Quoting Daniel Lezcano ([email protected]): > On 04/06/2011 04:05 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > >Quoting Daniel Lezcano ([email protected]): > >>>What do you think is the best way to do this? We could allow the user > >>>to specify a 'firstboot' script, which gets copied into root directory > >>>of the container. Maybe boot the container when it's done, run > >>>/firstboot.sh, and shut down. Or just let that happen when the user > >>>first boots. We could use a /etc/init.d/lxc-firstboot script, but > >>>that will only work if the container's init system actually looks at > >>>sysvinit scripts. Obviously sysvinit and upstart do, and I must > >>>assume that systemd does. lxc-init I assume doesn't. > >>Mmh, that's look a bit complicate for the user. I was thinking about > >>something simpler like: > >> > >>grep -q "lxc.utsname" $lxc_path/$lxc_new/config > >>if [ $? == 0 ]; then > >> sed -e "s/lxc.utsname/lxc.utsname=$hostname" $lxc_path/$lxc_new/config > >>else > >> echo "lxc.utsname = $hostname">> $lxc_path/$lxc_new/config > >>fi > >> > >>and so for the rest of the configuration variables. > >Ok, yeah, that'll be necessary and independent of the distro. But I > >do think a firstboot option will be useful both for -clone and -create. > >It can be totally optional so as not to confuse those who don't want > >it. > > I am not sure to understand what is for the 'firstboot' option. Can > you elaborate a bit ?
It's just a job that starts at boot, runs a script the user specified when creating the container, and then disables itself so it doesn't run again. So it'll only run the first time that we actually boot the container. Until then, the disk image is pristine. -serge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
