XenServer 7.x vTPM

[Kalle Karlsson]

Hi, im trying to figure out if there is anyway to get vTPM to work on Xenserver 7? 

 

I found this post: https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/06/30/xenserver-7-building-the-foundations-of-a-great-future/

 

Where it is written; 

"XenServer 7 saw us upgrade from Xen 4.4 (in XenServer 6.5) to Xen 4.6, also incorporating the new content from Xen 4.5" and  "support for vTPM 2.0, potentially allowing a chain of trust from hardware TXT/TPM boot right through to trusted boot of virtual machines"

 

And if you check https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Virtual_Trusted_Platform_Module_(vTPM)  "Support for vTPM 2.0 was added in Xen 4.6"

 

From all that info it feels like it might be a possibility to get vTPM to work on a VM on XenServer, but i have no idéa how to enable it, does anybody have any experience with this or any information about it?

 

 

[Boby John1709155536]

AFAIK no vTPM yet on XenServer. 

[Kalle Karlsson]

well, the info given above gives the impression that it should be supported, thats why im asking.

Maybe someone has tried it?

[Alan Lantz]

From what I can tell they haven't added it to the kernel.

 

--Alan--

 

[Tobias Kreidl]

It's actually be around since Xen 4.3 (not XenServer!). For some info on that, see: https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Virtual_Trusted_Platform_Module_(vTPM)

 

-=Tobias

[Kalle Karlsson]

Yes i know that it has been around from Xen 4.3, but i thought XenServer 7.X was based on Xen 4.6? but vTPM feature might not be a part of it? 

[Tobias Kreidl]

Note that some components of Xen may end up being removed in XenServer. Certain customizations in XS are not present in Xen, as well.

Yes, they are closely related, but not the same releases by any means!

 

-=Tobias

[Meik Friebe]

Still opened a support request with Citrix. One of our customers is asking the same question. My research results only pointing to XenServer org related Xen Server, Hyper V 2016 and up + ESXi 6.7 that are supporting vTPM.

 

Still waiting for Citrix Support.

 

*Update*

Citrix Support answered:

actual no vTPM support with any Citrix XenServer version. It's on the roadmap but not mentioned when and which version.

 

Hope it helped.