Best way to assemble vm images

[Krishna Raman]

I am building these images in an automated (nightly) fashion on ec2 and would prefer a method which doesn't require me to spun up a VM on a ec2 machine.
Oz works great when I have the ability to running a VM and if it is the only option at the moment then I will use it but still looking for alternatives.

Thanks
--Krishna

On Jul 15, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 07/15/2013 09:42 PM, Krishna Raman wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> When building on a f19 system, is appliance-creator still the best way to build F19 qcow2
>> images or should I be using something else? 
> 
> 
> I recommend Oz  (that's what I use all the time to create JEOS images):
> 
> Here's a simple script (which provides a simple Oz TDL, and calls 'oz-install' command.)
> 
>  # Fetch the script
>  $ wget https://github.com/kashyapc/virt-scripts/blob/master/oz/oz-jeos.bash
> 
>  # Run the oz script (it'll take 5 minutes or so):
>  $ ./oz-jeos.bash f19-devstack-new f19
> 
>  # Once install is finished, define the just thrown XML file
>  # (the below is just an example, change it appropriately)
>  $ virsh define f19-jeosJul_04_2013-12
> 
>  # Start the guest over serial console
>  $ virsh start f19-jeos --console
> 
> 
> You can adjust the TDL section of the script according to your needs.
> 
> For instance, if you need a 3G disk image (Oz by default creates 10G), you can use this
> below TDL:
> 
> -----------------
> $ cat f19disk3gb.tdl
> <template>
>  <name>devstack</name>
>  <os>
>    <name>Fedora</name>
>    <version>19</version>
>    <arch>x86_64</arch>
>    <install type='url'>
>      <url>http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/<</url>
>    </install>
>    <rootpw>testpwd</rootpw>
>  </os>
>  <description>Fedora 19</description>
>  <disk>
>    <size>3</size>
>  </disk>
> </template>
> -----------------
> 
> 
> And, Invoke:
> 
> $ oz-install /path/to/tdl file
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> /kashyap