Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of reporting

Timestamp:

10/27/09 03:14:06 (4 years ago)

Author:

pierre

Comment:

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reporting

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+[[TOC]]
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 == Reporting functionality ==
 
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 ==== Testing via Qemu ====
 
+===== Overview =====
 The virtual machine needs access to the internet. If you don't have a PXE/tftp server on you network, you can use the one bundled with Qemu.
+In order for the guest to have access to the built-in PXE server and be on the network as well, you need to create a bridge.
 
-In order for the guest to have access to the built-in PXE server and be on the network as well, you need to create a bridge. To do so, replace the entry in {{{/etc/network/interfaces}}} for your existing network card (e.g. {{{eth0}}}).
+===== Creating the bridge =====
+
+To create a bridge, replace the entry in {{{/etc/network/interfaces}}} for your existing network card (e.g. {{{eth0}}}).
 
 {{{
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 }}}
 
-In case you are using a static IP:
+In case you are using a static IP address
 
 {{{
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 Restart your network ({{{/etc/init.d/networking restart}}}). The physical interface ({{{eth0}}}) should be 'UP' but without an IP address assigned to it. {{{br0}}} should be 'UP' and have an IP address.
 
-Replace Qemu default networking script {{{/etc/qemu-ifup}}} by
+Replace now Qemu default networking script {{{/etc/qemu-ifup}}} by
 
 {{{
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 -net tap -net nic
 }}}
+
+===== Using Qemu built-in tftp server with the bridge =====
+
+The following options makes the guest boot from its networking card and fetches {{{pxelinux.0}}} via tftp (data directory located at {{{~/pxe}}})
+{{{
+-tftp /pxelinux.0 -bootp ~/pxe -boot n
+}}}
+
+The following ones bring up both the bridge and the internal tftp server ({{{-net user}}})
+
+{{{
+-net user -net nic -net tap
+}}}
+
+For example
+
+{{{
+qemu \
+    -net user \
+    -net nic -net tap \
+    -boot n \
+    -bootp /pxelinux.0 -tftp ~/pxe \
+    -hda debian_etch_i386_small.qcow \
+    -serial stdio
+}}}