[Users] Linux sysprep

[René Koch (ovido)]

On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 10:34 -0400, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 08/22/2013 10:19 AM, René Koch (ovido) wrote:
> ...
> 
> >
> >
> > Hm, for some strange reason I can PUT the payloads XML to a specific vm
> > without any errors using REST-API, but it seems to never really update
> > the vm definition (when testing with GET payloads is missing again and
> > no cd in my vm). PUT for e.g. usb definitions is working fine (system is
> > oVirt 3.2).
> >
> > Anyway, I don't have enough time at the moment to investigate this
> > further, so I use Yuriy's script (thanks!) and add the hostname via SKU
> > number. But will maybe play with vm payloads later again.
> >
> > If anyone is interested in the scripts, feel free to use them:
> > https://github.com/ovido/ovirt-stuff/tree/master/sysprep_linux
> > (please note that these will only work for RHEL/CentOS/Fedora/other
> > clones)
> >
> 
> iirc, that's by design actually... since the payload may contain 
> passwords for sysprep, etc...
> so do the PUT and check its there by launching the VM


Hm, this makes sense.
I managed now to create a payload cd and can also access it from my vm
as expected.

Thanks all for your help,
René