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Added image requirements package in the Image Guide

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1. Added dracut-modules-growroot package for CentOS and RHEL
2. Fixed a broken link.

Change-Id: Ibf773c642d87c037bacebab2f13b210f0b40014a
backport: none
Closes-Bug: #1331971
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darrenchan
2014-10-16 20:58:14 +11:00
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@@ -139,19 +139,29 @@
<para>Resize the root volume file system.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The simplest way to support this in your image is to
install the <link
xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-utils"
>cloud-utils</link> package (contains the
<command>growpart</command> tool for extending
partitions), the <link
xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools"
>cloud-initramfs-growroot</link> package (which
supports resizing root partition on the first boot),
and the <link
xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-init"
><package>cloud-init</package></link> package
into your image. With these installed, the image
<para>The simplest way to support this is to
install in your image the:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><link xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-utils">cloud-utils</link>
package, which contains the <command>growpart</command>
tool for extending partitions.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><link xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools">cloud-initramfs-growroot</link>
package for Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, which supports
resizing root partition on the first boot.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><package>cloud-initramfs-growroot</package>
package for Centos and RHEL.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><link xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-init">cloud-init</link>
package.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>With these packages installed, the image
performs the root partition resize on boot. For
example, in the <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>
file. These packages are in the Ubuntu and Debian
@@ -376,16 +386,16 @@ done</programlisting>
(cloud-init)</title>
<para>In addition to the ssh public key, an image might need
additional information from OpenStack, such as <link
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/user-data.html"
>user data</link> that the user submitted when
requesting the image. For example, you might want to set
the host name of the instance when it is booted. Or, you
might wish to configure your image so that it executes
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/inserting_userdata.html"
>Provide user data to instances</link>, that the user
submitted when requesting the image. For example, you might
want to set the host name of the instance when it is booted.
Or, you might wish to configure your image so that it executes
user data content as a script on boot.</para>
<para>This information is accessible through the metadata
service or the <link
<para>You can access this information through the metadata
service or referring to <link
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/config-drive.html"
>config drive</link>. As the OpenStack metadata
>Store metadata on the configuration drive</link>. As the OpenStack metadata
service is compatible with version 2009-04-04 of the
Amazon EC2 metadata service, consult the Amazon EC2
documentation on <link