Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- guests/README.markdown | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/guests/README.markdown b/guests/README.markdown index 7dbefed..a58c5cb 100644 --- a/guests/README.markdown +++ b/guests/README.markdown @@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ branches out of those with Host setup ---------- -Ansible and `virt-install` need to be available on the host. +`ansible` and `virt-install` need to be available on the host, the former can +be either installed system-wide using your package manager or using by `pip` +(see the provided requirements.txt file). The latter can only be installed with +your package manager as `virt-install` is not distributed via PyPI. -Before you can start bringing up guests, you'll have to store your -site-specific root password in the `~/.config/lcitool/root-password` file. -This password will only be necessary for serial console access in case -something goes horribly wrong; for day to day operations, SSH key -authentication will be used instead. +Before you can start bringing up guests, you need to create (ideally by +copying the `config.yaml` template) ~/.config/lcitool/config.yaml and set at +least the options marked as "(mandatory)" depending on the flavor (`test`, +`jenkins`, `gitlab`) you wish to use with your machines. Ansible expects to be able to connect to the guests by name: installing and enabling the [libvirt NSS plugin](https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/NSS_module) @@ -123,8 +125,8 @@ Jenkins CI use -------------- You'll need to configure `lcitool` to use the `jenkins` flavor for -guests: to do so, just write `jenkins` in the `~/.config/lcitool/flavor` -file. +guests. To do so, simply set the flavor to 'jenkins' in +`~/.config/lcitool/config.yaml`. Once a guest has been prepared, you'll be able to log in as root either via SSH (your public key will have been authorized) or on the serial -- 2.25.3
