In light of a few issues I’ve discovered with this post, I wouldn’t suggest that you use it as a guide. However, I’m leaving it up anyway, in case it is of use to someone. Instead, I recommend running pre-built cloud images from the OS vendor. I also recommend running using KVM for Enterprise Linux instead of Xen.
In my last post on Xen, I discussed using pre-built cloud images from Debian and AlmaLinux to create Xen virtual machines. These are convenient to use, but might not be ideal for certain use cases. For example, you might want certain packages to be included or excluded from your image, minimizing or even eliminating the role of cloud-init. Or for security reasons, you might not want to run an image from the internet on your local network. In this post, I will discuss how I built Xen images for AlmaLinux and Debian.