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.TH LIVEMEDIA-CREATOR 1 2018\-08\-14
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.SH NAME
livemedia-creator \- Create live install media
.SH SYNOPSIS
livemedia-creator [-h]
(--make-iso | --make-disk | --make-fsimage | --make-appliance | --make-ami | --make-tar | --make-pxe-live | --make-ostree-live)
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[--iso ISO] [--disk-image DISK_IMAGE]
[--fs-image FS_IMAGE] [--ks KS]
[--image-name IMAGE_NAME] [--image-only]
[--fs-label FS_LABEL]
[--compression] [--compress-arg]
[--live-rootfs-size LIVE_ROOTFS_SIZE]
[--live-rootfs-keep-size LIVE_ROOTFS_KEEP_SIZE]
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[--keep-image] [--no-virt] [--proxy PROXY]
[--anaconda-arg ANACONDA_ARGS]
[--armplatform ARMPLATFORM] [--location LOCATION]
[--logfile LOGFILE]
[--lorax-templates LORAX_TEMPLATES] [--tmp TMP]
[--resultdir RESULT_DIR] [--app-name APP_NAME]
[--app-template APP_TEMPLATE] [--app-file APP_FILE]
[--ram MEMORY] [--vcpus VCPUS] [--vnc VNC]
[--arch ARCH] [--kernel-args KERNEL_ARGS]
[--dracut-arg DRACUT_ARGS] [--title TITLE]
[--project PROJECT] [--releasever RELEASEVER]
[--volid VOLID] [--squashfs_args SQUASHFS_ARGS]
[--virt-uefi] [--ovmf-path OVMF_PATH]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
livemedia-creator uses Anaconda, kickstart and Lorax to create bootable media
that use the same install path as a normal system install. It can be used to
make live isos, bootable (partitioned) disk images and filesystem images for
use with virtualization.
The general idea is to use virt-install to install into a disk image and then
use the disk image to create the bootable media.
livemedia-creator --help will describe all of the options available. At the
minimum you need:
--make-iso to create a final bootable .iso
--iso to specify the Anaconda install media to use with virt-install
--ks is the kickstart to use to install the system
.SH OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
.TP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-iso\fR
Build a live iso
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-disk\fR
Build a partitioned disk image
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-fsimage\fR
Build a filesystem image
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-appliance\fR
Build an appliance image and XML description
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-ami\fR
Build an ami image
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-tar\fR
Build a tar of the root filesystem. Defaults to root.tar.xz
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-pxe\-live\fR
Build a live pxe boot squashfs image
.TP
\fB\-\-make\-ostree\-live\fR
Build a live pxe boot squashfs image of Atomic Host
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.TP
\fB\-\-iso ISO\fR
Anaconda installation .iso path to use for virt-install
.TP
\fB\-\-disk\-image DISK_IMAGE\fR
Path to disk image to use for creating final image
.TP
\fB\-\-fs\-image FS_IMAGE\fR
Path to existing filesystem image to use for creating final image.
.TP
\fB\-\-qcow2\fR
Create qcow2 image instead of raw sparse image when making disk images.
.TP
\fB\-\-qcow2\-arg\fR
Arguments to pass to qemu-img. Pass once for each argument
>>>>>>> d04a99e... livemedia-creator: Add support for making tarfiles
.TP
\fB\-\-compression\fR
Compression binary for make-tar. xz, lzma, gzip, and bzip2 are supported. xz is the default.
.TP
\fB\-\-compress\-arg\fR
Arguments to pass to compression. Pass once for each argument
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.TP
\fB\-\-ks KS\fR
Kickstart file defining the install.
.TP
\fB\-\-image\-name IMAGE_NAME\fR
Name of fs/disk image to create. Default is a random name.
.TP
\fB\-\-image\-only\fR
Exit after creating fs/disk image.
.TP
\fB\-\-keep\-image\fR
Keep raw disk image after .iso creation
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-virt\fR
Use Anaconda's image install instead of virt-install
.TP
\fB\-\-proxy PROXY\fR
proxy URL to use for the install
.TP
\fB\-\-anaconda\-arg ANACONDA_ARGS\fR
Additional argument to pass to anaconda (no-virt mode). Pass once for eachargument
.TP
\fB\-\-armplatform ARMPLATFORM\fR
the platform to use when creating images for ARM, i.e., highbank, mvebu, omap,tegra, etc.
.TP
\fB\-\-location LOCATION\fR
location of iso directory tree with initrd.img and vmlinuz. Used to run virt-install with a newer initrd than the iso.
.TP
\fB\-\-logfile LOGFILE\fR
Path to logfile
.TP
\fB\-\-lorax\-templates LORAX_TEMPLATES\fR
Path to mako templates for lorax
.TP
\fB\-\-tmp TMP\fR
Top level temporary directory
.TP
\fB\-\-resultdir RESULT_DIR\fR
Directory to copy the resulting images and iso into. Defaults to the temporaryworking directory
.TP
\fB\-\-title TITLE\fR
Substituted for @TITLE@ in bootloader config files
.TP
\fB\-\-project PROJECT\fR
substituted for @PROJECT@ in bootloader config files
.TP
\fB\-\-releasever RELEASEVER\fR
substituted for @VERSION@ in bootloader config files
.TP
\fB\-\-volid VOLID\fR
volume id
.TP
\fB\-\-squashfs_args SQUASHFS_ARGS\fR
additional squashfs args
.SH APPLIANCE ARGUMENTS:
.TP
\fB\-\-app\-name APP_NAME\fR
Name of appliance to pass to template
.TP
\fB\-\-app\-template APP_TEMPLATE\fR
Path to template to use for appliance data.
.TP
\fB\-\-app\-file APP_FILE\fR
Appliance template results file.
.SH PXE\-LIVE ARGUMENTS:
.TP
\fB\-\-live\-rootfs\-size\fR
Size of root filesystem of live image in GiB. By default approximate size of space used in root filesystem is used.
.TP
\fB\-\-live\-rootfs\-keep\-size\fR
Keep the size of original root filesystem (rounded down to GiB) in live image
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.SH VIRT\-INSTALL ARGUMENTS:
.TP
\fB\-\-ram MEMORY\fR
Memory to allocate for installer in megabytes.
.TP
\fB\-\-vcpus VCPUS\fR
Passed to --vcpus command
.TP
\fB\-\-vnc VNC\fR
Passed to --graphics command
.TP
\fB\-\-arch ARCH\fR
Passed to --arch command
.TP
\fB\-\-kernel\-args KERNEL_ARGS\fR
Additional argument to pass to the installation kernel
.TP
\fB\-\-virt\-uefi\fR
Boot the virtual machine in UEFI mode. Requires OVMF_CODE.fd and OVMF_VARS.fd
.TP
\fB\-\-ovmf\-path\fR
Path to OVMF_CODE.fd and OVMF_VARS.fd. Defaults to /usr/share/OVMF/, the UEFI
firmware files need to be installed manually, they are not shipped with RHEL.
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.SH DRACUT ARGUMENTS:
.TP
\fB\-\-dracut-arg='ARG'\fR
Argument to pass to dracut when rebuilding the initramfs. Pass this once for each argument, single quoting
the arguments like this: '--xz' NOTE: this overrides the default, so all dracut arguments must be included.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
Documentation in /usr/share/docs/lorax/README.livemedia-creator
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Brian C. Lane
.fi