC bridge, com1 and com2. These can have backends assigned to them in the same way as PCI devices, but use the -l option for configuration since they are 'lpc' devices e.g. -l com1,stdio -l com2,/dev/nmdm9B The advantage of using the LPC serial ports is that they will show up on the expected tty devices - com1 will be /dev/ttyu0 on FreeBSD as opposed to /dev/ttyu2 for the uart PCI device. So: -S 31,uart/dev/nmdm0A becomes -s 31,lpc -l com1,nmdm0A ... and change the guest's /etc/ttys file to set up a getty on ttyu0 later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
How about disk size? The Instructions for vmrun.sh state: 6. Select default console type vt100 or whatever is appropriate for you Install on disk device vtbd0 (appears as a 8GB disk device) At the end select yes when the Manual Configuration box appears. I’m assuming that I can change that default, but, if let’s say I stick with 8G to start, but decide I want to make it bigger later … is there an ability to ‘growfs’ the file system? Or do I build a bigger system, rsync hte files from old to new and ditch the old? or … ? On Dec 2, 2013, at 18:32 , Peter Grehan gre...@freebsd.org wrote: Hi Marc, It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio. ‘k, that would work … so *if* I’m reading the docs right, the intiial build of the file system / install of guest OS, happens on an interactive remote ssh session, then I’d shutdown and restart it redirecting output … ? That will work, as will Michael Gmelin's tmux method mentioned in an earlier email. later, Peter. signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hi Marc, How about disk size? The Instructions for vmrun.sh state: 6. Select default console type vt100 or whatever is appropriate for you Install on disk device vtbd0 (appears as a 8GB disk device) At the end select yes when the Manual Configuration box appears. I’m assuming that I can change that default, but, if let’s say I stick with 8G to start, but decide I want to make it bigger later … is there an ability to ‘growfs’ the file system? Or do I build a bigger system, rsync hte files from old to new and ditch the old? or … ? Standard tools - truncate(8) on the host to extend the disk image file, and then growfs/gpart in the guest to use the extra space. later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hi, What is the status of running foreign (non-FreeBSD) guests in bhyve in 10.0 and CURRENT? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RE: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hey, Did you see the list in the Faq? http://bhyve.org/faq/ Q: What guest operating systems does bhyve support? A: bhyve supports any version of FreeBSD amd64 with VirtIO support, plus OpenBSD amd64 and GNU/Linux amd64 using the sysutils/grub2-bhyve port to load them: FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE amd64 and 8-STABLE amd64FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE amd64 9-STABLE amd64FreeBSD 10 (All amd64 versions)FreeBSD 11-CURRENT amd64OpenBSD amd64 HEAD as of late October, 2013GNU/Linux amd64 Tested GNU/Linux distributions include (documentation to come): CentOS 6.2 minimal CDCentOS 6.4 minimal CDDebian 6.0.7 netinstallDebian 7.0 netinstallOpenSUSE 12.3Ubuntu 10.0.4 serverUbuntu 12.0.4 serverUbuntu 13.0.4 serverUbuntu 13.10 server Kind Regards, Robert Sevat To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org From: ivo...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ... Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:19:38 +0100 Hi, What is the status of running foreign (non-FreeBSD) guests in bhyve in 10.0 and CURRENT? ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hi Ivan, What is the status of running foreign (non-FreeBSD) guests in bhyve in 10.0 and CURRENT? Recent Linux/x64's should work using grub-bhyve from ports. The easiest to use are server distros with grub2 native - Ubuntu 12/13 LTS, Debian 6/7. RHEL/CentOS 6.* works but with some manual bhyve-grub command line work required. I had a lightly modified OpenBSD 5.4 working, though recent snapshots aren't - need to debug that. later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Am currently trying to read up on bhyve, and replacing virtualbox with it once we move to 10.x … rather something native vs 3rd party *if* it fits … I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server isn’t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs? Thanks ... ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hi Marc, I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server isn’t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs? It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio. Use nmdm(4) to create a bidirectional null-modem, point bhyveload/bhyve at one end, and then use any mechanism to attach to the other end (cu, screen, socat etc) at any time. Remote access can be built on top of this if needed. I'm looking to MFC this particular change back to 10.0. later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
On Dec 2, 2013, at 16:08 , Peter Grehan gre...@freebsd.org wrote: Hi Marc, I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server isn’t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs? It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio. ‘k, that would work … so *if* I’m reading the docs right, the intiial build of the file system / install of guest OS, happens on an interactive remote ssh session, then I’d shutdown and restart it redirecting output … ? I’m plannin gon building a 10.x system over Christmas to start playing with this, just trying to do as much research as possible before … thx ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 16:11:53 -0800 Marc Fournier scra...@hub.org wrote: On Dec 2, 2013, at 16:08 , Peter Grehan gre...@freebsd.org wrote: Hi Marc, I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server isn’t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs? It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio. ‘k, that would work … so *if* I’m reading the docs right, the intiial build of the file system / install of guest OS, happens on an interactive remote ssh session, then I’d shutdown and restart it redirecting output … ? I’m plannin gon building a 10.x system over Christmas to start playing with this, just trying to do as much research as possible before … thx Even though it's not the official solution, my little bhyve-rc script works reliably (requires sysutils/tmux). You can basically tmux attach into your session anytime. It also provides bhyve_guest for a clean shutdown of FreeBSD guests (a workaround until bhyve can inject the necessary acpi instructions to trigger a shutdown). I've been using it for half a year now and it gets the job done. You can find it here http://druidbsd.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/druidbsd/bhyve_rc/ Please share your experience with the changes in r258668, quite interested if this works ok for you. -- Michael Gmelin ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
Hi Marc, It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio. ‘k, that would work … so *if* I’m reading the docs right, the intiial build of the file system / install of guest OS, happens on an interactive remote ssh session, then I’d shutdown and restart it redirecting output … ? That will work, as will Michael Gmelin's tmux method mentioned in an earlier email. later, Peter. ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
