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# Administation viewpoint
These steps are usually in charge of cloud provider, in this case it's up to you
The experiment assumes almost nothing: only a running Ubuntu 11.04 where java6 and maven3 are installed.
## Prepare your Master VM
By launching "VirtualboxAdministrationTest" an helper class to execute a number of preliminary steps needed to have a properly configured ubuntu box
and to create a golden template for your experiment.
The "VirtualboxAdministrationTest" helper will run these preliminary steps:
1. Create a working dir on 'user.home' called by default "jclouds-virtualbox-test"
(this value can be overwritten directly on the commandline using -Dtest.virtualbox.workingDir)
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2. Install Virtualbox from the internet (mac os x lion and ubuntu host are supported at the moment)
3. Download by default an ubuntu 11.04 server i386 ISO into "jclouds-virtualbox-test" from http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.iso.
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4. Download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO (tested with VBoxGuestAdditions_4.0.2-update-69551.iso) into "jclouds-virtualbox-test"
5. Disable login credential: $ VBoxManage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null
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6. Start an embedded jetty server that serves a preseed file specifically written for ubuntu 11.04
7. Start webservice with increasead timeout: $ /usr/bin/vboxwebsrv --timeout 10000 and then will:
- create a "jclouds-virtaulbox-kickstart-admin" vm in the the vbox default machine folder ("/user.home/VirtualBox VMs")
- install automatically the OS (ubuntu 11.04) in this vm using preseed
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- Set NAT on network interface eth0
- Set port forwarding localhost:2222->guest:22
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- Mount Guest Additions ISO
- Install Guest additions
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- Shutdown VM
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- create a snapshot of this machine, to enabling linked clone feature.
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- Remove port forwarding rule
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- Change NIC from NAt to bridge
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At this stage, you can use your template as a master for your "private" cloud through VirtualBoxLiveTest
## Bootstrap your private cloud through VirtualBoxLiveTest helper
To use this helper, you have to specify the name of the VM (-Dtest.virtualbox.vmname=< VM-NAME > )
and choose the numberOfVirtualMachine you need using -Dtest.virtualbox.numberOfVirtualMachine=< #ofVMs>,
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These VMs will be cloned starting from the golden template VM created before
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It will create a "numberOfVirtualMachine" in a vbox default machine folder with 'VMName_i' name, by cloning the golden template in linked mode with a bridged NIC.
