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.TH "LIVEMEDIA-CREATOR" "1" "Oct 24, 2018" "30.5" "Lorax"
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.B Authors
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Brian C. Lane <\fI\%bcl@redhat.com\fP>
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livemedia\-creator uses \fI\%Anaconda\fP,
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\fI\%kickstart\fP and \fI\%Lorax\fP to create bootable media that use the
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same install path as a normal system installation. It can be used to make live
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isos, bootable (partitioned) disk images, tarfiles, and filesystem images for
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use with virtualization and container solutions like libvirt, docker, and
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OpenStack.
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The general idea is to use qemu with kickstart and an Anaconda boot.iso to
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install into a disk image and then use the disk image to create the bootable
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media.
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livemedia\-creator \-\-help will describe all of the options available. At the
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minimum you need:
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\fB\-\-make\-iso\fP to create a final bootable .iso or one of the other \fB\-\-make\-*\fP options.
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\fB\-\-iso\fP to specify the Anaconda install media to use with qemu.
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\fB\-\-ks\fP to select the kickstart file describing what to install.
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To use livemedia\-creator with virtualization you will need to have qemu installed.
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If you are going to be using Anaconda directly, with \fB\-\-no\-virt\fP mode, make sure
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you have the anaconda\-tui package installed.
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Conventions used in this document:
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\fBlmc\fP is an abbreviation for livemedia\-creator.
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\fBbuilder\fP is the system where livemedia\-creator is being run
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\fBimage\fP is the disk image being created by running livemedia\-creator
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.SH LIVEMEDIA-CREATOR CMDLINE ARGUMENTS
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Create Live Install Media
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.INDENT 3.5
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usage: livemedia\-creator [\-h]
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(\-\-make\-iso | \-\-make\-disk | \-\-make\-fsimage | \-\-make\-appliance | \-\-make\-ami | \-\-make\-tar | \-\-make\-pxe\-live | \-\-make\-ostree\-live | \-\-make\-oci | \-\-make\-vagrant)
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[\-\-iso ISO] [\-\-iso\-only] [\-\-iso\-name ISO_NAME]
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[\-\-ks KS] [\-\-image\-only] [\-\-no\-virt] [\-\-proxy PROXY]
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[\-\-anaconda\-arg ANACONDA_ARGS]
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[\-\-armplatform ARMPLATFORM] [\-\-location LOCATION]
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[\-\-logfile LOGFILE]
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[\-\-lorax\-templates LORAX_TEMPLATES] [\-\-tmp TMP]
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[\-\-resultdir RESULT_DIR] [\-\-macboot] [\-\-nomacboot]
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[\-\-disk\-image DISK_IMAGE] [\-\-keep\-image]
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[\-\-fs\-image FS_IMAGE] [\-\-image\-name IMAGE_NAME]
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[\-\-fs\-label FS_LABEL] [\-\-image\-type IMAGE_TYPE]
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[\-\-qemu\-arg QEMU_ARGS] [\-\-qcow2]
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[\-\-qcow2\-arg QEMU_ARGS] [\-\-compression COMPRESSION]
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[\-\-compress\-arg COMPRESS_ARGS] [\-\-app\-name APP_NAME]
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[\-\-app\-template APP_TEMPLATE] [\-\-app\-file APP_FILE]
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[\-\-ram MEMORY] [\-\-vcpus VCPUS] [\-\-vnc VNC]
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[\-\-arch ARCH] [\-\-kernel\-args KERNEL_ARGS]
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[\-\-ovmf\-path OVMF_PATH] [\-\-virt\-uefi] [\-\-no\-kvm]
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[\-\-with\-rng WITH_RNG] [\-\-dracut\-arg DRACUT_ARGS]
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[\-\-live\-rootfs\-size LIVE_ROOTFS_SIZE]
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[\-\-live\-rootfs\-keep\-size] [\-\-oci\-config OCI_CONFIG]
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[\-\-oci\-runtime OCI_RUNTIME]
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[\-\-vagrant\-metadata VAGRANT_METADATA]
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[\-\-vagrantfile VAGRANTFILE] [\-\-title TITLE]
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[\-\-project PROJECT] [\-\-releasever RELEASEVER]
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[\-\-volid VOLID] [\-\-squashfs_args SQUASHFS_ARGS]
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[\-\-timeout TIMEOUT] [\-V]
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.SS Named Arguments
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.B\-\-make\-iso
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Build a live iso
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Default: False
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.B\-\-make\-disk
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Build a partitioned disk image
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Default: False
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.B\-\-make\-fsimage
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Build a filesystem image
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Default: False
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.B\-\-make\-appliance
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Build an appliance image and XML description
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.B\-\-make\-ami
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Build an ami image
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Default: False
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.B\-\-make\-tar
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Build a tar of the root filesystem
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.B\-\-make\-pxe\-live
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Build a live pxe boot squashfs image
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Default: False
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.B\-\-make\-ostree\-live
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Build a live pxe boot squashfs image of Atomic Host
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Default: False
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.B\-\-make\-oci
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Build an Open Container Initiative image
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.B\-\-make\-vagrant
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Build a Vagrant Box image
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.B\-\-iso
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Anaconda installation .iso path to use for qemu
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.B\-\-iso\-only
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Remove all iso creation artifacts except the boot.iso, combine with \-\-iso\-name to rename the boot.iso
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Default: False
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.B\-\-iso\-name
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Name of output iso file for \-\-iso\-only. Default is boot.iso
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.B\-\-ks
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Kickstart file defining the install.
