[one-users] Contextualization

Tue Apr 22 00:00:56 PDT 2014

Owkey I tried. but I can't get through the internet so I cant download the
contextualization stuff.
any other solutions?
or solutions why it is that I can't connect through the internet?

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Duez Christophe <
christophe.duez at student.uantwerpen.be> wrote:

>  So what I have to do if I understand correctly:
> Create a template in OpenNebula (pastbin template layout)<http://pastebin.com/cTBZ2wvL>
>
>   TEMPLATE 13 INFORMATION
>> ID             : 13
>> NAME           : empty install template
>> USER           : oneadmin
>> GROUP          : oneadmin
>> REGISTER TIME  : 04/16 14:49:35
>> PERMISSIONS
>> OWNER          : um-
>> GROUP          : ---
>> OTHER          : ---
>> TEMPLATE CONTENTS
>> CONTEXT=[
>>   NETWORK="YES",
>>   SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="$USER[SSH_PUBLIC_KEY]" ]
>> CPU="1"
>> DISK=[
>>   IMAGE="CD Centos 6.5 Minimal",
>>   IMAGE_UNAME="oneadmin" ]
>> DISK=[
>>   IMAGE="empty disc",
>>   IMAGE_UNAME="oneadmin" ]
>> GRAPHICS=[
>>   KEYMAP="fr-be",
>>   LISTEN="0.0.0.0",
>>   TYPE="VNC" ]
>> MEMORY="1024"
>> NIC=[
>>   IP="146.175.139.60" ]
>> OS=[
>>   ARCH="x86_64",
>>   BOOT="cdrom" ]
>
>
>  Start the VM with this template.
> Install the OS
> Open VNC
>
> vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0DEVICE=eth0
>
>> TYPE=Ethernet
>> ONBOOT=yes
>> NM_CONTROLLED=no
>> BOOTPROTO=static
>> IPADDR=146.175.139.60
>
>  NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>
>
>  Then install the contextualization.
>
>  shutdown the VM
>
>  Make the Image un-persistent
>
> Ready?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Anthony Francis - Handy Networks LLC <
> anthony at handynetworks.com> wrote:
>
>>   The simplest way when you are creating a new template is to make one
>> VM from the template while the image is persistent, manually assign the IP
>> information to the VM via VNC, spice or what have you, then install all the
>> base software including the contextualization package. Then clean up the
>> logs etc, destroy the Vm, set the image back to no-persistant and your
>> contextualization will work when you make new VM’s based on the image.
>>   --
>> Anthony Francis
>>  Hosting Support Manager
>> HandyNetworks LLC
>> http://www.handynetworks.com/
>> *303-414-6904 <303-414-6904>*
>>
>>   From: Christophe Duez <christophe.duez at student.uantwerpen.be>
>> Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 5:30 AM
>> To: Valentin Bud <valentin.bud at gmail.com>
>> Cc: opennebula <users at lists.opennebula.org>
>> Subject: Re: [one-users] Contextualization
>>
>>   Hello,
>> Thank you for the extensive responds
>> This is what I did and where I got stuck:
>>
>>  Export the libvirt xml of the VM from the host,
>>>
>>>> virsh dumpxml one-45 > /tmp/XmlDumpFile
>>>
>>>
>>
>>> stop the VM,
>>>
>>>> virsh destroy one-45
>>>>
>>>
>>> undefine the domain.
>>>
>>>> virsh undefine one-45
>>>
>>>
>>
>>> Configure the xml to mount a local folder from the host inside the VM
>>> [1].
>>>
>>>> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'>
>>>>       <driver type='path' wrpolicy='immediate'/>
>>>>       <source dir='/tmp/contextualization'/>
>>>>       <target dir='/tmp/contextualization'/>
>>>>       <readonly/>
>>>>     </filesystem>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>> Somehow deliver the context package in that folder.
>>>
>>>> mkdir /tmp/contextualization/
>>>> yum install opennebula-context -y --downloadonly
>>>> --downloaddir=/tmp/contextualization/
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  Define the domain using your crafted XML,
>>>
>>>> virsh define /tmp/XmlDumpFile
>>>
>>>
>>> boot the machine,
>>>
>>>> ????
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  VNC to it,
>>> mount the shared folder in the host and install the deb/rpm.
>>
>>
>>  can you explain the boot parth of the whole process?
>> and is this right what i did so far?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Valentin Bud <valentin.bud at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello Christophe,
