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From: Tony Su
Date: Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Subject: Cloning images
To: opensuse-cloud@opensuse.org
At the moment am exploring image management, specifically cloning from
existing images.
By default, it looks like openstack supports libvirt and through tools
like vm-install and virt-manager, it's likely that openstack is just
building on libvirt functionality (please correct me if I'm
incorrect).
Am frustrated by limitations and implementation with vm-install, so
have been looking around at other tools, particularly any that
integrate with openstack.
Came across libguestfs, specifically it's tool virt-sysprep (shades of
Windows terminology!)
http://libguestfs.org/
http://freecode.com/projects/libguestfs
http://libguestfs.org/virt-sysprep.1.html
After skimming the code, it looks like it heavily leans on debootstrap
and febootstrap, which of course are tools with little relevance to
openSUSE (and SUSE). debootstrap is available as a community import,
and febootstrap is not available at all.
libguestfs lists itself as "projects using libguestfs today" at the
end of the first section on its website homepage, but unsurprisingly
none of its components can be found on an openSUSE install.
Am wondering if there are alternative tools I should be looking at?
For the moment, I'm considering simply creating a script that does
typical cloning modifications.
TIA,
Tony
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