1. If I understand the syntax correctly, I believe that the usage information 
emitted by cloud-install-sys-tmplt.sh is wrong in a couple of ways...

> [eric@sn2 ~]$ sudo 
> /usr/lib64/cloud/agent/scripts/storage/secondary/cloud-install-sys-tmplt
> Usage: cloud-install-sys-tmplt: -m <secondary storage mount point> \
>   -f <system vm template file> \
>   [-h <hypervisor name: kvm|vmware|xenserver> ]  \
>   [ -s <mgmt server secret key, if you specified any when running 
>cloud-setup-database, default is password>]\
>   [-u <Url to system vm template>] \
>   [-F <clean up system templates of specified hypervisor>] \
>   [-e <Template suffix, e.g vhd, ova, qcow2>]
> or
> cloud-install-sys-tmplt: -m <secondary storage mount point> \
>   -u <http url for system vm template> \
>   [-h <hypervisor name: kvm|vmware|xenserver> ] \
>   [ -s <mgmt server secret key>]

 a. The usage information indicates that the hypervisor option+argument (i.e., 
"-h") is optional and, IIUC, that is incorrect.

 b. The first stanza of the usage information also indicates that the URL 
option+argument (i.e., "-u") is optional when using the the system vm template 
file flag (i.e., "-f") and, IIUC,this is also incorrect. The two are mutually 
exclusive.

 c. The second stanza is missing clean-up and suffix options+arguments (i.e., 
"-F" and "-e", respectively) and, IIUC, this is also incorrect.

2. I rather prefer NOT to install data files under the /usr/lib64 directory but 
this is where cloud-install-sys-tmplt.sh places the system template archive 
before installing/registering a new system template VM. IMHO, these kinds of 
files should be placed elsewhere (e.g., /tmp) so I propose modifying the 
cloud-install-sys-tmplt.sh script to allow the use of a temporary working 
directory specified with a new option, "-T". 

I've made these fixes to the cloud-install-sys-tmplt.sh script and added the 
temporary working directory feature to my local copy and have created a patch 
file from the deltas. How can I submit the changes for consideration?

TIA,
Eric Pretorious

Truckee, CA

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