You could convert the SDC USB image to a VDI, mount and boot from that.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/13/15 23:53 , Dirk Steinberg wrote:
> > Thanks for the pointer - I might try this.
> > But I would actually like to run full SDC/Triton.
> >
> > I suspect that the SDC installer does just I want to do:
> > unpack a bunch of zone images (zfs send/recv format)
> > and do some minor config tweaks to the base SmartOS.
> >
> > Maybe someone knows how this works and how I can reproduce
> > this without actually running the installer from the USB/ISO boot
> > image. Or — maybe I can actually extract the installer script
> > from the boot image and run it on an existing SmartOS.
> > But I would still need some pointers.
>
> The SDC headnode is designed around having that USB key there to boot
> from. It's not sufficient to just try and replicate it, there are other
> things which are stored persistently back to that USB key. I would not
> recommend trying to manually work around this, as you'll quickly end up
> having to fight against quite a lot of SDC.
>
> There are a few options here. Given that you don't have a console, what
> you can do is go and fill out answers.json entirely on the USB key and
> then wipe and reboot. Test the answers.json in coal first, but if filled
> out completely, there will be no manual prompting and the installation
> will be automated.
>
> If you don't have a usbkey available, the other thing that you can do is
> to sacrifice a physical disk to be a giant USB key. It's not great, but
> it may work for you.
>
> Robert
>
> >> Am 14.07.2015 um 03:42 schrieb Usama Ahmad <[email protected]>:
> >>
> >> Hello Dirk,
> >>
> >> If it is only Docker you want, saw this not tried and removed from
> original
> >>
> >>
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BuxCv3ku0v8J:www.smllr.nl/2015/07/11/docker-on-smartos/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
> <
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BuxCv3ku0v8J:www.smllr.nl/2015/07/11/docker-on-smartos/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
> >
> >>
> >> I was thinking of trying it out, page was up last night but seems to be
> gone now.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Usama
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Eric <[email protected] <mailto:
> [email protected]>> wrote:
> >> Unless the hosting services allow you to use your own image, I'm not
> sure what they will let you do :\
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Dirk Steinberg <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Am 13.07.2015 um 18:41 schrieb Eric <[email protected] <mailto:
> [email protected]>>:
> >>>
> >>> Technically, could you have SmartOS run SDC within it?
> >>
> >> I do not quite understand what you are trying to say.
> >> Do you mean nested virtualization? That’s definitely
> >> not what I am looking for.
> >>
> >> / Dirk
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Dirk Steinberg <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have a rented server with SmartOS pre-installed and
> >>> no remote console access (Kimsufi). Therefore I
> >>> cannot reinstall SDC.
> >>>
> >>> But SDC is basically SmartOS plus a number of service zones
> >>> and some agents in the global zone. Recent SDC images
> >>> should contain the exact same SmartOS image that is also
> >>> distributed separately, AFAIK.
> >>>
> >>> I would like to use Docker, wich is integrated with SDC if
> >>> I understand correctly.
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible to somehow install SDC on top of an existing,
> >>> virgin (no VMs/zones configured) SmartOS installation?
> >>> I am not trying to preserve anything from the SmartOS install
> >>> except the networking config since I have to do this remotely
> >>> via an SSH connection.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Dirk Steinberg
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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