安装前的配置和安装需要的软件包
CentOS7系统安装以后，首先查看有没有开启SELinux，如果开启了要关闭SELinux的功能：
[root@centos ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux # This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. # disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded. SELINUX=disabled # SELINUXTYPE= can take one of these two values: # targeted - Targeted processes are protected, # mls - Multi Level Security protection. SELINUXTYPE=targeted也可以考虑配一个速度快的yumԴ。
之后，更新系统，并且安装编译 Xen 所需要的编译器、工具、软件库等：
# yum update # yum groupinstall "Development Tools" # yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ git patch texinfo # yum install -y python-devel acpica-tools libuuid-devel ncurses-devel glib2 glib2-devel libaio-devel openssl-devel yajl-devel glibc-devel glibc-devel.i686 pixman-devel # wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/dev86-0.16.17-15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm # rpm -ivh dev86-0.16.17-15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
安装Xen
到Xen官网下载相应的源码包后编译、安装：# tar zxvf xen-4.9.1.tar.gz # cd xen-4.9.1 # ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib # make -j4 dist # make install
更新内核
CentOS 7使用的是Linux-3.10的内核，Xen 4.9无法启动这个内核，这里考虑更新为最新的长期支持版本：
# rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org # rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.0-3.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm # yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-lt -y
详情可以参考<CentOS 6升级Linux内核>
配置 Grub
在这之前安装的Xen和Linux内核是没有任何联系的，所以修改Grub使Linux内核以支持Xen的方式启动，其实就是添加一个含有Xen的启动项。
如果是Linux4.4的内核，直接更新Grub2即可：
# grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg
如果是其他内核，可能还需要手动配置 grub2，加上带 Xen 的 Linux dom0 内核：
# grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg # vi /etc/grub2.cfg # vi /etc/grub.d/40_custom #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Linux 3.15.4 Xen' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.15.4-advanced-aa64a6a3-518e-4a7c-9e88-2f3f33c8c700' { load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod xfs set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint='hd0,msdos1' 6bc61a5c-12e3-4711-9532-61760367e0dc else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6bc61a5c-12e3-4711-9532-61760367e0dc fi multiboot /xen.gz module /vmlinuz-3.15.4 root=UUID=aa64a6a3-518e-4a7c-9e88-2f3f33c8c700 ro rd.lvm.lv=cl/root vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto vconsole.keymap=us rd.lvm.lv=cl/swap rhgb quiet module /initramfs-3.15.4.img } # grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg上述操作是复制/etc/grub2.cfg中相应内核的引导配置，在 /etc/grub.d/40_custom 内加入自定Xen引导项目。配置完Grub2后可以修改默认启动内核为Xen引导的内核：
# cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg |grep menuentry if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" menuentry_id_option="" export menuentry_id_option menuentry 'CentOS Linux (4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64) 7 (Core)' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux (3.10.0-862.3.2.el7.x86_64) 7 (Core)' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10.0-862.3.2.el7.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux (3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64) 7 (Core)' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux (0-rescue-06f363a00b5c41c4920e89af9cbfcc21) 7 (Core)' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-0-rescue-06f363a00b5c41c4920e89af9cbfcc21-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Xen hypervisor' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen $menuentry_id_option 'xen-gnulinux-simple-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { submenu 'Advanced options for CentOS Linux (with Xen hypervisor)' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { submenu 'Xen hypervisor, version 4.9.1' $menuentry_id_option 'xen-hypervisor-4.9.1-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Xen 4.9.1 and Linux 4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen $menuentry_id_option 'xen-gnulinux-4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { submenu 'Xen hypervisor, version 4.9.1.config' $menuentry_id_option 'xen-hypervisor-4.9.1.config-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Xen 4.9.1.config and Linux 4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen $menuentry_id_option 'xen-gnulinux-4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { submenu 'Xen hypervisor, version 4.9' $menuentry_id_option 'xen-hypervisor-4.9-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Xen 4.9 and Linux 4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen $menuentry_id_option 'xen-gnulinux-4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { submenu 'Xen hypervisor, version 4' $menuentry_id_option 'xen-hypervisor-4-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Xen 4 and Linux 4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen $menuentry_id_option 'xen-gnulinux-4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { submenu 'Xen hypervisor, version xen' $menuentry_id_option 'xen-hypervisor-xen-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' { menuentry 'CentOS Linux, with Xen xen and Linux 4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64' --class centos --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen $menuentry_id_option 'xen-gnulinux-4.4.135-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64-advanced-263cd610-0e5b-4e48-a3b4-c9a751ecf5e8' {# grub2-set-default 'CentOS Linux, with Xen hypervisor'
安装后的操作
# ldconfig
之后运行xl info可能还是会报错的：
# xl info xc: error: Could not obtain handle on privileged command interface (2 = No such file or directory): Internal error libxl: error: libxl.c:99:libxl_ctx_alloc: cannot open libxc handle: No such file or directory cannot init xl context这是因为没有挂载 xenfs ，挂载一下就可以了：
# modprobe xenfs # mount -t xenfs xenfs /proc/xen # ls /proc/xen/ capabilities privcmd xenbus xsd_kva xsd_port
还有，运行xl list无响应是因为xencommons服务未开启，开启一下：
# /etc/init.d/xencommons start
将init.d下面的三个xen服务设成开机启动
# chkconfig xencommons on # chkconfig xendomains on # chkconfig xen-watchdog on
文章来源: CentOS 7源码安装 Xen 4.9