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snf-image-creator
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Nikos Skalkotos
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snf-image-creator is a simple command-line tool for creating OS images. The
original media from which the image is created, can be a block device or a
regular file that represents a hard disk. Given a media file, snf-image-creator
will create a snapshot for it and will run a number of system preparation
operations on the snapshot, before the image is created.
original media, the image is created from, can be a block device or a regular
file that represents a hard disk.
Snapshotting
============
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snf-image-creator works on snapshots of the original media. Any changes made by
the program do not affect the original media.
Preparation
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Image
Preparation
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Some of the system preparation operations are OS specific. snf-image-creator
will use heuristics to detect the OS of the media and determine which
operations should perform on it. The main purpose of running them is to:
During the image creation, a number of system preparation operations are
applied on the media snapshot. Some of those are OS specific. snf-image-creator
will use heuristics to detect the OS and determine which operations to apply.
Those operations will:
* Shrink the image
* Clear out sensitive user data (passwords, ssh keys, history files, etc.)
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Creation
========
The program can either dump the image file locally or directly upload it to
pithos and register it with `okeanos <http://www.okeanos.grnet.gr>`_.
The program can either dump the image file locally or use
`./kamaki <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/kamaki>`_ to directly upload and
register it on a `Synnefo <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/synnefo>`_
deployment.
Image Format
============
The
images the program creat
es are in diskdump format. This is the recommended
format for
`snf-image <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/snf-image>`_, the Ganeti
OS
Definition used by `Synnefo <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/synnefo>`_.
The
extracted imag
es are in diskdump format. This is the recommended
format for
`snf-image <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/snf-image>`_, the Ganeti
OS
Definition used by `Synnefo <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/synnefo>`_.
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