Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Ron Wheeler]

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On 20/01/2014 3:53 PM, Chad wrote:

Hello everyone,

  


I'm interested in launching cloud services utilizing CloudStack but have a
few questions if one wouldn't mind answering for me. Thanks in advance.

  


I intend on using Centos 6.4 (or 6.5) across the board for all hosts,
manager servers, HV's in the cloud cluster.

  


1.   Will CS notify me if a hardware and/or service fails on a
particular host (node)?

2.   Is this a suitable platform for general cloud web hosting (aka
'shared hosting') as well as VPS and dedicated cloud hosting?

3.   Are there any templates available? I Googled and strange enough,
could not find any at all.

4.   What's a suitable HV spec for massive vps cloud hosting? My
guess/assumption is at least a dual hexacore with at least 16GB of ram to
start and RAID-10 SSD drives (perhaps 1TB each) just to have that up front
hardcore specs and space. However, if I'm understanding correctly, the disk
portion has it's on HV while the CPU/Memory is *another* HV, can someone
clarify this? This is the general setup concept I got from OnApp techs at
one point.

5.   Is CS necessarily a good choice for end-customer who wants a
"dedicated cloud" in the sense of the traditional dedicated server? This
part for some reason I'm a bit confused on as I've seen some competitors who
us CS and offer "dedicated cloud" using CS' platform, but pricing is about
the same and nothing else appears different as far as redundancy, etc. Maybe
something slipped my eyes?

  


Is there no community forum either? I also searched, only found one from
"open citrix" which is just archives and no activity for a year or so.

  


Thanks.

  


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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Nux!]

On 20.01.2014 20:53, Chad wrote:

Hello everyone,



Hello,



1.   Will CS notify me if a hardware and/or service fails on a
particular host (node)?


Not as far as I know, you will need to set up monitoring on your own.



2.   Is this a suitable platform for general cloud web hosting 
(aka

'shared hosting') as well as VPS and dedicated cloud hosting?


Yes.



3.   Are there any templates available? I Googled and strange 
enough,

could not find any at all.


This is something currently in progress. Most people here build their 
own.




4.   What's a suitable HV spec for massive vps cloud hosting? My
guess/assumption is at least a dual hexacore with at least 16GB of ram 
to
start and RAID-10 SSD drives (perhaps 1TB each) just to have that up 
front
hardcore specs and space. However, if I'm understanding correctly, the 
disk
portion has it's on HV while the CPU/Memory is *another* HV, can 
someone
clarify this? This is the general setup concept I got from OnApp techs 
at

one point.


HW needs vary from case to case, I'd go for maybe less CPU and more 
memory. SSD is always nice if you can afford it.
If you want HA capabilities you'll need to look at shared storage 
(NAS/SAN/Gluster/CEPH/etc).




5.   Is CS necessarily a good choice for end-customer who wants a
"dedicated cloud" in the sense of the traditional dedicated server? 
This
part for some reason I'm a bit confused on as I've seen some 
competitors who
us CS and offer "dedicated cloud" using CS' platform, but pricing is 
about
the same and nothing else appears different as far as redundancy, etc. 
Maybe

something slipped my eyes?


I'm not sure I understood this one.





Is there no community forum either? I also searched, only found one 
from

"open citrix" which is just archives and no activity for a year or so.



users@cloudstack.apache.org is the best place to ask for support at the 
moment.

A forum might not be a bad idea.

Regards,
Lucian

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RE: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Chad]

Thank you!

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-Original Message-
From: Nux! [mailto:n...@li.nux.ro] 
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:04 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

On 20.01.2014 20:53, Chad wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 

Hello,

> 
> 1.   Will CS notify me if a hardware and/or service fails on a
> particular host (node)?

Not as far as I know, you will need to set up monitoring on your own.

> 
> 2.   Is this a suitable platform for general cloud web hosting 
> (aka
> 'shared hosting') as well as VPS and dedicated cloud hosting?

Yes.

> 
> 3.   Are there any templates available? I Googled and strange 
> enough,
> could not find any at all.

This is something currently in progress. Most people here build their own.

> 
> 4.   What's a suitable HV spec for massive vps cloud hosting? My
> guess/assumption is at least a dual hexacore with at least 16GB of ram 
> to start and RAID-10 SSD drives (perhaps 1TB each) just to have that 
> up front hardcore specs and space. However, if I'm understanding 
> correctly, the disk portion has it's on HV while the CPU/Memory is 
> *another* HV, can someone clarify this? This is the general setup 
> concept I got from OnApp techs at one point.