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.B\-\-image\-only
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Exit after creating fs/disk image.
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.B\-\-no\-virt
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Run anaconda directly on host instead of using qemu
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.B\-\-proxy
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proxy URL to use for the install
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.B\-\-anaconda\-arg
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Additional argument to pass to anaconda (no\-virt mode). Pass once for each argument
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the platform to use when creating images for ARM, i.e., highbank, mvebu, omap, tegra, etc.
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.B\-\-location
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location of iso directory tree with initrd.img and vmlinuz. Used to run qemu with a newer initrd than the iso.
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.B\-\-logfile
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Name and path for primary logfile, other logs will be created in the same directory.
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Default: ./livemedia.log
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.B\-\-lorax\-templates
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Path to mako templates for lorax
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Top level temporary directory
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.B\-\-resultdir
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Directory to copy the resulting images and iso into. Defaults to the temporary working directory
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Default: True
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Default: True
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Substituted for @TITLE@ in bootloader config files
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Default: "Linux Live Media"
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substituted for @PROJECT@ in bootloader config files
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Default: "Linux"
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substituted for @VERSION@ in bootloader config files
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Default: "29"
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volume id
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.B\-\-squashfs_args
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additional squashfs args
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.B\-\-timeout
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Cancel installer after X minutes
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.B\-V
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show program\(aqs version number and exit
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.B\-\-disk\-image
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Path to existing disk image to use for creating final image.
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Keep raw disk image after .iso creation
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Default: False
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Path to existing filesystem image to use for creating final image.
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Name of output file to create. Used for tar, fs and disk image. Default is a random name.
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Label to set on fsimage, default is \(aqAnaconda\(aq
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Default: "Anaconda"
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.B\-\-image\-type
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Create an image with qemu\-img. See qemu\-img \-\-help for supported formats.
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Arguments to pass to qemu\-img. Pass once for each argument, they will be used for ALL calls to qemu\-img.
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Default: []
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Create qcow2 image instead of raw sparse image when making disk images.
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Default: False
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Arguments to pass to qemu\-img. Pass once for each argument, they will be used for ALL calls to qemu\-img.
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Compression binary for make\-tar. xz, lzma, gzip, and bzip2 are supported. xz is the default.
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Default: "xz"
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Arguments to pass to compression. Pass once for each argument
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.B\-\-app\-name
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Name of appliance to pass to template
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Path to template to use for appliance data.
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Appliance template results file.
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.B\-\-ram
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Memory to allocate for installer in megabytes.
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Default: 2048
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Passed to qemu \-smp command
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Passed to qemu \-display command. eg. vnc=127.0.0.1:5, default is to choose the first unused vnc port.
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System arch to build for. Used to select qemu\-system\-* command. Defaults to qemu\-system\-<arch>
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Additional argument to pass to the installation kernel
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Path to OVMF firmware
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Use OVMF firmware to boot the VM in UEFI mode
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Skip using kvm with qemu even if it is available.
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RNG device for QEMU (none for no RNG)
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.SS dracut arguments
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.B\-\-dracut\-arg
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Argument to pass to dracut when rebuilding the initramfs. Pass this once for each argument. NOTE: this overrides the default. (default: )
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.B\-\-live\-rootfs\-size
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Size of root filesystem of live image in GiB
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Keep the original size of root filesystem in live image
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.B\-\-oci\-config
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config.json OCI configuration file
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runtime.json OCI configuration file
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optional vagrantfile
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.SH QUICKSTART
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Run this to create a bootable live iso:
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to monitor the logs for fatal errors, but may not catch everything.
