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Local XAPI build

How to build XAPI locally.

Here are the steps:

  • First, set up a build env:

    • Install the following packages: dlm-devel gmp gmp-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel pciutils-devel systemd-devel xen-devel xxhash-devel.
    • Install opam to set up a build env.
    • Run opam init.
    • Run opam switch create toolstack 4.08.1, this sets up an opam switch which is a virtual ocaml env.
    • Run opam repo add xs-opam https://github.com/xapi-project/xs-opam.git, this adds the xs-opam repo to your env.
    • Run opam repo remove default, this removes the the default repo from your env as we only want the xs-opam one.
    • Run opam depext -vv -y xs-toolstack, this installs the dependency needed to build xs-toolstack
    • Run opam install xs-toolstack -y, this installs the toolstack to build the xapi in your env.

  • Build the XAPI:

    • Go to the dir where your xen-api code base is.
    • Run opam install . --deps-only -t, this installs the dependencies the build needs.
    • Run ./configure
    • Now you can run make, make install or make test