On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Michaël Van de Borne < michael.vandebo...@cetic.be> wrote:
> Hi Donal, > > Still about this good old 'Boot From ISO' feature inside the XenAPI: I > packaged a custom netinstall.iso image which boots and installs the OS with > kickstart. So that everything is custom and in 5minutes, I've got a > complete running brand new machine freshly installed that has booted from > the CDROM. But then at the end of install process, I ask kickstart to > reboot the machine so that I can enjoy the new install. > > But the ISO image remains attached and the VM reboots again on the ISO. > > So, my question: Is it possible to automatically (using the API) empty CD > drive every time a VM that's been booted from ISO reboots? If not, is it > possible to change boot order when rebooting? > > To the best of my knowledge OSAPI does not have a 'eject-media-from-mv' call. Does the ISO you prepared contain the XenServer tools? I wonder whether ejecting the CD from your kickstart tool would do the job. > thanks > > > > Le 02/12/11 11:44, Donal Lafferty a écrit : > > The background is that having provided a sample implementation, > developers targeting libvirt would offer the same functionality.**** > > ** ** > > DL**** > > ** ** > > **** > > *From:* Michaël Van de Borne > [mailto:michael.vandebo...@cetic.be<michael.vandebo...@cetic.be>] > > *Sent:* 01 December 2011 16:34 > *To:* Anne Gentle > *Cc:* Donal Lafferty; openstack@lists.launchpad.net > *Subject:* Re: [Openstack] boot from ISO**** > > ** ** > > That's right, it's a Xen*Server* only feature. I insist on XenServer > because it's been implemented only inside the xenapi. > If you wish to manage VMs using KVM or Xen hypervisor (the community > hypervisor packaged in Linux distributions), this will utilize the libvirt > API, and not XenAPI. > > So, one needs to use XenServer (btw, openstack works great with XenServer > 6.0 even if documentation claims that the supported release is > 5.5<http://docs.openstack.org/diablo/openstack-compute/admin/content/hypervisors.html>) > in order for the XenAPI to be used. > > I made use of this > documentation<http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServerDevelopment>in order to set > up the environement. What is missing is that, in order to > activate the "Boot From ISO <http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO>" > feature, the SR elements on XenServer host must be configured that way: > > 1. create an ISO-typed SR, such as an NFS ISO library, for instance. For > this, using XenCenter is pretty easy. You need to export an NFS volume from > a remote NFS server. Make sure it is exported in RW mode. > 2. on the host, find the uuid of this ISO SR: > # xe host-list > write the uuid down > 3. # xe sr-list content-type=iso > locate the uuid of the NFS ISO library > 4. # xe sr-param-set uuid=<iso sr uuid> > other-config:i18n-key=local-storage-iso > Even if an NFS mount point isn't local storage, you must specify > "local-storage-iso". > 5. # xe pbd-list sr-uuid=<iso sr uuid> > make sure the host-uuid from "xe pbd-list" equals the uuid of the host you > found at step 2 > > then apply the rest of the > tutorial<http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServerDevelopment#Configure_SR_storage>and > publish an ISO image this way: > glance add name=fedora_iso disk_format=iso container_format=bare < > Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso > nova boot test_iso --flavor <flavor ID> --image <image ID> > > I've posted this in the bug you filed, Anne. > > By the way, I'm going to work on porting this feature on libvirt API and > VMWare API (if nobody works on it yet). > > Is the config drive yet available for Diablo?? > > cheers, > > michaël > > > **** > > Michaël Van de Borne**** > > R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC**** > > Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli**** > > www.cetic.be, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi**** > > > Le 01/12/11 16:29, Anne Gentle a écrit : **** > > Thanks for the info! I've logged bug 898682 [1] to ensure it gets**** > > added to the documentation. Based on this note, is this a solution for**** > > Xen only?**** > > ** ** > > Is this the same as using a config drive? I had heard a config drive**** > > works on KVM but not Xen.**** > > ** ** > > If someone who's familiar with this area could work on the docs that**** > > would be great.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Anne**** > > ** ** > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/898682**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Michaël Van de Borne**** > > <michael.vandebo...@cetic.be> <michael.vandebo...@cetic.be> wrote:**** > > It finally works. The problem was the flag checks while looking for the > ISO**** > > SR.**** > > ** ** > > inside the find_iso_sr method (in nova/virt/xenapi/vm_utils.py), I found**** > > that the ISO SR must have these settings:**** > > content type: iso**** > > other-config:i18n-key=local-storage-iso**** > > ** ** > > As far as I know, this wasn't documented anywhere. Hope this can be useful**** > > for people from the future.**** > > ** ** > > cheers,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > michaël**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Michaël Van de Borne**** > > R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC**** > > Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli**** > > www.cetic.be, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Le 29/11/11 23:10, Donal Lafferty a écrit :**** > > ** ** > > Off the top of my head, I’d look to see if the compute node can see that > ISO**** > > SR.