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

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Joel Diaz <mrjoeldiaz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > I ran yum update on my three host and the engine VM so I believe an up to > date on all the packages. How can I check if I am on version 4.1.2? > You can find the engine's version in the 'About' dialog (at the top-right corner of the screen of the webadmin). If you don't use the 'ovirt-4.1-snapshot' repository then it makes sense that you didn't get this update yet. > I restarted the httpd and ovirt-engine service after the updates, but > still don't the seal option. > > Thanks, > > On May 19, 2017 11:49 AM, "Arik Hadas" <ahadas(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Joel Diaz <mrjoeldiaz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Arik, >> >> Very cool. It's exactly what I was looking for. >> >> However, I don't see that checkbox. I've attached an image of what the >> template window looks like on my end. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place? >> > > No , you're looking at the right place. This feature got in pretty late > in the release cycle of 4.1, so it is available from 4.1.2. Maybe the > version you are using is lower than that? > > >> >> Thanks for the response, >> >> On May 18, 2017 12:29 PM, "Arik Hadas" <ahadas(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> 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/mas >>> ter/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/vir >>>> t-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 >>>> >>> >>> > >