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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
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xml:id="ubuntu-image">
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<title>Example: Ubuntu image</title>
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<para>We'll run through an example of installing an Ubuntu image.
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This will focus mainly on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)
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server. Because the Ubuntu installation process may change
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across versions, if you are using a different version of
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Ubuntu the installer steps may differ.</para>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Download an Ubuntu install ISO</title>
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<para>In this example, we'll use the network installation ISO,
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since it's a smaller image. The 64-bit 12.04 network
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installer ISO is at <link
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xlink:href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso"
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>http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso</link></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Start the install process</title>
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<para>Start the installation process using either
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<command>virt-manager</command> or
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<command>virt-install</command> as described in the
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previous section. If using
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<command>virt-install</command>, don't forget to connect
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your VNC client to the virtual machine.</para>
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<para>We will assume the name of your virtual machine image is
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<literal>ubuntu-12.04</literal>, which we need to know
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when using <command>virsh</command> commands to manipulate
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the state of the image.</para>
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<para>If you're using virt-manager, the commands should look
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something like
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this:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>qemu-img create -f qcow2 /tmp/precise.qcow2 10G</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virt-install --virt-type kvm --name precise --ram 1024 \
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--cdrom=/data/isos/precise-64-mini.iso \
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--disk /tmp/precise.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
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--network network=default \
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--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole \
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--os-type=linux --os-variant=ubuntuprecise</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Step through the install</title>
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<para>At the initial Installer boot menu, choose the "Install"
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option. Step through the install prompts, the defaults
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should be fine.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/ubuntu-install.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Hostname</title>
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<para>The installer may ask you to choose a hostname. The
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default (<literal>ubuntu</literal>) is fine. We will
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install the cloud-init package later, which will set the
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hostname on boot when a new instance is provisioned using
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this image.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Select a mirror</title>
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<para>The default mirror proposed by the installer should be
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fine.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Step through the install</title>
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<para>Step through the install, using the default options.
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When prompted for a username, the default
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(<literal>ubuntu</literal>) is fine.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Partition the disks</title>
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<para>There are different options for partitioning the disks.
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The default installation will use LVM partitions, and will
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create three partitions (<filename>/boot</filename>,
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<filename>/</filename>, swap), and this will work
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fine. Alternatively, you may wish to create a single ext4
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partition, mounted to "<literal>/</literal>", should also
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work fine.</para>
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<para>If unsure, we recommend you use the installer's default
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partition scheme, since there is no clear advantage to one
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scheme or another.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Automatic updates</title>
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<para>The Ubuntu installer will ask how you want to manage
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upgrades on your system. This option depends on your
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specific use case. If your virtual machine instances will
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be connected to the internet, we recommend "Install
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security updates automatically".</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Software selection: OpenSSH server</title>
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<para>Choose "OpenSSH server"so that you will be able to SSH
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into the virtual machine when it launches inside of an
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OpenStack cloud.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata
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fileref="figures/ubuntu-software-selection.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Install GRUB boot loader</title>
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<para>Select "Yes" when asked about installing the GRUB boot
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loader to the master boot record.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/ubuntu-grub.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Detach the CD-ROM and reboot</title>
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<para>Select the defaults for all of the remaining options.
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When the installation is complete, you will be prompted to
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remove the CD-ROM.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/ubuntu-finished.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>
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<note>
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<para>When you hit "Continue" the virtual machine will
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shut down, even though it says it will
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reboot.</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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<para>To eject a disk using <command>virsh</command>, libvirt
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requires that you attach an empty disk at the same target
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that the CDROM was previously attached, which should be
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<literal>hdc</literal>. You can confirm the
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appropriate target using the <command>dom dumpxml
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<replaceable>vm-image</replaceable></command>
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command.</para>
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<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh dumpxml precise</userinput>
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<computeroutput><domain type='kvm'>
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<name>precise</name>
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...
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<disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
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<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
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<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
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<readonly/>
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<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
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</disk>
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...
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</domain>
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</computeroutput></screen>
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<para>Run the following commands in the host as root to start
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up the machine again as paused, eject the disk and resume.
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If you are using virt-manager, you may use the GUI
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instead.<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh start precise --paused</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh attach-disk --type cdrom --mode readonly precise "" hdc</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh resume precise</userinput></screen></para>
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<note>
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<para>In the example above, we start the instance paused,
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eject the disk, and then unpause. In theory, we could
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have ejected the disk at the "Installation complete"
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screen. However, our testing indicates that the Ubuntu
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installer locks the drive so that it cannot be ejected
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at that point.</para>
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</note>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Log in to newly created image</title>
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<para>When you boot for the first time after install, it may ask
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you about authentication tools, you can just choose
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'Exit'. Then, log in as root using the root password you
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specified.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Install cloud-init</title>
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<para>The <command>cloud-init</command> script starts on
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instance boot and will search for a metadata provider to
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fetch a public key from. The public key will be placed in
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the default user account for the image.</para>
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<para>Install the <package>cloud-init</package> package:</para>
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<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>apt-get install cloud-init</userinput></screen>
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<para>When building Ubuntu images
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<command>cloud-init</command> must be explicitly
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configured for the metadata source in use. The OpenStack
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metadata server emulates the EC2 metadata service used by
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images in Amazon EC2.</para>
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<para>To set the metadata source to be used by the image run
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the <command>dpkg-reconfigure</command> command against
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the <package>cloud-init</package> package. When prompted
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select the <literal>EC2</literal> data source:
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<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init</userinput></screen>
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</para>
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<para>The account varies by distribution. On Ubuntu-based
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virtual machines, the account is called "ubuntu". On
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Fedora-based virtual machines, the account is called
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"ec2-user".</para>
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<para>You can change the name of the account used by
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cloud-init by editing the
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<filename>/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg</filename> file and
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adding a line with a different user. For example, to
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configure cloud-init to put the key in an account named
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"admin", edit the config file so it has the
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line:<programlisting>user: admin</programlisting></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Shut down the instance</title>
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<para>From inside the instance, as
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root:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>/sbin/shutdown -h now</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Clean up (remove MAC address details)</title>
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<para>The operating system records the MAC address of the
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virtual ethernet card in locations such as
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<filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</filename>
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during the instance process. However, each time the image
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boots up, the virtual ethernet card will have a different
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MAC address, so this information must be deleted from the
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configuration file.</para>
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<para>There is a utility called
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<command>virt-sysprep</command>, that performs various
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cleanup tasks such as removing the MAC address references.
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It will clean up a virtual machine image in
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place:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virt-sysprep -d precise</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Undefine the libvirt domain</title>
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<para>Now that the image is ready to be uploaded to the Image
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service, we no longer need to have this virtual machine
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image managed by libvirt. Use the <command>virsh undefine
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<replaceable>vm-image</replaceable></command>
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command to inform
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libvirt<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh undefine precise</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Image is complete</title>
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<para>The underlying image file that you created with
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<command>qemu-img create</command>, such as
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<filename>/tmp/precise.qcow2</filename>, is now ready
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for uploading to the OpenStack Image service.</para>
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</simplesect>
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</section>
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