openstack-manuals/doc/image-guide/section_ubuntu-example.xml
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<title>Example: Ubuntu image</title>
<para>We'll run through an example of installing an Ubuntu image.
This will focus mainly on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)
server. Because the Ubuntu installation process may change
across versions, if you are using a different version of
Ubuntu the installer steps may differ.</para>
<simplesect>
<title>Download an Ubuntu install ISO</title>
<para>In this example, we'll use the network installation ISO,
since it's a smaller image. The 64-bit 12.04 network
installer ISO is at <link
xlink:href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso"
>http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso</link></para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Start the install process</title>
<para>Start the installation process using either
<command>virt-manager</command> or
<command>virt-install</command> as described in the
previous section. If using
<command>virt-install</command>, don't forget to connect
your VNC client to the virtual machine.</para>
<para>We will assume the name of your virtual machine image is
<literal>ubuntu-12.04</literal>, which we need to know
when using <command>virsh</command> commands to manipulate
the state of the image.</para>
<para>If you're using virt-manager, the commands should look
something like
this:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>qemu-img create -f qcow2 /tmp/precise.qcow2 10G</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virt-install --virt-type kvm --name precise --ram 1024 \
--cdrom=/data/isos/precise-64-mini.iso \
--disk /tmp/precise.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
--network network=default \
--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole \
--os-type=linux --os-variant=ubuntuprecise</userinput></screen></para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Step through the install</title>
<para>At the initial Installer boot menu, choose the "Install"
option. Step through the install prompts, the defaults
should be fine.</para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/ubuntu-install.png"
format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Hostname</title>
<para>The installer may ask you to choose a hostname. The
default (<literal>ubuntu</literal>) is fine. We will
install the cloud-init package later, which will set the
hostname on boot when a new instance is provisioned using
this image.</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Select a mirror</title>
<para>The default mirror proposed by the installer should be
fine.</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Step through the install</title>
<para>Step through the install, using the default options.
When prompted for a user name, the default
(<systemitem class="username">ubuntu</systemitem>) is fine.</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Partition the disks</title>
<para>There are different options for partitioning the disks.
The default installation will use LVM partitions, and will
create three partitions (<filename>/boot</filename>,
<filename>/</filename>, swap), and this will work
fine. Alternatively, you may wish to create a single ext4
partition, mounted to "<literal>/</literal>", should also
work fine.</para>
<para>If unsure, we recommend you use the installer's default
partition scheme, since there is no clear advantage to one
scheme or another.</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Automatic updates</title>
<para>The Ubuntu installer will ask how you want to manage
upgrades on your system. This option depends on your
specific use case. If your virtual machine instances will
be connected to the internet, we recommend "Install
security updates automatically".</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Software selection: OpenSSH server</title>
<para>Choose "OpenSSH server"so that you will be able to SSH
into the virtual machine when it launches inside of an
OpenStack cloud.</para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata
fileref="figures/ubuntu-software-selection.png"
format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Install GRUB boot loader</title>
<para>Select "Yes" when asked about installing the GRUB boot
loader to the master boot record.</para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/ubuntu-grub.png"
format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Detach the CD-ROM and reboot</title>
<para>Select the defaults for all of the remaining options.
When the installation is complete, you will be prompted to
remove the CD-ROM.</para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/ubuntu-finished.png"
format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
<para>
<note>
<para>When you hit "Continue" the virtual machine will
shut down, even though it says it will
reboot.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>To eject a disk using <command>virsh</command>, libvirt
requires that you attach an empty disk at the same target
that the CDROM was previously attached, which should be
<literal>hdc</literal>. You can confirm the
appropriate target using the <command>dom dumpxml
<replaceable>vm-image</replaceable></command>
command.</para>
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh dumpxml precise</userinput>
<computeroutput>&lt;domain type='kvm'>
&lt;name>precise&lt;/name>
...
&lt;disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
&lt;driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
&lt;target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
&lt;readonly/>
&lt;address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
&lt;/disk>
...
&lt;/domain>
</computeroutput></screen>
<para>Run the following commands in the host as root to start
up the machine again as paused, eject the disk and resume.
If you are using virt-manager, you may use the GUI
instead.<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh start precise --paused</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh attach-disk --type cdrom --mode readonly precise "" hdc</userinput>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh resume precise</userinput></screen></para>
<note>
<para>In the example above, we start the instance paused,
eject the disk, and then unpause. In theory, we could
have ejected the disk at the "Installation complete"
screen. However, our testing indicates that the Ubuntu
installer locks the drive so that it cannot be ejected
at that point.</para>
</note>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Log in to newly created image</title>
<para>When you boot for the first time after install, it may ask
you about authentication tools, you can just choose
'Exit'. Then, log in as root using the root password you
specified.</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Install cloud-init</title>
<para>The <command>cloud-init</command> script starts on
instance boot and will search for a metadata provider to
fetch a public key from. The public key will be placed in
the default user account for the image.</para>
<para>Install the <package>cloud-init</package> package:</para>
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>apt-get install cloud-init</userinput></screen>
<para>When building Ubuntu images
<command>cloud-init</command> must be explicitly
configured for the metadata source in use. The OpenStack
metadata server emulates the EC2 metadata service used by
images in Amazon EC2.</para>
<para>To set the metadata source to be used by the image run
the <command>dpkg-reconfigure</command> command against
the <package>cloud-init</package> package. When prompted
select the <literal>EC2</literal> data source:
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init</userinput></screen>
</para>
<para>The account varies by distribution. On Ubuntu-based
virtual machines, the account is called "ubuntu". On
Fedora-based virtual machines, the account is called
"ec2-user".</para>
<para>You can change the name of the account used by
cloud-init by editing the
<filename>/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg</filename> file and
adding a line with a different user. For example, to
configure cloud-init to put the key in an account named
"admin", edit the config file so it has the
line:<programlisting>user: admin</programlisting></para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Shut down the instance</title>
<para>From inside the instance, as
root:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>/sbin/shutdown -h now</userinput></screen></para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Clean up (remove MAC address details)</title>
<para>The operating system records the MAC address of the
virtual ethernet card in locations such as
<filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</filename>
during the instance process. However, each time the image
boots up, the virtual ethernet card will have a different
MAC address, so this information must be deleted from the
configuration file.</para>
<para>There is a utility called
<command>virt-sysprep</command>, that performs various
cleanup tasks such as removing the MAC address references.
It will clean up a virtual machine image in
place:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virt-sysprep -d precise</userinput></screen></para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Undefine the libvirt domain</title>
<para>Now that the image is ready to be uploaded to the Image
Service, we no longer need to have this virtual machine
image managed by libvirt. Use the <command>virsh undefine
<replaceable>vm-image</replaceable></command>
command to inform
libvirt<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh undefine precise</userinput></screen></para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Image is complete</title>
<para>The underlying image file that you created with
<command>qemu-img create</command>, such as
<filename>/tmp/precise.qcow2</filename>, is now ready
for uploading to the OpenStack Image Service.</para>
</simplesect>
</section>