HW needs vary from case to case, I'd go for maybe less CPU and more memory. SSD 
is always nice if you can afford it.
If you want HA capabilities you'll need to look at shared storage 
(NAS/SAN/Gluster/CEPH/etc).

> 
> 5.   Is CS necessarily a good choice for end-customer who wants a
> "dedicated cloud" in the sense of the traditional dedicated server? 
> This
> part for some reason I'm a bit confused on as I've seen some 
> competitors who us CS and offer "dedicated cloud" using CS' platform, 
> but pricing is about the same and nothing else appears different as 
> far as redundancy, etc.
> Maybe
> something slipped my eyes?

I'm not sure I understood this one.

> 
> 
> 
> Is there no community forum either? I also searched, only found one 
> from "open citrix" which is just archives and no activity for a year 
> or so.
> 

users@cloudstack.apache.org is the best place to ask for support at the moment.
A forum might not be a bad idea.

Regards,
Lucian

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Nux!
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RE: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Chad]

Regarding creating templates, the wiki comes off a little confusing to me but I 
hope someone can explain.
https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/Admin_Guide/create-templates-overview.html

"Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want."

How would a VM you created in CS already have an OS you want if it only comes 
with centos template by default?

I want to be able to offer Centos 6 (which comes by default we know), but also 
Ubuntu, Windows 2012, Gentoo, and a few other Linux flavors.

LogicWeb Inc.
You want IT, we got IT.
p. 877-LOGICWEB ext 79 // f. 718-841-7124
www.logicweb.com

-Original Message-
From: Nux! [mailto:n...@li.nux.ro] 
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:04 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

On 20.01.2014 20:53, Chad wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 

Hello,

> 
> 1.   Will CS notify me if a hardware and/or service fails on a
> particular host (node)?

Not as far as I know, you will need to set up monitoring on your own.

> 
> 2.   Is this a suitable platform for general cloud web hosting 
> (aka
> 'shared hosting') as well as VPS and dedicated cloud hosting?

Yes.

> 
> 3.   Are there any templates available? I Googled and strange 
> enough,
> could not find any at all.

This is something currently in progress. Most people here build their own.

> 
> 4.   What's a suitable HV spec for massive vps cloud hosting? My
> guess/assumption is at least a dual hexacore with at least 16GB of ram 
> to start and RAID-10 SSD drives (perhaps 1TB each) just to have that 
> up front hardcore specs and space. However, if I'm understanding 
> correctly, the disk portion has it's on HV while the CPU/Memory is 
> *another* HV, can someone clarify this? This is the general setup 
> concept I got from OnApp techs at one point.

HW needs vary from case to case, I'd go for maybe less CPU and more memory. SSD 
is always nice if you can afford it.
If you want HA capabilities you'll need to look at shared storage 
(NAS/SAN/Gluster/CEPH/etc).

> 
> 5.   Is CS necessarily a good choice for end-customer who wants a
> "dedicated cloud" in the sense of the traditional dedicated server? 
> This
> part for some reason I'm a bit confused on as I've seen some 
> competitors who us CS and offer "dedicated cloud" using CS' platform, 
> but pricing is about the same and nothing else appears different as 
> far as redundancy, etc.
> Maybe
> something slipped my eyes?

I'm not sure I understood this one.

> 
> 
> 
> Is there no community forum either? I also searched, only found one 
> from "open citrix" which is just archives and no activity for a year 
> or so.
> 

users@cloudstack.apache.org is the best place to ask for support at the moment.
A forum might not be a bad idea.

Regards,
Lucian

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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Erik Weber]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Chad  wrote:

> Regarding creating templates, the wiki comes off a little confusing to me
> but I hope someone can explain.
>
> https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/Admin_Guide/create-templates-overview.html
>
> "Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want."
>
> How would a VM you created in CS already have an OS you want if it only
> comes with centos template by default?
>
> I want to be able to offer Centos 6 (which comes by default we know), but
> also Ubuntu, Windows 2012, Gentoo, and a few other Linux flavors.
>
>

Upload the ISO, install it as you usually would. When you've done whatever
customisations to the installation that you use, clean it up (remove some
history files, remove udev rules etc.) and make a template out of it.

Could take a couple of times to get a hang on it.

