On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 22:02:35 -0700 Tim Flink <tfl...@redhat.com> wrote:
> As we get closer to putting disposable clients into production, we > need a way to have updated images for those clients. I don't think > this is news to anyone since the topic has come up several times > before but now there's a bit more urgency :) > > In my mind, we have the following requirements: > - Produces qcow2 images that work with testcloud > - can be run in an automated way > - allows adding/changing/customizing packages contained in image > - allows arbitrary repos to be specified > > and the following "nice to have" things: > - can build branched and rawhide images > - builds images from scratch using only things provided by releng > - written in python > - builds more than qcow2 for some future-proofing > - can run well in a VM > > Is there anything that I missed? > > As far as I know, we're looking at two options right now: > taskotron-vmbuilder and imagefactory. I've put together a list of > the pros and cons that I know of for both tools. Thoughts on which > direction to take would be appreciated. After talking with adam more about how openqa works, it turns out that there is a significant overlap between what we need for taskotron images and the installed images that openqa uses for some of its tests. From what I can see, it would make sense to have one tool which is capable of creating images for both system. I'm not sure it makes sense to support non-installed image creation (ks, update, shrink and the other bare disks), though. I'll add on what I can think of for what I can see in the openqa image creation but more feedback from the folks who've dealt with it more than I have would be appreciated. Requirements: - make post-install changes to the images before distribution - specify partition table type - create users on the image Are there other requirements for openqa images? Any thoughts on whether it makes sense to look into doing both images in the same place? Tim
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