>>>
>>>  Does your VM have a local network connection with the host or any other
>>> computer in your local network? If that's the case you can finish the
>>> installation,
>>> reboot, connect to the VM via SSH, scp the contextualization package from
>>> a local computer that is in the same network or has access to the
>>> network the VM
>>> is part of.
>>>
>>>  If you don't have VM network connectivity at all, the process I know
>>> of is a little
>>> bit tedious but doable.
>>>
>>>  Export the libvirt xml of the VM from the host, stop the VM, undefine
>>> the domain.
>>> Configure the xml to mount a local folder from the host inside the VM
>>> [1]. Somehow
>>> deliver the context package in that folder. Define the domain using your
>>> crafted XML,
>>> boot the machine, VNC to it, mount the shared folder in the host and
>>> install the deb/rpm.
>>>
>>>  Are you somehow building a Debian image? If so try out bootstrap-vz, a
>>> bootstraping
>>> framework for Debian specifically targeted at bootstrapping systems for
>>> virtualized
>>> environments.
>>>
>>>  [1]: http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsFilesystems
>>>
>>>  Best,
>>> Valentin
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Christophe Duez <
>>> christophe.duez at student.uantwerpen.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hello,
>>>> I followed this video from your youtube channel Bootstrapping
>>>> OpenNebula 3.4 and creating a VM from scratch<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQP4NQQ9NSI>.
>>>> I did this with the OpenNebula 4.4.1.
>>>> Almost at the end they say you have to follow the documentation to
>>>> setup contextualization.
>>>> I searched the documentation and found out there are 2 ways:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>    - Install from our repositories package *one-context* in
>>>>>    Ubuntu/Debian or *opennebula-context* in CentOS/RedHat.
>>>>>    Instructions to add the repository at the installation guide<http://docs.opennebula.org/4.4/design_and_installation/building_your_cloud/ignc.html#ignc>
>>>>>    .
>>>>>    - Download and install the package for your distribution:
>>>>>       - DEB<http://dev.opennebula.org/attachments/download/750/one-context_4.4.0.deb>:
>>>>>       Compatible with Ubuntu 11.10 to 13.04 and Debian Squeeze
>>>>>       - RPM<http://dev.opennebula.org/attachments/download/747/one-context_4.4.0.rpm>:
>>>>>       Compatible with CentOS and RHEL 6.x
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>   Now the problem that I have is the following...
>>>> Without internet connection downloading the one-context package from
>>>> the repository is impossible, right?
>>>> And downloading the Package directly isn't possible either, is it not?
>>>> So how do I enable/install the contextualization?
>>>>
>>>>  Please help me...
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Duez Christophe
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>> Valentin Bud
>>> http://databus.pro | valentin at databus.pro
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>> Kind regards,
>> Duez Christophe
>> Student at University of Antwerp :
>> Master of Industrial Sciences: Electronics-ICT
>>
>> E christophe.duez at student.uantwperen.be
>> L linkedin duez-christophe<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/duez-christophe/74/7/39>
>>
>
>
>
>  --
> Kind regards,
> Duez Christophe
> Student at University of Antwerp :
> Master of Industrial Sciences: Electronics-ICT
>
> E christophe.duez at student.uantwperen.be
> L linkedin duez-christophe<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/duez-christophe/74/7/39>
>

-- 
Kind regards,
Duez Christophe
Student at University of Antwerp :
Master of Industrial Sciences: Electronics-ICT

E christophe.duez at student.uantwperen.be
L linkedin duez-christophe<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/duez-christophe/74/7/39>
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