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > DL**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > From: Michaël Van de Borne [mailto:michael.vandebo...@cetic.be > <michael.vandebo...@cetic.be>]**** > > Sent: 29 November 2011 18:15**** > > To: Donal Lafferty; openstack@lists.launchpad.net**** > > Subject: Re: [Openstack] boot from ISO**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Hi Donal, hi all,**** > > ** ** > > I'm trying to test the Boot From ISO feature. So I've set a XenServer host**** > > and installed a Ubuntu 11.10 PV DomU in it.**** > > ** ** > > Then I used the following commands but, as you can see in the attached**** > > nova-compute log excerpt, there was a problem.**** > > ** ** > > glance add name=fedora_iso disk_format=iso <**** > > ../Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso**** > > ID: 4**** > > nova boot test_iso --flavor 2 --image 4**** > > ** ** > > I can see the ISO images using "nova list" but not using "glance index".**** > > ** ** > > The error seems to be: 'Cannot find SR of content-type ISO'. However, I've**** > > set a NFS ISO Library using XenCenter, so that there is an actual ISO**** > > content-typed SR. How to tell OpenStack to use this SR for the ISO images > I**** > > post using glance?**** > > ** ** > > Any clue? I feel I'm rather close to make it work.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > thanks,**** > > ** ** > > michaël**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Michaël Van de Borne**** > > ** ** > > R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC**** > > ** ** > > Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli**** > > ** ** > > www.cetic.be, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Le 22/11/11 00:18, Donal Lafferty a écrit :**** > > ** ** > > Hi Michaël,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > “Boot from ISO” should be ISO image agnostic. The feature overcomes**** > > restrictions placed on the distribution of modified Windows’ images.**** > > People can use their ISO instead, but they may still need to use dedicated**** > > hardware.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > You should have no problem with a Linux distribution.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > However, I wrote it for XenAPI, so we need someone to duplicate the work > for**** > > KVM and VMWare.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > DL**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > From: openstack-bounces+donal.lafferty=citrix....@lists.launchpad.net**** > > [mailto:openstack-bounces+donal.lafferty=citrix....@lists.launchpad.net > <openstack-bounces+donal.lafferty=citrix....@lists.launchpad.net>] On**** > > Behalf Of Michaël Van de Borne**** > > Sent: 21 November 2011 17:28**** > > To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net**** > > Subject: Re: [Openstack] boot from ISO**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > up? anybody?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Le 14/11/11 14:44, Michaël Van de Borne a écrit :**** > > ** ** > > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > I'm very interested in the "Boot From ISO" feature described here:**** > > http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO**** > > ** ** > > In a few words, it's about the ability to boot a VM from the CDROM with an**** > > ISO image attached. A blank hard disk being attached to install the OS > files**** > > in it.**** > > ** ** > > I've got some questions about this:**** > > 1. Is the feature available today using a standard Diablo install? I've > seen**** > > the code about this feature is stored under nova/tests and glance/tests.**** > > Does this mean it isn't finished yet and could only be tested under > specific**** > > conditions? Which ones?**** > > 2. the spec tells about a Windows use case. Why just Windows? What should > I**** > > do to test with a Linux distribution?**** > > 3. I can see here that the Xen hypervisor only has been impacted by the**** > > source code changes. Are KVM and VMWare planned to be supported in the**** > > future? May I help/be helped to develop KVM and VMWare support for this**** > > 'Boot From Iso' feature?**** > > ** ** > > Any help appreaciated**** > > ** ** > > thank you,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > michaël**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > --**** > > ** ** > > Michaël Van de Borne**** > > ** ** > > R&D Engineer, SOA team, CETIC**** > > ** ** > > Phone: +32 (0)71 49 07 45 Mobile: +32 (0)472 69 57 16, Skype: mikemowgli**** > > ** ** > > www.cetic.be, rue des Frères Wright, 29/3, B-6041 Charleroi**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________**** > > ** ** > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack**** > > ** ** > > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net**** > > ** ** > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack**** > > ** ** > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________**** > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack**** > > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net**** > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack**** > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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