LiquidFiles Documentation
LiquidFiles Documentation

Citrix Xen Installation

LiquidFiles v3.x.x can be also installed on Citrix Xen Servers. Compare to installation steps on another most popular hypervisors like VmWare or Hyper-V in this case it is necessary to choice Custom installation from the ISO boot menu. It is because virtual hw which Xen uses has different disk mappings.

The following installation goes through the step by step procedure when installing LiquidFiles on Citrix Xen Server.

First, select to create a new virtual system. Please make sure that you select Ubuntu template.

Xen select Ubuntu OS template

Give a meaningful name.

Xen name the virtual machine

Select the ISO image to install from.

Xen select ISO image

Select the Home Server to install on.

Xen select home server

CPU and Memory configuration (Note: more than 2 GB of RAM is not really necessary).

Xen CPU and memory configuration

Add Storage.

Xen add storage

Create the virtual disk.

Xen create virtual disk

Network configuration.

Xen network configuration

Ready to start the VM:

Xen ready to start VM

ISO Installation

Please click on the Console, you will see this boot screen. Choice Install a new system (custom disk)

ISO boot menu custom disk option

The next step is to acknowledge the warning that the disk will be erased.

Disk erase warning confirmation

In the Installation Summary it is necessary to choice the virtual drive and manually configure partitions. The drive is mapped as /dev/xvda.

Installation summary disk selection

The drive is mapped usually as /dev/xvda. Tick-up the drive and choice "I will configure partitioning" ratio button. Finally click "Done" button.

Configure partitioning on xvda drive

By pressing "+" create a very basic partitions schema:

  • /boot: 500MB /dev/xvda1
  • / (root): for root partition use LVM and XFS file system(take all available size minus 2GB for swap)
  • /swap: 2GB /dev/xvda3

Create partition schema

Finall layout could looks like this:

Final partition layout

Finall layout could looks like following screenshot. Press "Done" and "Accept Changes" buttons.

Accept partition changes confirmation

Begin Installation.

Begin installation

The installation will then commence and take a couple of minutes, depending on system speed. It will automatically reboot when finished.

Installation progress screen

When the system has been installed, you will see something like this on the console.

Installation complete console screen

LiquidFiles is now installed and you can point your browser to the ip address listed on the screen to continue with the getting started configuration.

Please continue on the Getting Started page.