On 11/07/2012 05:21 PM, Andreas Balg wrote:
The GUI makes the difference - If you doubleclick on the template you
CAN supply all the parameters you need for kickstarting but you cannot
have them prefilled - and even worse: this won't be used for the first
boot - you'll always find "graphic utf8" preloaded (this is what is in
PV-args later on) - This is of course useless for kickstarting
If you are using XC, then the "New VM Wizard" (doubleclick) seems to
remove the boot options, yes.
But you can use the "quick create", and then the ks boot options
still remains.
These commands will quickly generate a template with "quick create"
enabled:
(only the last two commands differs from Grants tutorials)
NETUUID=$(xe network-list bridge=xenbr0 --minimal)
TMPLUUID=$(xe template-list | grep -B1 'name-label.*Red Hat.* 6.*64-bit'
| awk -F: '/uuid/{print $2}'| tr -d " ")
VMUUID=$(xe vm-install new-name-label="CentOS6-64bit" template=${TMPLUUID})
xe vif-create vm-uuid=$VMUUID network-uuid=$NETUUID mac=random device=0
xe vm-param-set uuid=$VMUUID
other-config:install-repository=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64
xe vm-param-set uuid=$VMUUID
PV-args="ks=http://grantmcwilliams.com/files/kickstart-minimal6-x86_64.cfg
ksdevice=eth0"
xe vm-param-set uuid=${VMUUID} other-config:disable_pv_vnc=1
other-config:instant=true
xe vm-param-set uuid=${VMUUID} is-a-template=true
Or you could do the same from within XC:
- create a vm from the standard template, add install from url
and add boot params "ks=... ksdevice=..."
- uncheck "Start the new VM automatically" on the last wizard page
- convert the vm to template
Then create a new VM from the template by right-clicking the new
template and select "Quick Create"
(Tested in XC 6.1, don't know if this works in older versions)
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