openVZ + kvm kernel

[nicolas_o]

My question is not proxmox related but I could not get an answer in OpenVZ forum.

http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=35780&#msg_35780

I need to compile the RHEL5 kernel with support of openVZ and kvm.

By default it seems that the openVZ kernel desactivates KVM.

What are the steps required to compile such a kernel ?


As a side note, I really like proxmox but I cannot use it AS IS because it is a full distro and cannot be installed on an existing linux distro. I would like to have a cluster management system supporting openvz and kvm in CentOS 5 (this is a mandatory requirement) so I really would appreciate if there was more documentation on how to install different modules of proxmox independently ( I am interested in the cluster manager daemon and the web interface).

I know this diverges from the philosophy of the project (integrated, easy to deploy solution) but it is not how I want it. The deb packets are here anyway, so I will do my best to deploy proxmox in centOS

 

[tom]

My question is not proxmox related but I could not get an answer in OpenVZ forum.

http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=35780&#msg_35780

I need to compile the RHEL5 kernel with support of openVZ and kvm.

By default it seems that the openVZ kernel desactivates KVM.

What are the steps required to compile such a kernel ?


As a side note, I really like proxmox but I cannot use it AS IS because it is a full distro and cannot be installed on an existing linux distro. I would like to have a cluster management system supporting openvz and kvm in CentOS 5 (this is a mandatory requirement) so I really would appreciate if there was more documentation on how to install different modules of proxmox independently ( I am interested in the cluster manager daemon and the web interface).

I know this diverges from the philosophy of the project (integrated, easy to deploy solution) but it is not how I want it. The deb packets are here anyway, so I will do my best to deploy proxmox in centOS

yes, integration of KVM and OpenVZ was one of the hardest things and we also brought some openVZ features to KVM (cpuunits) and its still quite tricky. doing this on a rpm system is quite different (in fact I do not know in detail).

I would love to see Proxmox VE web interface running on rpm systems, but due to the differences and the highly integrated design it would be a complete new project as you cannot reuse most of the code.