XenServer VM SSH

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I am trying to create a Ubuntu VM in XenServer and log into it with SSH. I was already able to do this using the same image, but now I just cannot figure out how I got the IP of the newly created machine. I only have access to the Host through SSH so I have been using the CLI to create the VMs. I know the IP of the newly created VM is available somewhere since I was able to log into the first one I created. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?

Thank you, Zach

The answer is described in here - it's really simple: http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx119906 — betro, Mar 28 '15 at 14:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '11 at 03:01

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It depends how you provision the IP. If you have no clue I would search the router's arp table and try all of them. Worst case use a port scann of your subnet. You should be able to connect on the console of the vm and run /sbin/ip a s

answered Jun 08 '11 at 03:01

Mircea Vutcovici

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How can I connect to the console of the vm to execute this if I don't know the IP to ssh into? Does Xenserver provide some other means of accessing the shell of a VM? – Zachary Wasserman Jun 08 '11 at 17:10
Use VNC to connect on the guest console. See: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HowTos#head-d84290f0772207af49ea1c30394042c74dedff5c – Mircea Vutcovici Jun 08 '11 at 19:16
Try adding `-c` when starting the VM: `xm create -c config_file` – Mircea Vutcovici Jun 08 '11 at 19:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '11 at 14:13

If you use XenCenter to manage the Xenserver, you can find the IP addresses of a guest OS by looking at the Network Tab of that server. If not, you can use the API:

http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=244784&tstart=0

http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=272373&tstart=0

In both cases you need to have the xen-tools installed on the guest.

XenServer VM SSH

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