Re: [ovirt-users] How to use virt-sysprep

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Luca 'remix_tj' Lorenzetto < lorenzetto.luca(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hello Joel, > > as far as i know, virt-sysprep has to be executed inside the VM before > cloning it to template. This removes some infos from the VM like udev > rules & ssh keys. > > So this has changed in 4.1. You can now choose to seal a template during its creation. This will take a VM, that may have not been sealed, create a template out of it and then invoke virt-sysprep on the template's disks. Joel, in the 'make template' dialog you'll see a checkbox (at the bottom) for 'Seal Template' that will do the trick. There is also a 'seal' parameter in the REST-API, of course [1]. [1] https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-engine-api-model/blob/ master/src/main/java/services/TemplatesService.java#L168 > > Luca > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Joel Diaz <mrjoeldiaz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > Good afternoon ovirt users, > > > > I'm new to ovirt. I've created templates in the past using this guide, > > https://github.com/rharmonson/richtech/wiki/CentOS-7-1511-Mi > nimal-oVirt-Template > > . > > > > I was going over the list of features and stumbled on to virt-sysprep. > > > > http://www.ovirt.org/develop/release-management/features/virt-sysprep/ > > > > http://libguestfs.org/virt-sysprep.1.html > > > > How can I use virt-sysprep from within ovirt to create templates? > > > > Thank you for your help, > > > > Joel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > -- > "E' assurdo impiegare gli uomini di intelligenza eccellente per fare > calcoli che potrebbero essere affidati a chiunque se si usassero delle > macchine" > Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, Filosofo e Matematico (1646-1716) > > "Internet è la più grande biblioteca del mondo. > Ma il problema è che i libri sono tutti sparsi sul pavimento" > John Allen Paulos, Matematico (1945-vivente) > > Luca 'remix_tj' Lorenzetto, http://www.remixtj.net , < > lorenzetto.luca(a)gmail.com&gt; > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >