Xen installed on Dedicated Server

[dWight]

Hello,

I give you a little info for you to know what I know and I do not know. I know a minimum administration of Linux system but I am not a "Linux admin", anyway, I am able to configure small networks and I do fairly well with iptables (firewall incorporates a stateful Linux), recompile the Linux kernel does not ask me any problems, etc..

On my personal network I have a particular system Xen / Linux that runs several Linux guests paravirtualization (ie. with a Linux kernel modified to Xen). I use it for my servers SVN, CVS, Samba, NFS. I compile a Xen kernel and install it on a dedicated, then use some guests paravirtualization to dedicate it.

My fear is simple: how can I make sure I am not going to screw up the network of the host? I guess I can not put the network card dedicated in the mode "bridged" because I'm supposed to have only one IP address?

Someone one in this forum have already installed Xen (or VMWare) on a dedicated server? Is this legal? How can I take if I want first to test? (I have several computers, I thought simulate config dedicated on a computer and use a tool like ethereal / wireshark to sniff the network and see what I issue as a package, to be sure to use only IP only). Here, as usual any info is welcome.

[Scott Jacobs]

I guess you can switch to bridge, but not use other IPs that given.

[Nicholas Easter]

Some hosts provide two dedicated IP addresses, with two very different physical network cards. You may use one for your bridge and create your virtual LAN (and thus have multiple machines a virtual local IP range), and one for your internet itself, which the NAT first.