On 2/25/2010 21:59, Colin Walters wrote: > I fairly strongly think we should have a default "Fedora Virt Server" > image. Rather than asking the internets to make it as I have in the > past, recently I needed to install one so I looked at what's out > there. > > There is: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Server > > But as far as I can tell have not produced any consumables (though I > hope some of the other stuff like NM/network work happened!) There is > also: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AOS_Spin > > However, I wasn't actually interested in "ultra minimal", and in any > case the AOS Spin has a few serious flaws: > > * Disables SELinux and the firewall - this is a dealbreaker. > * Uses a root password by default (this is broken) > > Cobbler also has various sample kickstarts, which share the above flaws. > > So here's what I propose. We create a spin, hosted in > spin-kickstarts.ks, called "fedora-virt-server.ks", which simply > reflects @base from comps, plus openssh-server. > > The goal of "Fedora Virt Server" is: > > * A default configuration suitable for virtualized use (i.e. uses full > hard drive by default, etc) > * Fully automated installation - absolutely no questions from anaconda. > * By default set up for remote access, thus openssh-server, and the > .ks file helps you set up a public SSH key (and *not* a root > password). > > I've attached my proposed file, and will commit to spin-kickstarts > unless there are any objections. > > Basically the idea is that you can use this kickstart file to get > something you can log into remotely and bootstrap whatever else you > want, whether that's mock (as it is in my case) or some web > application frontend, etc. > > I'm hoping other people can help maintain this =) But I think this > use case should be very important to Fedora, as it's very important > for prominent derived operating systems. We should ensure that Fedora > stays fairly minimal in this case, and use it to showcase any work on > the core operating system (i.e. not the desktop). The Cloud SIG is working on that type of thing right now, kickstart and all. (Actually we already have a proposed kickstart that's more minimal than that if you want to take a look at it.) I recommend subscribing to the cloud list and/or hanging out on #fedora-cloud. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraOnEC2 http://github.com/huff/kickstart-stuff/blob/master/fedora-ec2-min.ks -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
