From 3e47867af45e8fd8763270d68848e1633c9f65b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Ribeiro Alves Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:37:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated readme --- labs/virtualbox/README.md | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/labs/virtualbox/README.md b/labs/virtualbox/README.md index 5dcc63dead..6b26f90408 100644 --- a/labs/virtualbox/README.md +++ b/labs/virtualbox/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,86 @@ + +#Enviroment setup + +Note: These steps will be automated in the future: +- create a ~/.jclouds-vbox/ directory +- create a ~/.jclouds-vbox/isos directory +- download an ubuntu 11.04 server i386 ISO into "~/.jclouds-vbox/isos" from http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.iso +- download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO into "~/.jclouds-vbox/isos" from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.8.iso +- copy the following into an images.yaml file to place in"~/.jclouds-vbox/" : +"images: + - id: myTestId + name: ubuntu-11.04-server-i386 + description: ubuntu 11.04 server (i386) + os_arch: x86 + os_family: ubuntu + os_description: ubuntu + os_version: 11.04 + iso: http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.iso + keystroke_sequence: | + + /install/vmlinuz noapic preseed/url=http://10.0.2.2:8080/src/test/resources/preseed.cfg + debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us + hostname=vmName + fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive + keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false + initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- + preseed_cfg: | + ## Options to set on the command line + d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.utf8 + d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false + d-i console-setup/layout string USA + d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname + d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain + # Continue without a default route + # Not working , specify a dummy in the DHCP + d-i time/zone string UTC + d-i clock-setup/utc-auto boolean true + d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true + d-i kbd-chooser/method select American English + d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string + d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-server + # Choices: Dialog, Readline, Gnome, Kde, Editor, Noninteractive + d-i debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive + d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false + tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ubuntu-server + d-i partman-auto/method string lvm + d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true + d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true + d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic + d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true + d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true + d-i partman/choose_partition select finish + d-i partman/confirm boolean true + # Write the changes to disks and configure LVM? + d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true + d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true + d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max + ## Default user, we can get away with a recipe to change this + d-i passwd/user-fullname string toor + d-i passwd/username string toor + d-i passwd/user-password password password + d-i passwd/user-password-again password password + d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false + d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true + # Individual additional packages to install + d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server ntp + # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap. + # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade + d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade + d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true + d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true + d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note + #For the update + d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none + # debconf-get-selections --install + #Use mirror + choose-mirror-bin mirror/http/proxy string" + +** NOTE! ** +Make sure you change your VirtualBox preferences to not auto-capture keyboard, and also set host key to none. Otherwise you may accidentally screw-up automated installs. + +- Old Notes - + # Administation viewpoint These steps are usually in charge of cloud provider, in this case it's up to you @@ -37,7 +120,3 @@ and choose the numberOfVirtualMachine you need using -Dtest.virtualbox.numberOfV These VMs will be cloned starting from the golden template VM created before 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. - - -** NOTE! ** -Make sure you change your VirtualBox preferences to not auto-capture keyboard, and also set host key to none. Otherwise you may accidentally screw-up automated installs.