SV: vmbuilder questions

[Jens Riboe]

Hi,

Please, forgive me if I'm chiming in, missing the point.

I just want to comment on the fragment below.
>> This gave me hope regarding being able to build and use vm's but
>> it seems the page presupposes a considerable amount of
>> understanding I don't have.

I recently found myself in the same situation, and had to spend some
amount of time figuring out how to make it tick. Eventually, I got kvm and
networking ticking and decided to write about my findings.
* http://www.ribomation.com/2008/09/23/virtualization-ubuntu/
*
http://www.ribomation.com/2008/11/20/convenient-installation-of-ubuntu-kvm/

Perhaps, the first entry can be of some help for people starting fresh with
virtualization.

Best regards,
    /jens


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[mailto:ubuntu-server-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] För Kent Tenney
Skickat: den 2 december 2008 16:02
Till: Dave Walker
Kopia: ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com
Ämne: Re: vmbuilder questions

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Dave Walker <DaveWalker at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Kent Tenney wrote:
>>
>> I made the changes you recommend, still no bridging.
>> When I do
>> $ sudo kvm disk0.qcow2
>>
>>
> Hi Kent,
>
> Is this really the best way to start the virtual machine?

I haven't a clue.
It produces a window which displays a machine boot sequence,
which is what I expect to see. There's clearly large gaps in my
understanding of what's going on. The sequence described at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOSVMBuilder

"This page aims at documenting how to a create virtual
appliance using Ubuntu Server Edition's JeOS and vmbuilder."

This gave me hope regarding being able to build and use vm's but
it seems the page presupposes a considerable amount of
understanding I don't have.

> You aren't
> passing any parameters, other than the actual img/qcow2 to use.
> Wouldn't it be better to launch it via "virsh", using the .cfg file that
> the vmbuilder generated?

Where would I find that file?
(the .cfg file I quoted above is one I wrote according to instructions on
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOSVMBuilder)

>
> Once inside virsh:
> "create /path/to/image.cfg"
>
> The the network settings you have set out will be applied to KVM as
> parameters.  (Unless you want to use routed networking, which doesn't
> work right IMO)
>
> Kind Regards,
> Dave Walker



>

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