vmbuilder questions

[Kent Tenney]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Jens Riboe <jens.riboe at ribomation.com> wrote:
> 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/

These pages have good information, but the first, longer document seems to
describe procedures which are not required if using vmbuilder.

>
> 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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