Hello, The upstream Ubuntu and CentOS images will not work out of the box with Cloudstack. I wanted to reuse them for my OpenVM project and failed.
The default metadata source is EC2 or Openstack, don't remember, cloud-init will take ages to time-out and there is zero support for the root password feature - in fact the cloud world is moving away from direct root access and so should we - at least for compatibility reasons if not something else. I am happy to put some more elbow grease into openvm.eu and make some more/better templates. I can also host other templates such as the cloud.com ones. Open to comments, questions etc. Lucian -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chiradeep Vittal" <chirade...@gmail.com> > To: "dev" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > Sent: Saturday, 25 February, 2017 00:18:48 > Subject: Re: Modern template hosting > Also CentOS KVM images can be obtained here: > http://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/ > > If these work, then the only question is where to host the systemvm images. > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Chiradeep Vittal <chirade...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I noticed that Ubuntu provides daily builds, including VHDs. Perhaps we >> could point the default templates to their URL? Anyone willing to quickly >> try out their images to see if they work on ACS? >> >> https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/ >> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> >> wrote: >> >>> unfortunately the template mirror conversation got caught up in details >>> and >>> nobody took the lead on implementing a solution. >>> >>> citrix has been pinging me every couple months to say 'dude, we need to >>> remove the dependency on download.citrix.com', but i have not had the >>> cycles to get in and solve the problem. the shutdown of that is imminent >>> right now, so we need to solve it asap. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Will STEVENS* >>> Lead Developer >>> >>> <https://goo.gl/NYZ8KK> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Nathan, >>> > >>> > Ideally, if you put the template location in (or use a template defined >>> > in) test_data.py then the actual location can be overridden by anyone >>> > testing. >>> > >>> > For Trillian, we've copied all of the templates that people have define >>> to >>> > a local repo and then replace the URLs in test_data.py to reduce >>> bandwidth >>> > use and download times. >>> > >>> > Ie: >>> > >>> > "bootableIso": >>> > { >>> > "displaytext": "Test Bootable ISO", >>> > "name": "testISO", >>> > "bootable": True, >>> > "ispublic": False, >>> > "url": "{{ marvin_images_location >>> > }}/TinyCore-current.iso", >>> > "ostype": 'Other Linux (64-bit)', >>> > "mode": 'HTTP_DOWNLOAD' >>> > }, >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > I thought that we had come up with a solution for download.cloud.com, >>> by >>> > having a mirrorlist hosted in Community Apache 'space' with anyone able >>> to >>> > out themselves forward as a mirror. >>> > But I must admit I lost track of whether anyone made the requisite >>> changes >>> > in code.... >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Kind regards, >>> > >>> > Paul Angus >>> > >>> > paul.an...@shapeblue.com >>> > www.shapeblue.com >>> > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK >>> > @shapeblue >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: williamstev...@gmail.com [mailto:williamstev...@gmail.com] On >>> > Behalf Of Will Stevens >>> > Sent: 24 February 2017 16:30 >>> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >>> > Subject: Re: Modern template hosting >>> > >>> > this is a hard questions. in general, we should be setting up a mirror >>> on >>> > some cloudstack/apache domain and then mirror to other provided >>> templates. >>> > >>> > we MUST come up with a solution to deprecate 'download.cloud.com', that >>> > is going to be going away any day now. >>> > >>> > i don't know the right way to solve this to be honest, but if you have >>> > ideas, i am willing to help. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > *Will STEVENS* >>> > Lead Developer >>> > >>> > <https://goo.gl/NYZ8KK> >>> > >>> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Nathan Johnson <njohn...@ena.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > So not to re-open a can of worms, but I’m in a situation where I need >>> > > to come up with a Marvin component test that depends on a template >>> > > based on a kernel that’s relatively new, i.e., newer than Centos 5.3 / >>> > Ubuntu 10.04 . >>> > > I see openvm.eu has a suitable template (Ubuntu 16.0.4 for KVM), but >>> > > from looking at the thread "Migrating CloudStack content from >>> > > download.cloud.com” it looks like there is resistance to using this >>> at >>> > > least for hosting system vm templates over concerns of neutrality. >>> > > Would this be suitable for a component test? If not, what is a >>> “blessed” >>> > > template location? >>> > > >>> > > Thanks in advance! >>> > > >>> > > Nathan Johnson >>> > > R&D Engineer >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > 618 Grassmere Park Drive, Suite 12 >>> > > Nashville, TN 37211 >>> > > General Office: 615-312-6000 >>> > > >>> > > website | blog | support >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>
