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Subject: Re: New to CloudStack // Questions
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:29:35 +0100
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On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Peter J=F6nsson <peter.jonsson@klarna.com> =
wrote:

> Hi!
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> I have been working on adding support for Cloudstack in packer.io. =
This way it is simple to create either new templates from scratch or =
update an existing template. For creating the initial template from =
scratch we have a custom iPXE ISO that will fetch the iPXE-script via =
userdata, boot kernel+initrd and finally perform a kickstart =
installation (we use centos).
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> So the no more manual intervention to upload ISOs, select options in =
installer, stop the VM and finally create the template. Everything is =
automated.
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> Plan is to upstream this to packer proper or release it as a =
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That's terrific Peter, I am trying to wrap my mind around packer these =
days, so it would be great to see a CloudStack plugin.

-sebastien


> // peter =20
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> On Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 06:26, Shanker Balan wrote:
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>> On 21-Jan-2014, at 5:10 am, Chad <chad@logicweb.com (http://web.com)> =
wrote:
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>>> Thanks Erik.
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>>> I've installed O/S on dedicated servers over the years using USB =
method,
>>> easily done as you boot off the USB.
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>> I personally use PXE boot to install OS on bare-metal hardware. =
Running around
>> in cold colos with a USB stick would be fun though. :)
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>>> But I've never done it on a virtual
>>> machine. Can you explain how an o/s installed in a VM that is =
already
>>> created with Centos for example? I've used pre-made templates =
provided by
>>> OpenVZ / KVM communities over the years for traditional non-cloud =
VPS=92.
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