Hi Mark,
For step #2, you'd typically install the smartos-vmtoools, then us the newly installed /lib/smartos/prepare-image script to delete logs, remove passwords, etc (the purge process being alluded to). You can get from here smartos-vmtoools: https://github.com/joyent/smartos-vmtools For Linux VMs, the installer for the guest tools is here src/linux/install-tools.sh --Christopher Horrell Manager, Solutions Engineering Joyent Inc. http://www.joyent.com/ On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Mark Creamer via smartos-discuss <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, Robert - I replied directly rather than to the group... > I'm trying to create the custom image as Robert suggests. However, I > haven't been able to find better details documented. In the link above, > this is all it says about custom KVM images: > Creating a Custom KVM Image > The process of creating a KVM image looks like this: > 1. Create and customize a KVM instance as you wish > 2. Purge and ready the instance > 3. Halt the VM: *vmadm stop <UUID>* > 4. Snapshot the disk0 ZVol: *zfs snapshot zones/<UUID>-disk0@image* > 5. Dump & Compress the dataset: *zfs send zones/<UUID>-disk0@image | > gzip > image_name.zvol.gz* > You can now import the image locally via imgadm or transfer it to an image > server. > What does Item #2 mean? It might as well say "and then a miracle > happens..." :-)) > Anyway, nothing I've tried is working, so if someone has a step-by-step > they can share on how to take an existing KVM and turn it into an image to > make new KVM instances from, I'd greatly appreciate it. Or maybe just tell > me what Purge and Ready the instance means. > Thanks! > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Mark Creamer <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm trying to create the custom image as Robert suggests. However, I >> haven't been able to find better details documented. In the link above, >> this is all it says about custom KVM images: >> >> Creating a Custom KVM Image >> >> The process of creating a KVM image looks like this: >> >> 1. Create and customize a KVM instance as you wish >> 2. Purge and ready the instance >> 3. Halt the VM: *vmadm stop <UUID>* >> 4. Snapshot the disk0 ZVol: *zfs snapshot zones/<UUID>-disk0@image* >> 5. Dump & Compress the dataset: *zfs send zones/<UUID>-disk0@image | >> gzip > image_name.zvol.gz* >> >> You can now import the image locally via imgadm or transfer it to an image >> server. >> >> >> What does Item #2 mean? It might as well say "and then a miracle >> happens..." :-)) >> >> >> Anyway, nothing I've tried is working, so if someone has a step-by-step >> they can share on how to take an existing KVM and turn it into an image to >> make new KVM instances from, I'd greatly appreciate it. Or maybe just tell >> me what Purge and Ready the instance means. >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 09/25/2014 06:25 AM, Mark Creamer via smartos-discuss wrote: >>> > Hi, I have a KVM that my team wants to clone so it's easy for them to >>> turn >>> > it into a development instance of the original. >>> > >>> > I used the procedure on moving a KVM VM to another host, but of course >>> it >>> > still has the same UUID as the original. I have already changed other >>> > parameters like the IP, host and alias names, etc. I wanted to check >>> first >>> > to see what the right way to assign it a new UUID so it's different from >>> > the original, keeping in mind that the zfs file system is also named the >>> > same as the original. >>> >>> Generally the process that folks go down here is to transform this into >>> an image. For more information, start here: >>> http://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Managing+Images and if you have >>> additional questions, I'm sure that the folks on the list can help, >>> plenty have made custom images before. >>> >>> Robert >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark >> > -- > Mark > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22413671-611b2189 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
