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If specific uses, +</I>><i> > it might be worthwhile considering live ISOs targetted at the use case +</I>><i> > with installation support. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > In my case, I would consider looking at a minimal XBMC-based (possibly +</I>><i> > with samba and a few other tools as well) live ISO/USB. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I would consider at least those 3: +</I>><i> - a generic minimal system install ISO (quick to download and base +</I>><i> from which we can generate more elaborate images) +</I>><i> - equivalent generic minimal system VM +</I>><i> - derivatives: +</I>><i> - a Vagrant image (same as above + a specific user/packages setup) +</I>><i> - your XBMC-based one +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I started playing with a boot.iso + auto_inst.cfg (this is really +</I>><i> great, we ought to document it better somewhere about it) + Vagrant a +</I>><i> few weeks ago, but didn't make it yet. Will clean this up and post it +</I>><i> somewhere. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> >> Target VMs: Xen, VMWare, Virtualbox, Vagrant (with a minimal install + +</I>><i> >> specific config), other, you name it, as long as it can be managed +</I>><i> >> (best would be to have these build automatically from source ISOs + +</I>><i> >> ad-hoc auto_install.cfg + post install conf). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Most of these tools support OVF, so do we have tools that can generate +</I>><i> > OVF easily? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> No idea. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > What about publishing official images to Amazon EC2? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > I don't know if there is that much value in providing specific VM images, +</I>><i> > when instead we may want to look at providing good tools for sharing VM +</I>><i> > configs and tools for easily generating images from those configs. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'd say both. Sharing configs and tools is great, having a few small +</I>><i> images available is great too for those that prefer to focus on using +</I>><i> it at once (and for cloud hosts too). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If we were to automate the process, could we chain somehow this: +</I>><i> - bcd with a minimal system image +</I> +Why? Do you want to provide an installable (ie, drakx) ISO, that requires the +user to click through the installation? If not, skip this. + +><i> - isocheck +</I>><i> - vmbuild? foreach each vm config provided (we can store all this in +</I>><i> svn), does: +</I>><i> - push specific auto_inst script into the install ISO +</I> +Rather: +1)Install +-use virt-install to boot a VM with auto_install pointing to official repo +or +-modify draklive to install into raw volumes (which also uses auto_install) +2)Convert raw volumes to OVF + +><i> - run the ISO into the virtual environment +</I>><i> - package the VM +</I>><i> - checks +</I>><i> - deliver to download +</I> +Regards, +Buchan +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011572.html">[Mageia-dev] Official VM images for Mageia 2? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011574.html">[Mageia-dev] Official VM images for Mageia 2? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11575">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11575">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11575">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11575">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |