On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 03:50:54PM +0200, Michal Fojtik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> to avoid many future questions how does this work I decide to write a simple 
> howto:
> 
> 1. Prepare an CD-ROM ISO image (Joilet with Rock Ridge extension) with files 
> you want to
>    access within instance
> 
>    mkdir myfolder
>    cp file1 myfolder
>    mkisofs -JR myfolder > myfiles.iso 
> 
> 
> 2. Gzip his ISO using standard 'gzip' utility
> 
>    gzip myfiles.iso
> 
> 3. Encode this gzipped file in Base64:
> 
>    openssl base64 -in myfiles.iso.gz -out myfiles.iso.b64
> 
> 4. Start up deltacloud-core with VMWare driver and go to new instance form
> 5. Copy and paste content of myfiles.iso.b64 in text box there
> 6. Launch instance
> 
> Now, when the instance will be ready and you will connect to it, content of
> ISO image should be accessible after you mount an CD-ROM drive.
> 
> Hope it helps someone :)
> 
>   -- Michal

This is awesome Michal. Does the instance have to have VMWare tools
running in order for this to work?

--Hugh


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== Hugh Brock, [email protected]                                   ==
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