I am building these images in an automated (nightly) fashion on ec2 and would prefer a method which doesn't require me to spun up a VM on a ec2 machine. Oz works great when I have the ability to running a VM and if it is the only option at the moment then I will use it but still looking for alternatives. Thanks --Krishna On Jul 15, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/15/2013 09:42 PM, Krishna Raman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When building on a f19 system, is appliance-creator still the best way to build F19 qcow2 >> images or should I be using something else? > > > I recommend Oz (that's what I use all the time to create JEOS images): > > Here's a simple script (which provides a simple Oz TDL, and calls 'oz-install' command.) > > # Fetch the script > $ wget https://github.com/kashyapc/virt-scripts/blob/master/oz/oz-jeos.bash > > # Run the oz script (it'll take 5 minutes or so): > $ ./oz-jeos.bash f19-devstack-new f19 > > # Once install is finished, define the just thrown XML file > # (the below is just an example, change it appropriately) > $ virsh define f19-jeosJul_04_2013-12 > > # Start the guest over serial console > $ virsh start f19-jeos --console > > > You can adjust the TDL section of the script according to your needs. > > For instance, if you need a 3G disk image (Oz by default creates 10G), you can use this > below TDL: > > ----------------- > $ cat f19disk3gb.tdl > <template> > <name>devstack</name> > <os> > <name>Fedora</name> > <version>19</version> > <arch>x86_64</arch> > <install type='url'> > <url>http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/<</url> > </install> > <rootpw>testpwd</rootpw> > </os> > <description>Fedora 19</description> > <disk> > <size>3</size> > </disk> > </template> > ----------------- > > > And, Invoke: > > $ oz-install /path/to/tdl file > > > > > -- > /kashyap _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud