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.SH HOW ISO CREATION WORKS
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There are 2 stages, the install stage which produces a disk or filesystem image
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as its output, and the boot media creation which uses the image as its input.
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Normally you would run both stages, but it is possible to stop after the
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install stage, by using \fB\-\-image\-only\fP, or to skip the install stage and use
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a previously created disk image by passing \fB\-\-disk\-image\fP or \fB\-\-fs\-image\fP
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When creating an iso qemu boots using the passed Anaconda installer iso
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and installs the system based on the kickstart. The \fB%post\fP section of the
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kickstart is used to customize the installed system in the same way that
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current spin\-kickstarts do.
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livemedia\-creator monitors the install process for problems by watching the
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install logs. They are written to the current directory or to the base
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directory specified by the \-\-logfile command. You can also monitor the install
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by using a vnc client. This is recommended when first modifying a kickstart,
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since there are still places where Anaconda may get stuck without the log
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monitor catching it.
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The output from this process is a partitioned disk image. kpartx can be used
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to mount and examine it when there is a problem with the install. It can also
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be booted using kvm.
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filesystem image which is then used as the input to lorax for creation of the
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final media.
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or the live directory below the directory specified by \fB\-\-lorax\-templates\fP\&. The
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templates are written using the Mako template system with some extra commands
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The output from \-\-make\-iso includes the artifacts used to create the boot.iso;
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the kernel, initrd, the squashfs filesystem, etc. If you only want the
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boot.iso you can pass \fB\-\-iso\-only\fP and the other files will be removed. You
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can also name the iso by using \fB\-\-iso\-name my\-live.iso\fP\&.
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.SH KICKSTARTS
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The docs/ directory includes several example kickstarts, one to create a live
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desktop iso using GNOME, and another to create a minimal disk image. When
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creating your own kickstarts you should start with the minimal example, it
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includes several needed packages that are not always included by dependencies.
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Or you can use existing spin kickstarts to create live media with a few
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changes. Here are the steps I used to convert the Fedora XFCE spin.
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.IP 1. 4
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Flatten the xfce kickstart using ksflatten
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.IP 2. 4
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Add zerombr so you don\(aqt get the disk init dialog
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.IP 3. 4
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Add clearpart \-\-all
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.IP 4. 4
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Add swap partition
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bootloader target
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Add shutdown to the kickstart
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.IP 7. 4
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Add network \-\-bootproto=dhcp \-\-activate to activate the network
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This works for F16 builds but for F15 and before you need to pass
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something on the cmdline that activate the network, like sshd:
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.INDENT 4.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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\fBlivemedia\-creator \-\-kernel\-args="sshd"\fP
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.IP 8. 4
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Add a root password:
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.INDENT 4.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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rootpw rootme
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network \-\-bootproto=dhcp \-\-activate
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zerombr
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clearpart \-\-all
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bootloader \-\-location=mbr
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part swap \-\-size=512
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shutdown
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.ft P
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.fi
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.IP 9. 4
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In the livesys script section of the %post remove the root password. This
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really depends on how the spin wants to work. You could add the live user
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that you create to the %wheel group so that sudo works if you wanted to.
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.INDENT 4.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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\fBpasswd \-d root > /dev/null\fP
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.IP 10. 4
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Remove /etc/fstab in %post, dracut handles mounting the rootfs
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.sp
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\fBcat /dev/null > /dev/fstab\fP
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.sp
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Do this only for live iso\(aqs, the filesystem will be mounted read only if
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there is no /etc/fstab
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.IP 11. 4
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Don\(aqt delete initramfs files from /boot in %post
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.IP 12. 4
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When creating live iso\(aqs you need to have, at least, these packages in the %package section::
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dracut\-config\-generic
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dracut\-live
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\-dracut\-config\-rescue
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grub2\-efi
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memtest86+
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syslinux
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.UNINDENT
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.SS User created repositories
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.sp
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If you are using your own repositories and installing groups (eg. @core) make
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sure you create the repodata with groups like this \fBcreaterepo \-g
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/path/to/groups.xml /path/to/rpms\fP
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.SS Using a Proxy with repos
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.sp
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|
One drawback to using qemu is that it pulls the packages from the repo each
|
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time you run it. To speed things up you either need a local mirror of the
|
|
packages, or you can use a caching proxy. When using a proxy you pass it to
|
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livemedia\-creator like this:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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\fB\-\-proxy=http://proxy.yourdomain.com:3128\fP
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
|
|
You also need to use a specific mirror instead of mirrormanager so that the
|
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packages will get cached, so your kickstart url would look like:
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.INDENT 0.0
|
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.INDENT 3.5
|
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\fBurl \-\-url="http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/x86_64/os/"\fP
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.UNINDENT
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|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
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You can also add an update repo, but don\(aqt name it updates. Add \-\-proxy to it
|
|
as well. You can use all of the \fI\%kickstart commands\fP in your kickstart. Make sure there
|
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is only one \fBurl\fP command, other repos have to use the \fBrepo\fP command and cannot be
|
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named \fBupdates\fP which is reserved for Anaconda\(aqs use. eg.:
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.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
|
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.ft C
|
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url \-\-url=PRIMARY\-REPO\-URL \-\-proxy=PROXY\-URL
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repo \-\-name="repo1" \-\-baseurl=FIRST\-REPO\-URL \-\-proxy=PROXY\-URL
|
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repo \-\-name="repo2" \-\-baseurl=SECOND\-REPO_URL \-\-proxy=PROXY\-URL
|
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.ft P
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.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.SH ANACONDA IMAGE INSTALL (NO-VIRT)
|
|
.sp
|
|
You can create images without using qemu by passing \fB\-\-no\-virt\fP on the
|
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cmdline. This will use Anaconda\(aqs directory install feature to handle the
|
|
install. There are a couple of things to keep in mind when doing this:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.IP 1. 3
|
|
It will be most reliable when building images for the same release that the
|
|
host is running. Because Anaconda has expectations about the system it is
|
|
running under you may encounter strange bugs if you try to build newer or
|
|
older releases.
|
|
.IP 2. 3
|
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Make sure selinux is set to permissive or disabled. It won\(aqt install
|
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correctly with selinux set to enforcing yet.
|
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.IP 3. 3
|
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It may totally trash your host. So far I haven\(aqt had this happen, but the
|
|
possibility exists that a bug in Anaconda could result in it operating on
|
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real devices. I recommend running it in a virt or on a system that you can
|
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afford to lose all data from.
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
The logs from anaconda will be placed in an ./anaconda/ directory in either
|
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the current directory or in the directory used for \-\-logfile
|
|
.sp
|
|
Example cmdline:
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBsudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-iso \-\-no\-virt \-\-ks=./fedora\-livemedia.ks\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBNOTE:\fP
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
Using no\-virt to create a partitioned disk image (eg. \-\-make\-disk or
|
|
\-\-make\-vagrant) will only create disks usable on the host platform (BIOS
|
|
or UEFI). You can create BIOS partitioned disk images on UEFI by using
|
|
virt.
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.SH AMI IMAGES
|
|
.sp
|
|
Amazon EC2 images can be created by using the \-\-make\-ami switch and an appropriate
|
|
kickstart file. All of the work to customize the image is handled by the kickstart.
|
|
The example currently included was modified from the cloud\-kickstarts version so
|
|
that it would work with livemedia\-creator.
|
|
.sp
|
|
Example cmdline:
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBsudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-ami \-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=./docs/fedora\-livemedia\-ec2.ks\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
This will produce an ami\-root.img file in the working directory.
|
|
.sp
|
|
At this time I have not tested the image with EC2. Feedback would be welcome.
|
|
.SH APPLIANCE CREATION
|
|
.sp
|
|
livemedia\-creator can now replace appliance\-tools by using the \-\-make\-appliance
|
|
switch. This will create the partitioned disk image and an XML file that can be
|
|
used with virt\-image to setup a virtual system.
|
|
.sp
|
|
The XML is generated using the Mako template from
|
|
/usr/share/lorax/appliance/libvirt.xml You can use a different template by
|
|
passing \fB\-\-app\-template <template path>\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
Documentation on the Mako template system can be found at the \fI\%Mako site\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
The name of the final output XML is appliance.xml, this can be changed with
|
|
\fB\-\-app\-file <file path>\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
The following variables are passed to the template:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.TP
|
|
.B \fBdisks\fP
|
|
A list of disk_info about each disk.
