Hi, could you please elaborate on this golden template or provide some links? Thank you
S pozdravem, Miloš Kozák 5. 9. 2013 v 5:24, Shek Mohd Fahmi Abdul Latip <[email protected]>: > Hi Pentium100, > > What I can suggest to simplify VM deployment by developing a so called > “golden image” and “golden template” in advanced. From there, you just make > use of context and cloning features to ease your deployment. > > Just my 20cent. > > Best regards, > .fahmie > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pentium100 > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 7:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [one-users] Simplified VM creation? > > Hello, > > While trying out OpenNebula, I noticed that the VM creation process is quite > inconvenient if I want different VMs (as opposed to scaleout situation). > > 1. Create the image (upload a new one or copy some other image), set it as > persistent (I don't want the VM to disappear if I shut it down). > 2. Create a template that uses the image. > 3. Finally create a VM from the template. There will only be one VM using > that template (because I don't really need two identical VMs). > > To create 10 virtual servers (all the same "hardware" but different images) I > need to repeat steps 1-3 ten times. > > It would be nice, if there was a way to simplify this. I can think of 3 ways > to do it: > > 1. Skip the creation of a template. Create an image then create a VM based on > that image. > 2. Do not define an image while creating a template. Assign the image when > creating the VM. > 3. Have some "template" image that gets copied when a VM is created. The copy > should be persistent. > > Is there a way to do it? Non-persistent images behave almost like option 3, > but accidentally shutting down a VM would mean data loss. > > We have quite a few VMs, but they all are used as real servers would be - all > have different data (no scaleout) and none can be deleted easily. > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org
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