Aaron Coburn, how can I configure VCL to use this module ? I want to try it.
Thanks. 2014-03-14 13:37 GMT+00:00 Aaron Coburn <[email protected]>: > Attached is my OS::Linux::Fedora module. (The ASF license is mentioned in > the header) > > As I said, I was able to capture the image, but the network interfaces (as I > recall) kept getting renamed: Fedora doesn't use eth0, eth1, etc. So there > was some issue with binding sshd to one or both of those interfaces on > startup. I am not actually using this module, since CentOS and Ubuntu ended > up being much easier to deal with. In any case, I hope this helps. > > > Aaron C. > > > > > > > > > On Mar 14, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Aaron Peeler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Aaron, >> Anything you have might help and is appreciated. >> -A >> >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Aaron Coburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Last summer I tried getting Fedora 19 to work with the VCL but was never >>> entirely successful (I haven't tried working with Fedora 20). The main >>> issue >>> related to network configurations: Fedora has its own way of organizing >>> network interfaces, and certain commands (e.g. ifconfig) produce output >>> in a >>> format different than what is expected by the standard OS::Linux module. >>> I >>> ended up writing a custom module (OS::Linux::Fedora), and was able to >>> successfully capture images. When new instances were provisioned, there >>> was >>> something I had to do manually to make sure that sshd started up >>> properly, >>> and then, a user could connect to the reservation. But at that point I >>> gave >>> up on Fedora and told my colleagues that they could have CentOS and >>> Ubuntu >>> (but not Fedora), both of which work great in the VCL. If you'd like to >>> see >>> the semi-functional OS::Linux::Fedora module, let me know. >>> >>> Aaron Coburn >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Aaron Coburn >>> System Administrator / Programmer >>> Web Services, Amherst College >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 13, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Aaron Peeler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I've not. So far I ran into issues with ssh logins a fresh install of >>> Fedora20, it looked like identity exchange errors. Then got side >>> tracked before I could finish trouble shooting the issue. >>> >>> I'll try again soon. >>> Aaron >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:32 PM, António Aragão <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Josh, >>> >>> thanks for the information. I will do it. Does anyone made Fedora Core >>> 20 image successful ? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> 2014-03-13 17:16 GMT+00:00 Josh Thompson <[email protected]>: >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Aarago, >>> >>> Junaid provided some great info. You can remove the affiliations as he >>> explained. However, you may just want to remove the ability to use them >>> for >>> logging in from the conf.php file so that you maintain the entry for any >>> users >>> that had the affiliation. If you do remove the entries from the >>> affiliation >>> table, you'll need to handle any users that had the affiliation. You can >>> either just change their affiliation to something else that you keep an >>> entry >>> for, or you can remove the users. If you remove the users, you'll want >>> to >>> make sure they are not assigned as the owner of any resources. You also >>> may >>> want to delete all of their records from the log tables. >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:48:18 AM Junaid Ali wrote: >>> >>> Hello Aarago, >>> The images can be managed from the web interface using "Manage images" >>> menu on the left (when logged in as Administrator account). You need to >>> use "Edit image Profiles" option and then you can delete the images that >>> are published within the system. You need to make sure that you don't >>> have >>> any current reservations which are using those reservations otherwise the >>> image will not be deleted. >>> The above steps only removes the image from being available in the >>> reservation system. To delete the actual image files you will need to >>> delete the image folder from each of the VMHost server and finally from >>> the shared image repository. >>> >>> Regarding, affiliations they are added and removed from the database >>> manually. The table you need to edit is named "affiliations". Please make >>> sure to remove the user groups for that affiliation before you remove the >>> actual database entry. If you also have the web authentication configured >>> you will need to update the web configuration file accordingly. For more >>> details refer >>> >>> http://vcl.apache.org/docs/ldapauth.html#adding-ldap-authentication-to-the >>> -web-code >>> >>> VCL Gurus, >>> Please correct me if I missed anything. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Junaid Ali >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of António Aragão >>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:20 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Some tips >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> i need to purge old images and affiliations. How can I do that ? >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.di.uminho.pt/~apa/email/cartao_virtual_email_aaragao.png >>> >>> - -- >>> - ------------------------------- >>> Josh Thompson >>> VCL Developer >>> North Carolina State University >>> >>> my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu >>> >>> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which >>> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public >>> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iEYEARECAAYFAlMh5/MACgkQV/LQcNdtPQOmoACfXPeQ/TFjepYKLUrrevflARYI >>> h1kAmgIZRzsKJSADYP5p0FxFe8YxP6xH >>> =iBEJ >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.di.uminho.pt/~apa/email/cartao_virtual_email_aaragao.png >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Aaron Peeler >>> Program Manager >>> Virtual Computing Lab >>> NC State University >>> >>> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which >>> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public >>> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Aaron Peeler >> Program Manager >> Virtual Computing Lab >> NC State University >> >> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which >> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public >> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -- http://www.di.uminho.pt/~apa/email/cartao_virtual_email_aaragao.png
