Debian Based Cloud Computing

After mucking about with various combinations of grub2, xen and eucalyptus on Ubuntu Karmic and eventually Debian Squeeze I now have a working cloud computing sandbox using binaries entirely from debian packages.

The final configuration is a Debian Squeeze instance on my HP dv7z laptop running standard grub2, xen and eucalyptus packages. The kernel is [...]

Eucalyptus Karmic and Xen

The holidays are all about relaxing; For me, this means a bit of time exploring new technologies during my 18mo son William’s afternoon nap, typically from 1-3pm each day.

Today, I am looking at getting a package-based eucalyptus cloud running on my ZM-80-based laptop, as an experiment for future updates to my linux infrastructure. [...]