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author | Scott Moser <smoser@ubuntu.com> | 2012-08-14 11:46:42 -0400 |
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committer | Scott Moser <smoser@ubuntu.com> | 2012-08-14 11:46:42 -0400 |
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doc: move datasource documentation to doc/sources
Each datasource had a bit of doc with it, and those were just
landing in doc/. I've moved them to doc/sources now.
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diff --git a/doc/sources/ovf/README b/doc/sources/ovf/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e3ef12e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sources/ovf/README @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +This directory contains documentation and a demo of the OVF +functionality that is present in cloud-init. + +The example/ directory contains the following files: + example/ovf-env.xml + This is an example ovf environment file + to make an iso that qualifies for the ISO transport, do: + mkdir my-iso + cp environment.xml my-iso/ovf-env.xml + genisoimage -o transport.iso -r my-iso + Then, boot with that ISO attached as a CDrom +- example/ubuntu-server.ovf + Example generated by virtualbox "export" of a simple VM. + It contains a functional ProductSection also. Given answers + to each of the Properties there, a suitable OVF environment file + (ovf-env.xml) could be created. + +== Demo == +In order to easily demonstrate this functionality, simple demo is +contained here. To boot a local virtual machine in either kvm or virtual +box, follow the steps below. + +- download a suitable Ubuntu image + Visit http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases and download a disk image + of Natty, Oneiric or a newer release. + + $ burl="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/" + $ disk="ubuntu-11.10-server-cloudimg-i386-disk1" + $ wget "$burl/11.10/release/$disk.img" -O "$disk.img" + +- If you're going to use virtual box, you will need to convert the image + from qcow2 format into a virtual-box friendly VHD format. + $ qemu-img convert -O vdi "$disk.img" "ubuntu.vdi" + +- If you're using kvm, you should create a qcow delta image to store + the changes so you keep the original pristine. + $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b "$disk.img" "ubuntu.qcow2" + + Optionally, you could decompress the image, which will make it boot faster + but will take up more local disk space. + $ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 "$disk.img" "$disk.qcow2" + $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b "$disk.qcow2" ubuntu.qcow2 + +- Create an ISO file that will provide user-data to the image. + This will put the contents of 'user-data' into an ovf-env.xml file + and create an ISO file that can then be attached at boot to provide + the user data to cloud-init. + + $ ./make-iso ovf-env.xml.tmpl user-data --output ovftransport.iso + +- Boot your virtual machine + The cloud-images boot with kernel and boot progress to ttyS0. + You can change that at the grub prompt if you'd like by editing the + kernel entry. Otherwise, to see progress you'll need to switch + to the serial console. In kvm graphic mode, you do that by clicking + in the window and then pressing pressing 'ctrl-alt-3'. For information + on how to do that in virtualbox or kvm curses, see the relevant + documentation. + + KVM: + $ kvm -drive file=ubuntu.qcow2,if=virtio -cdrom ovftransport.iso \ + -m 256 -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 + + VirtualBox: + - Launch the GUI and create a new vm with $disk.vdi and ovftransport.iso + attached. + - If you use 'NAT' networking, then forward a port (2222) to the + guests' port 22 to be able to ssh. + + Upon successful boot you will be able to log in as the 'ubuntu' user + with the password 'passw0rd' (which was set in the 'user-data' file). + + You will also be able to ssh to the instance with the provided: + $ chmod 600 ovfdemo.pem + $ ssh -i ovfdemo.pem -p 2222 ubuntu@localhost + +- Notes: + * The 'instance-id' that is set in the ovf-env.xml image needs to + be unique. If you want to run the first-boot code of cloud-init + again you will either have to remove /var/lib/cloud ('rm -Rf' is fine) + or create a new cdrom with a different instance-id. To do the + ladder, simply add the '--instance-id=' flag to the 'make-iso' + command above and start your vm with the new ISO attached. |