These are Citrix XenServer virtual appliances suitable for XenServer 5.5 or later. They have also been tested with Xen Cloud Platform 1.5beta. Notes: - 10GB virtual disk - 1GB swap partition - no root password - XenServer guest tools installed and set to run at boot time Instructions for use: - Get XenServer for free from http://www.citrix.com/xenserver_free - OR get Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) from http://xen.org/download/xcp/ - Install it on your 64-bit capable PC hardware - Install XenCenter (from XenServer CD) on your management machine - Get the relevant (i386 or amd64) .zip file - Extract the .xva from the .zip file - Double-click on the .xva file and XenCenter will prompt you to import it - Follow through the dialogs and away you go If using XCP, you can either sign up for free XenServer and then download and install XenCenter or use one of the various open-source management tools listed here: http://xen.org/community/vendors/XCPProjectsPage.html sborrill@NetBSD.org 21st Sep 2012