Some resources:
http://www.greenhills.co.uk/2013/08/30/creating-ubuntu-templates-for-cloudstack.html
http://shankerbalan.net/blog/cloudstack-centos-template-install-from-iso/

Could be useful to bookmark Shanker Balan's blog, it has a lot of useful
resources for cloudstack

-- 
Erik

RE: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Chad]

Thanks Erik.

I've installed O/S on dedicated servers over the years using USB method,
easily done as you boot off the USB. But I've never done it on a virtual
machine. Can you explain how an o/s installed in a VM that is already
created with Centos for example? I've used pre-made templates provided by
OpenVZ / KVM communities over the years for traditional non-cloud VPS'. 

LogicWeb Inc.
You want IT, we got IT.
p. 877-LOGICWEB ext 79 // f. 718-841-7124
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-Original Message-
From: Erik Weber [mailto:terbol...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:37 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Chad  wrote:

> Regarding creating templates, the wiki comes off a little confusing to 
> me but I hope someone can explain.
>
> https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/
> Admin_Guide/create-templates-overview.html
>
> "Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want."
>
> How would a VM you created in CS already have an OS you want if it 
> only comes with centos template by default?
>
> I want to be able to offer Centos 6 (which comes by default we know), 
> but also Ubuntu, Windows 2012, Gentoo, and a few other Linux flavors.
>
>

Upload the ISO, install it as you usually would. When you've done whatever
customisations to the installation that you use, clean it up (remove some
history files, remove udev rules etc.) and make a template out of it.

Could take a couple of times to get a hang on it.

Some resources:
http://www.greenhills.co.uk/2013/08/30/creating-ubuntu-templates-for-cloudst
ack.html
http://shankerbalan.net/blog/cloudstack-centos-template-install-from-iso/

Could be useful to bookmark Shanker Balan's blog, it has a lot of useful
resources for cloudstack

--
Erik

Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Shanker Balan]

Comment inline.

On 21-Jan-2014, at 4:53 am, Chad  wrote:

> Regarding creating templates, the wiki comes off a little confusing to me but 
> I hope someone can explain.
> https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/Admin_Guide/create-templates-overview.html
>
> "Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want."
>
> How would a VM you created in CS already have an OS you want if it only comes 
> with centos template by default?
>
> I want to be able to offer Centos 6 (which comes by default we know), but 
> also Ubuntu, Windows 2012, Gentoo, and a few other Linux flavors.

I have a very details CentOS template creation blog post at

http://shankerbalan.net/blog/cloudstack-centos-template-install-from-iso/

Hth.

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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Shanker Balan]

On 21-Jan-2014, at 5:10 am, Chad  wrote:

> Thanks Erik.
>
> I've installed O/S on dedicated servers over the years using USB method,
> easily done as you boot off the USB.

I personally use PXE boot to install OS on bare-metal hardware. Running around
in cold colos with a USB stick would be fun though. :)

> But I've never done it on a virtual
> machine. Can you explain how an o/s installed in a VM that is already
> created with Centos for example? I've used pre-made templates provided by
> OpenVZ / KVM communities over the years for traditional non-cloud VPS’.

I would not trust pre-made template from 3rd parties for security reasons. YMMV.


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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Peter Jönsson]

Hi!

I have been working on adding support for Cloudstack in packer.io. This way it 
is simple to create either new templates from scratch or update an existing 
template. For creating the initial template from scratch we have a custom iPXE 
ISO that will fetch the iPXE-script via userdata, boot kernel+initrd and 
finally perform a kickstart installation (we use centos).

So the no more manual intervention to upload ISOs, select options in installer, 
stop the VM and finally create the template. Everything is automated.

Plan is to upstream this to packer proper or release it as a independent 
plugin. Currently the code need some cleanup.  

// peter  


On Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 06:26, Shanker Balan wrote:

