vibootstrap 0.0.2

A simple kickstart based virtual image bootstrapping tool

Virtual Image Bootstrapping Tool.

Designed to build an image from nothing (IE via netboot/kickstart), strip it down and re-package it for different targets.

Created due to the huge amount of manual work involved in re-packaging images for new versions of things.

Expected setup

Requirements:

• Hardware virtualization support

• 64bit host (if you want to build 64bit images)

• Standard qemu setup (default NAT’d network)

Packages installed:

• python-libvirt

• qemu

• qemu-system

• qemu-kvm

• libvirt-bin

• bridge-utils

• libguestfs-tools

Validate the install:

damian@Capricorn:~$ virsh -c qemu:///system net-list Name State Autostart —————————————– default active yes

Workflow

• virt-install the machine

• serve up a ks file based off the template

• run the scripts

• shutdown the machine

• virt-prep the machine

• undefine it

• save the image

• run qemu-img convert against the image for all desired formats

Example:

>> cat ubuntu-base.conf distro: ubuntu release: saucy target: server arch: x86_64 source: http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/%(distro)/dists/%(release)/main/installer-%(arch)/

packages: - ubuntu-minimal - openssh-server - salt-minion - puppet

post-scripts: - ../scripts/bootup-generic.sh

images: - vmdk - vdi - qcow2 - raw

>> cat ubuntu-13.10-i386.conf include(‘ubuntu-base.conf’) release: saucy target: server arch: i386

>> ls ./ubuntu/ - bootup-generic.sh - ubuntu-base.conf - ubuntu-13.10-i386.conf - ubuntu-12.10-i386.conf

>> vibootstrap –host=qemu:///system –settings=ubuntu/ubuntu-13.10-i386.conf Setting up qemu box Installing - Progress via callbacks - Post scripts Shutdown Virt prep Undefine Converting images qemu-img convert -O vmdk ubuntu-13.10-i386.raw ubuntu-13.10-i386.vmdk qemu-img convert -O vdi ubuntu-13.10-i386.raw ubuntu-13.10-i386.vdi qemu-img convert -O qcow2 ubuntu-13.10-i386.raw ubuntu-13.10-i386.qcow2 qemu-img convert -O raw ubuntu-13.10-i386.raw ubuntu-13.10-i386.raw Artifacts: - ubuntu-13.10-i386.raw - ubuntu-13.10-i386.vmdk - ubuntu-13.10-i386.vdi - ubuntu-13.10-i386.qcow2