[ovirt-users] cloud-init and sealing of template

[Gianluca Cecchi]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Michal Skrivanek <
michal.skrivanek at redhat.com> wrote:

>
> On 02 Dec 2015, at 08:43, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Shahar Havivi <shaharh at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On 01.12.15 17:26, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
>> >
>> > OK, I'm trying using classic network instead of NetworkManager.
>> > But right before running the "make template" action, do I have to run
>> any
>> > of "sys-unconfig" and/or "virt-sysprep" tools?
>> No you don't need to run this tools.
>>
>
>  OK. Understood.
>
>
> you don’t have to, but you’ll get a better, cleaner, template if you’ve
> been using the original image before (added accounts, installed
> stuff…things people usually do when preparing a template:)
> we’re looking into integrating it into UI, as it is quite easy to omit a
> thing or two when sealing it manually
>
> It may make sense to use it for initialization during deployment as well
> as a replacement of cloud-init not requiring you to initialize it by
> running it. You would have to do it yourself, making sure the image is not
> in use while the operation is ongoing.
> I think it would also be nice to completely integrate it into “create VM
> from Template” flow. You would have a ready-to-go VMs customized at the
> time of creation already, instead of relying on runtime cloud-init
>
> Thanks,
> michal
>
>
Any improvement inside the gui is welcome.
Yes, in my template I already created personal users that are then able to
authenticate themself with public key in the deployed VM without any
problem and I have also Oracle client installed with a specific HammerDB
configuration file.
So the path is the one you suggested.
Thanks,
Gianluca
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