> On 21-Jan-2014, at 5:10 am, Chad http://web.com)> wrote:
>  
> > Thanks Erik.
> >  
> > I've installed O/S on dedicated servers over the years using USB method,
> > easily done as you boot off the USB.
>  
>  
>  
> I personally use PXE boot to install OS on bare-metal hardware. Running around
> in cold colos with a USB stick would be fun though. :)
>  
> > But I've never done it on a virtual
> > machine. Can you explain how an o/s installed in a VM that is already
> > created with Centos for example? I've used pre-made templates provided by
> > OpenVZ / KVM communities over the years for traditional non-cloud VPS’.
>  
>  
>  
> I would not trust pre-made template from 3rd parties for security reasons. 
> YMMV.
>  
>  
> --
> @shankerbalan
>  
> M: +91 98860 60539 | O: +91 (80) 67935867
> shanker.ba...@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com (http://www.shapeblue.com) | 
> Twitter:@shapeblue
> ShapeBlue Services India LLP, 22nd floor, Unit 2201A, World Trade Centre, 
> Bangalore - 560 055
>  
> Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack?
> Our CloudStack Infrastructure 
> Support offers the 
> best 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments.
>  
> Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
>  
> **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2 training
> 08/09 January 2014, London
> 13-17 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, 
> On-line
> 20-24 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, 
> On-line
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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[sebgoa]

On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Peter Jönsson  wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I have been working on adding support for Cloudstack in packer.io. This way 
> it is simple to create either new templates from scratch or update an 
> existing template. For creating the initial template from scratch we have a 
> custom iPXE ISO that will fetch the iPXE-script via userdata, boot 
> kernel+initrd and finally perform a kickstart installation (we use centos).
> 
> So the no more manual intervention to upload ISOs, select options in 
> installer, stop the VM and finally create the template. Everything is 
> automated.
> 
> Plan is to upstream this to packer proper or release it as a independent 
> plugin. Currently the code need some cleanup.  
> 

That's terrific Peter, I am trying to wrap my mind around packer these days, so 
it would be great to see a CloudStack plugin.

-sebastien


> // peter  
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 06:26, Shanker Balan wrote:
> 
>> On 21-Jan-2014, at 5:10 am, Chad http://web.com)> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Erik.
>>> 
>>> I've installed O/S on dedicated servers over the years using USB method,
>>> easily done as you boot off the USB.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I personally use PXE boot to install OS on bare-metal hardware. Running 
>> around
>> in cold colos with a USB stick would be fun though. :)
>> 
>>> But I've never done it on a virtual
>>> machine. Can you explain how an o/s installed in a VM that is already
>>> created with Centos for example? I've used pre-made templates provided by
>>> OpenVZ / KVM communities over the years for traditional non-cloud VPS’.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I would not trust pre-made template from 3rd parties for security reasons. 
>> YMMV.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> @shankerbalan
>> 
>> M: +91 98860 60539 | O: +91 (80) 67935867
>> shanker.ba...@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com (http://www.shapeblue.com) | 
>> Twitter:@shapeblue
>> ShapeBlue Services India LLP, 22nd floor, Unit 2201A, World Trade Centre, 
>> Bangalore - 560 055
>> 
>> Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack?
>> Our CloudStack Infrastructure 
>> Support offers the 
>> best 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments.
>> 
>> Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses
>> 
>> **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2 training
>> 08/09 January 2014, London
>> 13-17 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, 
>> On-line
>> 20-24 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, 
>> On-line
>> 
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>> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or 
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>> upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender 
>> if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a 
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>> company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue 
>> Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil 
>> and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered 
>> trademark.  
> 
> 

Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Prasanna Santhanam]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:29:35AM +0100, sebgoa wrote:
> 
> On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Peter J?nsson  wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I have been working on adding support for Cloudstack in packer.io. This way 
> > it is simple to create either new templates from scratch or update an 
> > existing template. For creating the initial template from scratch we have a 
> > custom iPXE ISO that will fetch the iPXE-script via userdata, boot 
> > kernel+initrd and finally perform a kickstart installation (we use centos).
> > 
> > So the no more manual intervention to upload ISOs, select options in 
> > installer, stop the VM and finally create the template. Everything is 
> > automated.
> > 
> > Plan is to upstream this to packer proper or release it as a independent 
> > plugin. Currently the code need some cleanup.  
> > 
> 
> That's terrific Peter, I am trying to wrap my mind around packer
> these days, so it would be great to see a CloudStack plugin.

+1 - looking forward to a packer plugin for cloudstack! If possible,
reuse the goclient that is already available to communicate via packer - 
https://github.com/mindjiver/gopherstack

Happy to help with bugfixes etc!

