Your Naive approach works just fine. Donwload the current template, change it (update dependencies, install new ones, and so on), upload a new one, and change the router.template.<hypervisor> parameter in global parameters.
Bear in mind, currently, only VRs are customizable. On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:26 AM, <daniel.herrm...@zv.fraunhofer.de> wrote: > Hi Boris, > > Yes, I did. However, I don't want to build it from scratch, I just want to > add some stuff to an existing OVA template. > > My naïve approach would be to start it in virtualbox, do what I want to do > and export it again. Not sure however if it really is that easy. > > Regards > Daniel > > On 22.03.18, 15:13, "Boris Stoyanov" <boris.stoya...@shapeblue.com> > wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > have you read this article: https://cwiki.apache.org/ > confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Build+Your+Own+SystemVM+Templates > > Boris Stoyanov > > > boris.stoya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > > > On 22 Mar 2018, at 15:32, daniel.herrm...@zv.fraunhofer.de<mailto: > daniel.herrm...@zv.fraunhofer.de> wrote: > > Hi all, > > While still working on the automated testing, I got another request. > We want to modify our system-VM template to include for example a > monitoring tool (zabbix agent) to help us monitoring the router. > > Is there a guide on how to modify the template? I can download the > OVA, start it with virtualbox and export it again, but at least for usual > templates there are some one-time jobs during initial boot that need to be > turned on. Is there any guide on how to modify the system VM template? > > I know that there has been information about that in the context of > the Dnsmasq vulnerability (https://blogs.apache.org/ > cloudstack/entry/dnsmasq-vulnerabilities-advisory-for-cloudstack), but I > guess they have been removed as soon as the updates templates became > available. > > Can someone help? > > Thanks and regards > Daniel > > -- > Daniel Herrmann > Network Engineer – Fraunhofer Private Cloud > CCIE #55056 (Routing and Switching) > > > -- Rafael Weingärtner
