On Jul 20, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Hugh Brock wrote: > 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?
Negative, VMWare tools are just needed to get IP address out of instance. -- Michal > > --Hugh > > > -- > == Hugh Brock, [email protected] == > == Engineering Manager, Cloud BU == > == Aeolus Project: Manage virtual infrastructure across clouds. == > == http://aeolusproject.org == > > "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m > not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." > --Robert McCloskey ------------------------------------------------------ Michal Fojtik, [email protected] Deltacloud API: http://deltacloud.org