|
|
Each entry has the following attributes:
|
|
.INDENT 7.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
\fBname\fP
|
|
base name of the disk image file
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBformat\fP
|
|
"raw"
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBchecksum_type\fP
|
|
"sha256"
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBchecksum\fP
|
|
sha256 checksum of the disk image
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBname\fP
|
|
Name of appliance, from \-\-app\-name argument
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBarch\fP
|
|
Architecture
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBmemory\fP
|
|
Memory in KB (from \fB\-\-ram\fP)
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBvcpus\fP
|
|
from \fB\-\-vcpus\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBnetworks\fP
|
|
list of networks from the kickstart or []
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBtitle\fP
|
|
from \fB\-\-title\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBproject\fP
|
|
from \fB\-\-project\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBreleasever\fP
|
|
from \fB\-\-releasever\fP
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
The created image can be imported into libvirt using:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
\fBvirt\-image appliance.xml\fP
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
You can also create qcow2 appliance images using \fB\-\-image\-type=qcow2\fP, for example:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
sudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-appliance \-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=./docs/fedora\-minimal.ks \e
|
|
\-\-image\-type=qcow2 \-\-app\-file=minimal\-test.xml \-\-image\-name=minimal\-test.img
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.SH FILESYSTEM IMAGE CREATION
|
|
.sp
|
|
livemedia\-creator can be used to create un\-partitined filesystem images using
|
|
the \fB\-\-make\-fsimage\fP option. As of version 21.8 this works with both qemu and
|
|
no\-virt modes of operation. Previously it was only available with no\-virt.
|
|
.sp
|
|
Kickstarts should have a single / partition with no extra mountpoints.
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
\fBlivemedia\-creator \-\-make\-fsimage \-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=./docs/fedora\-minimal.ks\fP
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
You can name the output image with \fB\-\-image\-name\fP and set a label on the filesystem with \fB\-\-fs\-label\fP
|
|
.SH TAR FILE CREATION
|
|
.sp
|
|
The \fB\-\-make\-tar\fP command can be used to create a tar of the root filesystem. By
|
|
default it is compressed using xz, but this can be changed using the
|
|
\fB\-\-compression\fP and \fB\-\-compress\-arg\fP options. This option works with both virt and
|
|
no\-virt install methods.
|
|
.sp
|
|
As with \fB\-\-make\-fsimage\fP the kickstart should be limited to a single / partition.
|
|
.sp
|
|
For example:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-tar \-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=./docs/fedora\-minimal.ks \e
|
|
\-\-image\-name=fedora\-root.tar.xz
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.SH LIVE IMAGE FOR PXE BOOT
|
|
.sp
|
|
The \fB\-\-make\-pxe\-live\fP command will produce squashfs image containing live root
|
|
filesystem that can be used for pxe boot. Directory with results will contain
|
|
the live image, kernel image, initrd image and template of pxe configuration
|
|
for the images.
|
|
.SH ATOMIC LIVE IMAGE FOR PXE BOOT
|
|
.sp
|
|
The \fB\-\-make\-ostree\-live\fP command will produce the same result as \fB\-\-make\-pxe\-live\fP
|
|
for installations of Atomic Host. Example kickstart for such an installation
|
|
using Atomic installer iso with local repo included in the image can be found
|
|
in docs/rhel\-atomic\-pxe\-live.ks.
|
|
.sp
|
|
The PXE images can also be created with \fB\-\-no\-virt\fP by using the example
|
|
kickstart in docs/fedora\-atomic\-pxe\-live\-novirt.ks. This also works inside the
|
|
mock environment.
|
|
.SH USING MOCK AND --NO-VIRT TO CREATE IMAGES
|
|
.sp
|
|
As of lorax version 22.2 you can use livemedia\-creator and anaconda version
|
|
22.15 inside of a mock chroot with \-\-make\-iso and \-\-make\-fsimage.
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBNOTE:\fP
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
As of mock 1.3.4 you need to use \fB\-\-old\-chroot\fP with mock. Mock now defaults to using systemd\-nspawn
|
|
which cannot create the needed loop device nodes. Passing \fB\-\-old\-chroot\fP will use the old system
|
|
where \fB/dev/loop*\fP is setup for you.
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
On the host system:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.IP 1. 3
|
|
yum install \-y mock
|
|
.IP 2. 3
|
|
Add a user to the mock group to use for running mock. eg. builder
|
|
.IP 3. 3
|
|
Create a new /etc/mock/ config file based on the rawhide one, or modify the
|
|
existing one so that the following options are setup:
|
|
.INDENT 3.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
config_opts[\(aqchroot_setup_cmd\(aq] = \(aqinstall @buildsys\-build anaconda\-tui lorax\(aq
|
|
|
|
# build results go into /home/builder/results/
|
|
config_opts[\(aqplugin_conf\(aq][\(aqbind_mount_opts\(aq][\(aqdirs\(aq].append((\(aq/home/builder/results\(aq,\(aq/results/\(aq))
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
If you are creating images for a branched release of Fedora you should also enable
|
|
the updates\-testing repository so that you get the latest builds in your mock chroot.
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
The following steps are run as the builder user who is a member of the mock
|
|
group.
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.IP 4. 3
|
|
Make a directory for results matching the bind mount above
|
|
\fBmkdir ~/results/\fP
|
|
.IP 5. 3
|
|
Copy the example kickstarts
|
|
\fBcp /usr/share/docs/lorax/*ks .\fP
|
|
.IP 6. 3
|
|
Make sure tar and dracut\-network are in the %packages section and that the
|
|
\fBurl points to the correct repo\fP
|
|
.IP 7. 3
|
|
Init the mock
|
|
\fBmock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-init\fP
|
|
.IP 8. 3
|
|
Copy the kickstart inside the mock
|
|
\fBmock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-copyin ./fedora\-minimal.ks /root/\fP
|
|
.IP 9. 3
|
|
Make a minimal iso:
|
|
.INDENT 3.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
mock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-chroot \-\- livemedia\-creator \-\-no\-virt \e
|
|
\-\-resultdir=/results/try\-1 \-\-logfile=/results/logs/try\-1/try\-1.log \e
|
|
\-\-make\-iso \-\-ks /root/fedora\-minimal.ks
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
Results will be in ./results/try\-1 and logs under /results/logs/try\-1/
|
|
including anaconda logs and livemedia\-creator logs. The new iso will be
|
|
located at ~/results/try\-1/images/boot.iso, and the ~/results/try\-1/
|
|
directory tree will also contain the vmlinuz, initrd, etc.
|
|
.SH USING MOCK AND QEMU TO CREATE IMAGES
|
|
.sp
|
|
Version 25.0 of livemedia\-creator switches to using qemu for virtualization.
|
|
This allows creation of all image types, and use of the KVM on the host if
|
|
/dev/kvm is present in the mock environment.
|
|
.sp
|
|
On the host system:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.IP 1. 3
|
|
yum install \-y mock
|
|
.IP 2. 3
|
|
Add a user to the mock group to use for running mock. eg. builder
|
|
.IP 3. 3
|
|
Create a new /etc/mock/ config file based on the rawhide one, or modify the
|
|
existing one so that the following options are setup:
|
|
.INDENT 3.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
config_opts[\(aqchroot_setup_cmd\(aq] = \(aqinstall @buildsys\-build lorax qemu\(aq
|
|
|
|
# build results go into /home/builder/results/
|
|
config_opts[\(aqplugin_conf\(aq][\(aqbind_mount_opts\(aq][\(aqdirs\(aq].append((\(aq/home/builder/results\(aq,\(aq/results/\(aq))
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
If you are creating images for a branched release of Fedora you should also enable
|
|
the updates\-testing repository so that you get the latest builds in your mock chroot.
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
The following steps are run as the builder user who is a member of the mock
|
|
group.
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.IP 4. 3
|
|
Make a directory for results matching the bind mount above
|
|
\fBmkdir ~/results/\fP
|
|
.IP 5. 3
|
|
Copy the example kickstarts
|
|
\fBcp /usr/share/docs/lorax/*ks .\fP
|
|
.IP 6. 3
|
|
Make sure tar and dracut\-network are in the %packages section and that the
|
|
\fBurl points to the correct repo\fP
|
|
.IP 7. 3
|
|
Init the mock
|
|
\fBmock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-init\fP
|
|
.IP 8. 3
|
|
Copy the kickstart inside the mock
|
|
\fBmock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-copyin ./fedora\-minimal.ks /root/\fP
|
|
.IP 9. 3
|
|
Copy the Anaconda boot.iso inside the mock
|
|
\fBmock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-copyin ./boot.iso /root/\fP
|
|
.IP 10. 3
|
|
Make a minimal iso:
|
|
.INDENT 3.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
mock \-r fedora\-rawhide\-x86_64 \-\-old\-chroot \-\-chroot \-\- livemedia\-creator \e
|
|
\-\-resultdir=/results/try\-1 \-\-logfile=/results/logs/try\-1/try\-1.log \e
|
|
\-\-make\-iso \-\-ks /root/fedora\-minimal.ks \-\-iso /root/boot.iso
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
Results will be in ./results/try\-1 and logs under /results/logs/try\-1/
|
|
including anaconda logs and livemedia\-creator logs. The new iso will be
|
|
located at ~/results/try\-1/images/boot.iso, and the ~/results/try\-1/
|
|
directory tree will also contain the vmlinuz, initrd, etc.
|
|
.sp
|
|
This will run qemu without kvm support, which is going to be very slow. You can
|
|
add \fBmknod /dev/kvm c 10 232;\fP to create the device node before running lmc.
|
|
.SH OPENSTACK IMAGE CREATION
|
|
.sp
|
|
OpenStack supports partitioned disk images so \fB\-\-make\-disk\fP can be used to
|
|
create images for importing into glance, OpenStack\(aqs image storage component.
|
|
You need to have access to an OpenStack provider that allows image uploads, or
|
|
setup your own using the instructions from the \fI\%RDO Project\fP\&.
|
|
.sp
|
|
The example kickstart, fedora\-openstack.ks, is only slightly different than the
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fedora\-minimal.ks one. It adds the cloud\-init and cloud\-utils\-growpart
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packages. OpenStack supports setting up the image using cloud\-init, and
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cloud\-utils\-growpart will grow the image to fit the instance\(aqs disk size.
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.sp
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Create a qcow2 image using the kickstart like this:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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\fBsudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-disk \-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=/path/to/fedora\-openstack.ks \-\-image\-type=qcow2\fP
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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On the RHEL7 version of lmc \fB\-\-image\-type\fP isn\(aqt supported. You can only create a bare partitioned disk image.
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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Import the resulting disk image into the OpenStack system, either via the web UI, or glance on the cmdline:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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glance image\-create \-\-name "fedora\-openstack" \-\-is\-public true \-\-disk\-format qcow2 \e
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\-\-container\-format bare \-\-file ./fedora\-openstack.qcow2
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.ft P
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.fi
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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If qcow2 wasn\(aqt used then \fB\-\-disk\-format\fP should be set to raw.
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.SH DOCKER IMAGE CREATION
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.sp
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Use lmc to create a tarfile as described in the \fI\%TAR File Creation\fP section, but substitute the
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fedora\-docker.ks example kickstart which removes the requirement for core files and the kernel.
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.sp
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You can then import the tarfile into docker like this (as root):
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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\fBcat /var/tmp/fedora\-root.tar.xz | docker import \- fedora\-root\fP
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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And then run bash inside of it:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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\fBsudo docker run \-i \-t fedora\-root /bin/bash\fP
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.SH OPEN CONTAINER INITIATIVE IMAGE CREATION
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.sp
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The OCI is a new specification that is still being worked on. You can read more about it at
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\fI\%the Open Container Initiative website\fP\&. You can create
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OCI images using the following command:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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sudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-oci \-\-oci\-config /path/to/config.json \-\-oci\-runtime /path/to/runtime.json \e
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\-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=/path/to/fedora\-minimal.ks
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.ft P
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.fi
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.UNINDENT
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.UNINDENT
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.sp
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You must provide the config.json and runtime.json files to be included in the bundle,
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their specifications can be found \fI\%on the OCI github project\fP
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output will be in the results directory with a default name of bundle.tar.xz
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.sp
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This will work with \fB\-\-no\-virt\fP and inside a mock since it doesn\(aqt use any
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partitioned disk images.
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.SH VAGRANT IMAGE CREATION
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.sp
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\fI\%Vagrant\fP images can be created using the following command:
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.INDENT 0.0
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.INDENT 3.5
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.sp
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.nf
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.ft C
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sudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-vagrant \-\-vagrant\-metadata /path/to/metadata.json \e
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\-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \-\-ks=/path/to/fedora\-vagrant.ks
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.ft P
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.fi
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.UNINDENT
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|
.UNINDENT
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.sp
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The image created is a \fI\%vagrant\-libvirt\fP provider image and needs to have
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vagrant setup with libvirt before you can use it.
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.sp
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The \fB\-\-vagrant\-metadata\fP file is optional, it will create a minimal one by
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default, and if one is passed it will make sure the disk size is setup
|
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correctly. If you pass a \fB\-\-vagrant\-vagrantfile\fP it will be included in the
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image verbatim. By default no vagrantfile is created.
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.sp
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|
There is an example Vagrant kickstart file in the docs directory that sets up
|
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the vagrant user with the default insecure SSH pubkey and a few useful
|
|
utilities.
|
|
.sp
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|
This also works with \fB\-\-no\-virt\fP, but will not work inside a mock due to its
|
|
use of partitioned disk images and qcow2.
