Short Xen w/ Ubuntu Routed Hostonly Network HowTo
- install latest Ubuntu server
- install Xen 3.3
- get Xen kernel from Ubuntu Hardy Heron repos
- add hostonly network:
brctl addbr hostonly
- set dom0 IP for hostonly network:
ifconfig hostonly 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
- start Xen daemon:
/etc/init.d/xend start
- start domU:
xm create xxxx.xen [-c]
- access console on paravirtualized domU:
xm console domU-name
- close Xen console: “Ctrl”+”]” (on german macbook pro keyboard: ctrl+alt+6, on german windows keyboard: Ctrl+Alt Gr+9)
- forward Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop using iptables:
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i eth0 -d 78.46.104.242 --dport 3389 -j DNAT --to 10.0.0.10:3389
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -i eth0 -d 10.0.0.10 --dport 3389 -j ACCEPT
- to allow ping to Windows domU, check ICMP settings in Windows Firewall
