Thanks Erik. I've installed O/S on dedicated servers over the years using USB method, easily done as you boot off the USB. But I've never done it on a virtual machine. Can you explain how an o/s installed in a VM that is already created with Centos for example? I've used pre-made templates provided by OpenVZ / KVM communities over the years for traditional non-cloud VPS'.
LogicWeb Inc. You want IT, we got IT. p. 877-LOGICWEB ext 79 // f. 718-841-7124 www.logicweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Erik Weber [mailto:terbol...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:37 PM To: users@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: New to CloudStack // Questions On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Chad <c...@logicweb.com> wrote: > Regarding creating templates, the wiki comes off a little confusing to > me but I hope someone can explain. > > https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/ > Admin_Guide/create-templates-overview.html > > "Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want." > > How would a VM you created in CS already have an OS you want if it > only comes with centos template by default? > > I want to be able to offer Centos 6 (which comes by default we know), > but also Ubuntu, Windows 2012, Gentoo, and a few other Linux flavors. > > Upload the ISO, install it as you usually would. When you've done whatever customisations to the installation that you use, clean it up (remove some history files, remove udev rules etc.) and make a template out of it. Could take a couple of times to get a hang on it. Some resources: http://www.greenhills.co.uk/2013/08/30/creating-ubuntu-templates-for-cloudst ack.html http://shankerbalan.net/blog/cloudstack-centos-template-install-from-iso/ Could be useful to bookmark Shanker Balan's blog, it has a lot of useful resources for cloudstack -- Erik
