[ovirt-users] Add multiple files to a VM via cloud-init

[Shahar Havivi]

On 30.10.14 10:06, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Shahar Havivi <shaharh at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 29.10.14 17:35, Branimir Pejakovic wrote:
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I was wondering is there a way to add multiple files to a vm via
> > cloud-init
> > > using python SDK. I was able to add /etc/resolv.conf and additionally I
> > > would like to add config files for NICs (ifcfg-ethX) with appropriate
> > > values (ip,gw,netmask). I used an example given here:
> > > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Cloud-Init_Integration . But
> > unfortunately I
> > > cannot do the same thing If I want to write multiple files to a vm in
> > > params.Action class.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance!
> > you can use the custom script text box in oVirts cloud-init section,
> > there you can add any cloud-init section - adding files examples can be
> > found
> > here:
> >
> > http://cloudinit.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/examples.html#writing-out-arbitrary-files
> >
> >   Shahar Havivi.
> >
> >
> Hi Shahar,
> 
> Thank you for the reply.
> 
> To be honest I knew for those scripts but I want to do it in automate
> fashion just like in that example that I put in my original message. I have
> tried to specify in params.Files class multiple files:
> 
> vm_file1 = params.Files(file=[params.File(name = 'file1', content =
> file1_content, type_= 'PLAINTEXT')])
> vm_file2 = params.Files(file=[params.File(name = 'file2', content =
> file2_content, type_= 'PLAINTEXT')])
> 
> and then give them as arguments to params.CloudInit _init_ constructor
> (files=...)  just like in that example above but it seems that I am doing
> something wrong because it does not write multiple files - it writes only
> when you specify one file all right. The exception is "Error: 'list' object
> has no attribute 'export'" (I tried to specify those files as a list -
> files=[vm_file1,vm_file2]).
> 
> Thanks for any help.
The custom script is currently the only option to add files via Cloud-Init

Thanks,
  Shahar Havivi.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Branimir