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.SH CREATING UEFI DISK IMAGES WITH VIRT
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|
.sp
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|
Partitioned disk images can only be created for the same platform as the host system (BIOS or
|
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UEFI). You can use virt to create BIOS images on UEFI systems, and it is also possible
|
|
to create UEFI images on BIOS systems using OVMF. You first need to setup your system with
|
|
the OVMF firmware. The details can be \fI\%found here linux\-kvm OVMF page\fP
|
|
but it amounts to:
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.INDENT 0.0
|
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.IP 1. 3
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Download the firmware.repo from \fI\%Gerd Hoffmann\fP and install it
|
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in /etc/yum.repos.d/
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.IP 2. 3
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Install the edk2.git\-ovmf\-x64 package
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.IP 3. 3
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Copy /usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf\-x64/OVMF_CODE\-pure\-efi.fd to /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
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.IP 4. 3
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Copy /usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf\-x64/OVMF_VARS\-pure\-efi.fd to /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd
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.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
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|
Now you can run livemedia\-creator with \fB\-\-virt\-uefi\fP to boot and install using UEFI:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
sudo livemedia\-creator \-\-make\-disk \-\-virt\-uefi \-\-iso=/path/to/boot.iso \e
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|
\-\-ks=/path/to/fedora\-minimal.ks
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
Make sure that the kickstart you are using creates a /boot/efi partition by including this:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
part /boot/efi \-\-fstype="efi" \-\-size=500
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
\fBNOTE:\fP
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
When using the resulting image with the current version of OVMF (edk2.git\-ovmf\-x64\-0\-20151103.b1295.ge5cffca)
|
|
it will not boot automatically because there is a problem with the fallback path.
|
|
You can boot it by entering the UEFI shell and running EFI/fedora/shim.efi and
|
|
then using efibootmgr to setup the correct boot entry.
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.SH DEBUGGING PROBLEMS
|
|
.sp
|
|
Sometimes an installation will get stuck. When using qemu the logs will
|
|
be written to ./virt\-install.log and most of the time any problems that happen
|
|
will be near the end of the file. lmc tries to detect common errors and will
|
|
cancel the installation when they happen. But not everything can be caught.
|
|
When creating a new kickstart it is helpful to use vnc so that you can monitor
|
|
the installation as it happens, and if it gets stuck without lmc detecting the
|
|
problem you can switch to tty1 and examine the system directly.
|
|
.sp
|
|
If you suspect problems with %pre or %post sections you can redirect the output
|
|
to the terminal and examine it by logging into the VM. eg.:
|
|
.INDENT 0.0
|
|
.INDENT 3.5
|
|
.sp
|
|
.nf
|
|
.ft C
|
|
%pre
|
|
chvt
|
|
exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 2>/dev/tty3
|
|
#do stuff
|
|
echo hello world
|
|
%end
|
|
.ft P
|
|
.fi
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.UNINDENT
|
|
.sp
|
|
If it does get stuck the best way to cancel is to use kill \-9 on the qemu pid,
|
|
lmc will detect that the process died and cleanup.
|
|
.sp
|
|
If lmc didn\(aqt handle the cleanup for some reason you can do this:
|
|
1. \fBsudo umount /tmp/lmc\-XXXX\fP to unmount the iso from its mountpoint.
|
|
2. \fBsudo rm \-rf /tmp/lmc\-XXXX\fP
|
|
3. \fBsudo rm /var/tmp/lmc\-disk\-XXXXX\fP to remove the disk image.
|
|
.sp
|
|
Note that lmc uses the lmc\- prefix for all of its temporary files and
|
|
directories to make it easier to find and clean up leftovers.
|
|
.sp
|
|
The logs from the qemu run are stored in virt\-install.log, logs from
|
|
livemedia\-creator are in livemedia.log and program.log
|
|
.sp
|
|
You can add \fB\-\-image\-only\fP to skip the .iso creation and examine the resulting
|
|
disk image. Or you can pass \fB\-\-keep\-image\fP to keep it around after the iso has
|
|
been created.
|
|
.sp
|
|
Cleaning up aborted \fB\-\-no\-virt\fP installs can sometimes be accomplished by
|
|
running the \fBanaconda\-cleanup\fP script. As of Fedora 18 anaconda is
|
|
multi\-threaded and it can sometimes become stuck and refuse to exit. When this
|
|
happens you can usually clean up by first killing the anaconda process then
|
|
running \fBanaconda\-cleanup\fP\&.
|
|
.SH HACKING
|
|
.sp
|
|
Development on this will take place as part of the lorax project, and on the
|
|
anaconda\-devel\-list mailing list, and \fI\%on github\fP
|
|
.sp
|
|
Feedback, enhancements and bugs are welcome. You can use \fI\%bugzilla\fP to
|
|
report bugs against the lorax component.
|
|
.SH AUTHOR
|
|
Weldr Team
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.SH COPYRIGHT
|
|
2018, Red Hat, Inc.
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.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
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