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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Peter Jönsson]

Well, I wrote that library so I’m using it. :)

I will try to make that library more agnostic to packer, that the plugin will 
be in a more releasable state. We are testing a version of packer with 
cloudstack support internally at work. That moving target is here: 
https://github.com/mindjiver/packer

// peter  


On Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 10:36, Prasanna Santhanam wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:29:35AM +0100, sebgoa wrote:
> >  
> > On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Peter J?nsson  > (mailto:peter.jons...@klarna.com)> wrote:
> >  
> > > Hi!
> > >  
> > > I have been working on adding support for Cloudstack in packer.io 
> > > (http://packer.io). This way it is simple to create either new templates 
> > > from scratch or update an existing template. For creating the initial 
> > > template from scratch we have a custom iPXE ISO that will fetch the 
> > > iPXE-script via userdata, boot kernel+initrd and finally perform a 
> > > kickstart installation (we use centos).
> > >  
> > > So the no more manual intervention to upload ISOs, select options in 
> > > installer, stop the VM and finally create the template. Everything is 
> > > automated.
> > >  
> > > Plan is to upstream this to packer proper or release it as a independent 
> > > plugin. Currently the code need some cleanup.  
> >  
> > That's terrific Peter, I am trying to wrap my mind around packer
> > these days, so it would be great to see a CloudStack plugin.
>  
>  
>  
> +1 - looking forward to a packer plugin for cloudstack! If possible,
> reuse the goclient that is already available to communicate via packer - 
> https://github.com/mindjiver/gopherstack
>  
> Happy to help with bugfixes etc!
>  
> --  
> Prasanna.,
>  
> 
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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Prasanna Santhanam]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:52:11AM +0100, Peter J??nsson wrote:
> Well, I wrote that library so I???m using it. :)

yup - i know, i started working off a fork of your lib when i started
couple months ago. will checkout your fork of packer too.

> 
> I will try to make that library more agnostic to packer, that the
> plugin will be in a more releasable state. We are testing a version
> of packer with cloudstack support internally at work. That moving
> target is here: https://github.com/mindjiver/packer

awesome - i want to be able to reuse some of our images built using
packer on a cloudstack cloud since it helps optimize our aws costs.

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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Shanker Balan]

On 21-Jan-2014, at 3:22 pm, Peter Jönsson  wrote:

> Well, I wrote that library so I’m using it. :)
>
> I will try to make that library more agnostic to packer, that the plugin will 
> be in a more releasable state. We are testing a version of packer with 
> cloudstack support internally at work. That moving target is here: 
> https://github.com/mindjiver/packer


Brilliant. Looking forward to Packer+cloudstack.

Thanks.

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RE: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Chad]

Thanks Shanker.

Does that link tutorial you gave me also apply for any other o/s? I have yet
to try the demo/live interface hence why I ask. Just prepping.

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From: Shanker Balan [mailto:shanker.ba...@shapeblue.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:23 AM
To: CloudStack-Users
Subject: Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

Comment inline.

On 21-Jan-2014, at 4:53 am, Chad  wrote:

> Regarding creating templates, the wiki comes off a little confusing to me
but I hope someone can explain.
> https://cloudstack.apache.org/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.2.0/html/
> Admin_Guide/create-templates-overview.html
>
> "Launch a VM instance that has the operating system you want."
>
> How would a VM you created in CS already have an OS you want if it only
comes with centos template by default?
>
> I want to be able to offer Centos 6 (which comes by default we know), but
also Ubuntu, Windows 2012, Gentoo, and a few other Linux flavors.

I have a very details CentOS template creation blog post at

http://shankerbalan.net/blog/cloudstack-centos-template-install-from-iso/

Hth.

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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Shanker Balan]

On 24-Jan-2014, at 3:59 am, Chad  wrote:

> Thanks Shanker.
>
> Does that link tutorial you gave me also apply for any other o/s? I have yet
> to try the demo/live interface hence why I ask. Just prepping.

The "create template from instance volume" would be the same for any OS.
However, the "install from ISO" and the “customisation" steps would
vary slightly depending on OS variants.

But overall, the flow is largely same and I don’t see any issues.

Hth.


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Re: New to CloudStack // Questions

[Chad]

Thanks!

> On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Shanker Balan  
> wrote:
> 
>> On 24-Jan-2014, at 3:59 am, Chad  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Shanker.
>> 
>> Does that link tutorial you gave me also apply for any other o/s? I have yet
>> to try the demo/live interface hence why I ask. Just prepping.
> 
> The "create template from instance volume" would be the same for any OS.
> However, the "install from ISO" and the “customisation" steps would
> vary slightly depending on OS variants.
> 
> But overall, the flow is largely same and I don’t see any issues.
> 
> Hth.
> 
> 
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