Just some notes on trying to get Alpine Linux running on an EC2 instance.
As of 27 May 2012, The Amazon Linux AMI includes pv-grub, so trying an
alternate kernel is fairly simple:
* Start the instance (its some variant of redhat)
* wget the alpine iso and copy the /boot and /apk directories to the EC2
instance /
* create a apkovl.tar.gz that includes the ssh public keys, starts
openssh, etc.; place the apkovl in /
The /boot/grub/grub.conf looks like this:
default=0
fallback=1
timeout=3
hiddenmenu
title Alpine Linux
root (hd0)
kernel /boot/grsec alpine_dev=xvda1:ext4
modules=loop,squashfs,sd-mod,ext4 console=hvc0
initrd /boot/grsec.gz
title Amazon Linux AMI (PV)
root (hd0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1.i686 root=LABEL=/ console=hvc0
initrd /boot/initramfs-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1.i686.img
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What doesn't work:
* Booting the 32bit kernel reports:
ERROR: Invalid kernel: 'elf_xen_note_check: ERROR: Will only load
images built for the generic loader or Linux images
xc_dom_oparse_image returned -I
http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Talk:Create_Alpine_Linux_PV_DomU says
that's because the kernel uses PVOps and its running on 64 bit hardware.
* Booting the 64bit kernel reports:
can only boot x86 32 PAE kernels, not xen-3.0-x86_64
Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format
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On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:00:47 -0700
Nathan Angelacos <nangel@alpinelinux.org> wrote:
> * Booting the 64bit kernel reports:> can only boot x86 32 PAE kernels, not xen-3.0-x86_64> Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format>
I built a kernel dedicated for virtual guests. One of the goals is to
make it as small as possible. I have no idea if it even boots at this
point but feedback is welcome.
I'd like it to include drivers for qemu/kvm, xen, vmware, virtualbox
and hyper-v guests.
It is in edge/testing and is named linux-virt-grsec.
Thanks!
-nc
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On Wed, 30 May 2012 23:25:53 +0530
"V.Krishn" <vkrishn4@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 08:39:56 PM Natanael Copa wrote:> > On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:00:47 -0700> > > > Nathan Angelacos <nangel@alpinelinux.org> wrote:> > > * Booting the 64bit kernel reports:> > > can only boot x86 32 PAE kernels, not xen-3.0-x86_64> > > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format> > > > I built a kernel dedicated for virtual guests. One of the goals is> > to make it as small as possible. I have no idea if it even boots at> > this point but feedback is welcome.> > > > I'd like it to include drivers for qemu/kvm, xen, vmware, virtualbox> > and hyper-v guests.> > > > It is in edge/testing and is named linux-virt-grsec.> > > > Can we see a bootable iso in edge/releases or a wiki help page on how> to create one. It would be great to have a lighter iso suited for> virtual guests. I could test using kvm and install/test pmreader on> it. (http://insteps.net/pr/a/pmwiki/Apps/PmReader-help-v1-1)
I built one for testing
http://dev.alpinelinux.org/~ncopa/alpine/alpine-virt/> > Thanks.
I think kernel config might needs some tweaking still.
-nc
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On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 08:39:56 PM Natanael Copa wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:00:47 -0700> > Nathan Angelacos <nangel@alpinelinux.org> wrote:> > * Booting the 64bit kernel reports:> > can only boot x86 32 PAE kernels, not xen-3.0-x86_64> > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format> > I built a kernel dedicated for virtual guests. One of the goals is to> make it as small as possible. I have no idea if it even boots at this> point but feedback is welcome.> > I'd like it to include drivers for qemu/kvm, xen, vmware, virtualbox> and hyper-v guests.> > It is in edge/testing and is named linux-virt-grsec.>
Can we see a bootable iso in edge/releases or a wiki help page on how to
create one. It would be great to have a lighter iso suited for virtual guests.
I could test using kvm and install/test pmreader on it.
(http://insteps.net/pr/a/pmwiki/Apps/PmReader-help-v1-1)
Thanks.
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Regards.
