I have started thinking about some options: 1) use packer to convert the devcloud2 veewee definition as a starting point 2) create devcloud3 from scratch 3) start with an existing packer definition (e.g. [1])
Do you have a view on which option may be most suitable? If we go with option 2 or 3, do you think debian 7.0 should be used as a starting point, or another version such as 7.2 or 7.3? Or even another distro? Are these goals still valid for devcloud3? - Two network interfaces, host-only adapter so that the VM is reachable from host os and a NAT so VMs can access Internet. - Can be used both as an all in one box solution like the original DevCloud but the mgmt server and other services can run elsewhere (on host os). - Reduce resource requirements, so one could run it in 1G limit. - Allow multiple DevCloud VMs hosts. - x86 dom0 and xen-i386 so it runs on all host os. - Reduce exported appliance (ova) file size. - It should be seamless, it should work out of the box. Are there any new requirements in addition to the ones discussed in this email chain, e.g. - vagrant support (in addition to the ova/ovf image) - packer and vagrant build environment Many thanks, Chris [1] https://github.com/opscode/bento/tree/master/packer On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Rohit Yadav <bhais...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Thanks for stepping in. That is much needed, in fact I think we should >> use something like packer alongwith vagrant/veewee for both devcloud >> and systemvmtemplate. Veewee can build vms, packer can export them to >> various platforms/formats and a developer could use vagrant for local >> devcloud/host automation. >> > > I looked into it the other day and I agree we need to revamp this. > > veewee development and maintenance is going to stop. So we need to prep a > packer version > > So yes we should create a packer definition for devcloud3 :) and be able to > post-process it to vagrant. > > > >> Regards. >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:30 AM, chris snow <chsnow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I would like to build the devcloud2 image [1] from scratch using >>> veewee (or packer) and turn it into a vagrant box. >>> >>> There seems to be several versions of Vagrant files and veewee >>> definitions in the code base, making it difficult to know which one to >>> start from, or whether they are still valid. >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> [1] http://bhaisaab.org/logs/devcloud/ > -- Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. http://lnkd.in/cw5k69
