project-config/nodepool/elements
Jeremy Stanley a2551dfef6 Run restrict-memory element later in image build
Since grub isn't installed by DIB until finalise.d/51 we need to
make sure the restrict-memory element happens after that, so it can
find and alter the grub configs accordingly.

Also make it apply the updated configuration, similar to how
nodepool/scripts/restrict_memory.sh does it.

Change-Id: I854f3bd1850594811cc8957f7a9263c33dfe6826
2015-02-24 18:52:06 +00:00
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cache-devstack set -x in cache-testrepository install 2015-02-09 20:48:39 -08:00
node-devstack Move to using package-installs.yaml 2014-12-11 13:48:13 -08:00
nodepool-base Run restrict-memory element later in image build 2015-02-24 18:52:06 +00:00
openstack-repos Rename config => system-config for nodepool 2014-10-17 21:28:44 +00:00
puppet Stop using py3k-precise nodes 2015-01-30 23:47:30 +00:00
slave-db Reorganizes project-config 2014-09-25 11:41:04 -04:00
README.rst Always use sudo -H when pip installing 2014-12-26 10:41:58 +01:00

Using diskimage-builder to build devstack-gate nodes

In addition to being able to just download and consume images that are the same as what run devstack-gate, it's easy to make your own for local dev or testing - or just for fun.

Install diskimage-builder

Install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get install kpartx qemu-utils curl python-yaml

Install diskimage-builder:

sudo -H pip install diskimage-builder

Build an image

Building an image is simple, we have a script!

DISTRO="ubuntu" bash tools/build-image.sh

See the script for environment variables to set distribution, etc. You should be left with a .qcow2 image file of your selected distribution.

It is a good idea to set TMP_DIR to somewhere with plenty of space to avoid the disappointment of a full-disk mid-way through the script run.

Mounting the image

If you would like to examine the contents of the image, you can mount it on a loopback device using qemu-nbd.

sudo apt-get install qemu-utils
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
sudo mkdir -p /tmp/newimage
sudo qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd1 devstack-gate-precise.qcow2
sudo mount /dev/nbd1 /tmp/newimage

Other things

It's a qcow2 image, so you can do tons of things with it. You can upload it to glance, you can boot it using kvm, and you can even copy it to a cloud server, replace the contents of the server with it and kexec the new kernel.