V.Krishn
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Thanks to all for the help - Alpine Linux is now live in the Amazon EC2
cloud. The following isn't pretty (no prepackaged AMI or anything) -
more like duct-tape and fishing line - but its a start.
Pre setup:
* Set up a local box so that it does
* dhcp on eth0
* starts sshd
* put your public key in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
* set the root password
* lbu include root/.ssh
* You may wish to delete the /etc/ssh/*key* files, so that they are
created on the new box
* lbu package amazon.apkovl.tar.gz
* IMPORTANT: If you are building this on a 32bit box, delete
etc/apk/arch from the apkovl.tar.gz file
* Create an instance, use Amazon Linux, *64bit* version
* Copy the amazon.apkovl.tar.gz to the instance
* Log in, sudo
* Move the apkovl.tar.gz to /
* wget the latest alpinelinux *x86_64* iso. 32bit won't work
* Copy alpinelinux to the EBS harddrive
* mkdir x;
* mount alpine*.iso x -o loop
* cd x
* cp -av apks /
* cp boot/* /boot
* cd
* Edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf so that it looks something like this:
> default=0> fallback=1> timeout=3> hiddenmenu>> title Alpine Linux> root (hd0)> kernel /boot/grsec alpine_dev=xvda1:ext4 modules=loop,squashfs,sd-mod,ext4 console=hvc0 pax_nouderef BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/grsec> initrd /boot/grsec.gz>>> title Amazon Linux AMI (PV)> root (hd0)> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1.i686 root=LABEL=/ console=hvc0> initrd /boot/initramfs-3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1.i686.img
* syslinux automatically adds the BOOT_IMAGE to the kernel command
line; grub does not.
* Reboot
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On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 06:56:29PM -0700, Nathan Angelacos wrote:
> Thanks to all for the help - Alpine Linux is now live in the Amazon EC2 > cloud. The following isn't pretty (no prepackaged AMI or anything) - > more like duct-tape and fishing line - but its a start.
I added some of the messages in this thread to the wiki. They need to be
cleaned up, but at least the information is there to start from.
http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Running_Alpine_Linux_in_Amazon_EC2
If you think it's not ready to be aired there yet, apologies and go
ahead and delete it.
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dubiousjim@gmail.com
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On Thursday, May 31, 2012 01:15:37 AM you wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 23:25:53 +0530> > "V.Krishn" <vkrishn4@gmail.com> wrote:> > On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 08:39:56 PM Natanael Copa wrote:> > > On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:00:47 -0700> > > > > > Nathan Angelacos <nangel@alpinelinux.org> wrote:> > > > * Booting the 64bit kernel reports:> > > > can only boot x86 32 PAE kernels, not xen-3.0-x86_64> > > > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format> > > > > > I built a kernel dedicated for virtual guests. One of the goals is> > > to make it as small as possible. I have no idea if it even boots at> > > this point but feedback is welcome.> > > > > > I'd like it to include drivers for qemu/kvm, xen, vmware, virtualbox> > > and hyper-v guests.> > > > > > It is in edge/testing and is named linux-virt-grsec.> > > > Can we see a bootable iso in edge/releases or a wiki help page on how> > to create one. It would be great to have a lighter iso suited for> > virtual guests. I could test using kvm and install/test pmreader on> > it. (http://insteps.net/pr/a/pmwiki/Apps/PmReader-help-v1-1)> > I built one for testing> http://dev.alpinelinux.org/~ncopa/alpine/alpine-virt/> > > Thanks.> > I think kernel config might needs some tweaking still.> > -nc
Tested installing http://insteps.net/pr/a/pmwiki/Apps/PmReader-help-v1-1
on alpine-virt-120531-x86.iso .
Kvm/qemu command:
kvm -cdrom alpine-virt-120531-x86.iso -net nic,model=virtio -net user -redir
tcp:5558::80
Things look great.
packages tested from v2.4/edge repo:
php-apache2, php-xml, avfs, unionfs-fuse
Is it possible for someone to provide a testing account at Amazon EC2/AWS.
(Looks like even signing a development account requires a credit card)
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V.Krishn
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