[ovirt-users] New member and first question...

[David BERCOT]

Hello,

If I understand well, the ISO node is the best solution to have the
"smallest" OS, but maybe I will have problems with some functions, like
SSH keys, integration with Centreon, etc... Daniel Helgenberger said :
"all changes you make manually do not survive a reboot".

So, the best option is to install a basic OS (for me, a Debian one),
and then, to add oVirt-node packages...

Now, let's go ;-)

Thank you.

David.

Le Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:12:11 -0400,
Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>By the way David have you ever done a Red Hat kickstart with the
>nobase option. You get an OS install thats as stripped down as
>possible. you can even create a node for ovirt which is smaller than
>the ESXi install base last I checked. just be aware you will not have
>many of the tools you would normally expect to see for example
>bind-utils isn't installed so the box wont have nslookup or dig unless
>you install it.
>
>On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:44 AM, David BERCOT <ovirt at bercot.org> wrote:
>> Le Thu, 7 Aug 2014 10:29:20 -0400 (EDT),
>> Fabian Deutsch <fdeutsch at redhat.com> a écrit :
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>> Am 07.08.2014 15:10, schrieb David BERCOT:
>>>> > Ah, great !!! And is there a Debian flavor ?
>>>
>>>No. Currently not.
>>>But Node became more stable over the last months, and you might want
>>>to try this snapshot build:
>>>http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ovirt-node-iso-3.5.0.ovirt35.20140805.0.el6.iso
>>>
>>>> > It is my favorite distribution ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Not yet, and I don't know if it is on the roadmap.
>>>> you could maybe create your own, it's basically
>>>> this workflow:
>>>> install $distro
>>>> throw out all unneeded stuff
>>>> install virt stuff (libvirt+vdsm)
>>>> apply hardening (selinux etc)
>>>> create iso
>>>>
>>>> I go with centos minimal and customize
>>>> that myself, works really well.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if vdsm is already complete
>>>> platform independent (afaik it should be).
>>>>
>>>> the initial development was all on fedora
>>>> and el6, so this is where it runs best atm.
>>>>
>>>> but I know for sure there are plans to
>>>> make it distribution agnostic, but
>>>> I don't know if this includes a pre-created
>>>> iso for ovirt-node based on debian or gentoo.
>>>>
>>>> maybe fabian can shed some light on the
>>>> future plans.
>>>
>>>The current Node can really only be created for Fedora related
>>>distrios, so CentOS, RHEL and Fedora itself. The reason for this is
>>>that all parts "the build process" is tailored around Fedora related
>>>tools. Namely kickstarts, and lviecd-tools.
>>>
>>>We are currently thinking about how we can change Node and make it
>>>more friendly, the distro agnostic idea also goes into this thoughts
>>>- but there is nothing concrete on that front yet.
>>>
>>>That's it from the Node side.
>>>
>>>- fabian
>>
>> Thank you for all these answers.
>>
>> I'm going to test this soon and I'll tell you about the results...
>>
>> David.
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