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

Arik, After adding the snapshot repo, and updating the engine, I now see the seal option.

Thanks again, Joel On May 19, 2017 1:07 PM, "Arik Hadas" <ahadas(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > > 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >