So my first choice is Boxgrinder - but it's not the only way. Check out how Fedora creates them: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG/EC2_Creation
The tools to do that abound, SuSE has a platform, and there are tons of third party tools. --David On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Shane Witbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to automate the creation and install of VM templates. > > Is there a step-by-step procedure for doing this without using an existing VM > or snapshot? There's a lot of useful info here: > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.0.2/html/Admin_Guide/working-with-templates.html > > but I'd like to know how to take, say a plain Ubuntu ISO, and create a > template from it which allows SSH to it. > > > > Thanks, > Shane >
