I've found that it is easier to do with a separate host that is not part of cloudstack. I keep a standalone Xenserver around to create the templates. Unfortunately this is not a completely automated (I do have some automation using kickstart).
For some reason I have not been successful at importing an ISO and booting an instance from that on Cloudstack. Maybe it is because I was trying to use Ubuntu 12.04 ISO which was not officially supported by CS4.0 nor XS6.0.2. I would prefer to have a process like what I do for my centos images for AWS where I create a file based filesystem using dd/mkfs and then mount and install to it using yum to create what is essentially a raw disk file. I tried to use the vbox tools to create a vhd from this but was not successful. For ubuntu does someone know how to convert one of these to a vhd: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/server/ ? On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Indra Pramana <in...@sg.or.id> wrote: > Hi Sanjay and all, > > What if we don't have any VMs running with the mentioned OS types yet? How > can we prepare the first template? > > Do I need to download the ISO, attach to VM, and then convert to template? > Is it possible? > > Looking forward to your reply, thank you. > > Cheers. > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Sanjay Tripathi < > sanjay.tripa...@citrix.com > > wrote: > > > If you have VMs running with the mentioned OS types, first stop those VMs > > then go to "Storage" tab in the CS UI and select the ROOT disk of the VM > > for which you want to create the template. > > There you'll get the option to create template from that ROOT volume. > > > > And VM should have xenserver tools installed to reflect it in the > template. > > > > --Sanjay > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: celso.fernan...@gmail.com [mailto:celso.fernan...@gmail.com] On > > > Behalf Of Celso Fernandes > > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:21 AM > > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > > Subject: Generating OS Templates > > > > > > I know its an novice question, but I haven't found in the documentation > > the > > > best way to get this. > > > > > > I'd like to generate template for CentOS 6.4 / Debian 7.1 / Ubuntu > > > 12.04 with xenserver tools installed and password enabled. > > > > > > What is the best way to generate this templates? Any documentation or > > > tutorial some could point would help very much. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Celso Fernandes > > > > > > www.zertico.com > > > > > > +55 35 4105-0922 > > > Av. BPS, 1303 - PCE - PCTI - Sala 10 > > >
