jclouds/labs/virtualbox

#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

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)
2. Install Virtualbox from the internet (mac os x lion and ubuntu host are supported at the moment)
3. Download by default an ubuntu 10.04.3 server i386 ISO into "jclouds-virtualbox-test" from http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04.3-server-i386.iso
4. Download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO into "jclouds-virtualbox-test" from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.8.iso
5. Disable login credential: $ VBoxManage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null
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
• Set NAT on network interface eth0
• Set port forwarding localhost:2222->guest:22
• Mount Guest Additions ISO
• Install Guest additions
• Shutdown VM
• create a snapshot of this machine, to enabling linked clone feature.
• Remove port forwarding rule
• Change NIC from NAt to bridge

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=) and choose the numberOfVirtualMachine you need using -Dtest.virtualbox.numberOfVirtualMachine=<#ofVMs>, 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.