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creation.</para>
<section xml:id="oz">
<title>Oz</title>
<para><link
xlink:href="https://github.com/clalancette/oz/wiki"
>Oz</link> is a command-line tool that automates the
process of creating a virtual machine image file. Oz is a
Python app that interacts with KVM to step through the
process of installing a virtual machine. It uses a
predefined set of kickstart (Red Hat-based systems) and
preseed files (Debian-based systems) for operating systems
that it supports, and it can also be used to create
Microsoft Windows images. On Fedora, install Oz with yum:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>yum install oz</userinput></screen><note>
<para>As of this writing, there are no Oz packages for
Ubuntu, so you will need to either install from
source or build your own .deb file.</para>
<para><link xlink:href="https://github.com/clalancette/oz/wiki"
>Oz</link> is a command-line tool that automates the process of
creating a virtual machine image file. Oz is a Python app that
interacts with KVM to step through the process of installing a
virtual machine. It uses a predefined set of kickstart (Red
Hat-based systems) and preseed files (Debian-based systems) for
operating systems that it supports, and it can also be used to
create Microsoft Windows images. On Fedora, install Oz with yum:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>yum install oz</userinput></screen><note>
<para>As of this writing, there are no Oz packages for Ubuntu,
so you will need to either install from source or build your
own .deb file.</para>
</note></para>
<para>A full treatment of Oz is beyond the scope of this
document, but we will provide an example. You can find
additional examples of Oz template files on GitHub at
<link
<para>A full treatment of Oz is beyond the scope of this document, but
we will provide an example. You can find additional examples of Oz
template files on GitHub at <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/rackerjoe/oz-image-build/tree/master/templates"
>rackerjoe/oz-image-build/templates</link>. Here's how
you would create a CentOS 6.4 image with Oz.</para>
>rackerjoe/oz-image-build/templates</link>. Here's how you would
create a CentOS 6.4 image with Oz.</para>
<para>Create a template file (we'll call it
<filename>centos64.tdl</filename>) with the following
contents. The only entry you will need to change is the
<filename>centos64.tdl</filename>) with the following contents.
The only entry you will need to change is the
<literal>&lt;rootpw></literal>
contents.<programlisting language="xml">&lt;template>
&lt;name>centos64&lt;/name>
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&lt;/commands>
&lt;/template></programlisting>
</para>
<para>This Oz template specifies where to download the Centos
6.4 install ISO. Oz will use the version information to
identify which kickstart file to use. In this case, it
will be <link
<para>This Oz template specifies where to download the Centos 6.4
install ISO. Oz will use the version information to identify which
kickstart file to use. In this case, it will be <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/clalancette/oz/blob/master/oz/auto/RHEL6.auto"
>RHEL6.auto</link>. It adds EPEL as a repository and
installs the <literal>epel-release</literal>,
<literal>cloud-utils</literal>, and
<literal>cloud-init</literal> packages, as specified
in the <literal>packages</literal> section of the
file.</para>
<para>After Oz does the initial OS install using the kickstart
file, it customizes the image by doing an update. It also
removes any reference to the eth0 device that libvirt
creates while Oz does the customizing, as specified
in the <literal>command</literal> section of the XML
>RHEL6.auto</link>. It adds EPEL as a repository and install the
<literal>epel-release</literal>, <literal>cloud-utils</literal>,
and <literal>cloud-init</literal> packages, as specified in the
<literal>packages</literal> section of the file.</para>
<para>After Oz does the initial OS install using the kickstart file, it
updates the image's install packages with <command>yum
update</command>. It also removes any reference to the eth0
device that libvirt creates while Oz does the customizing, as
specified in the <literal>command</literal> section of the XML
file.</para>
<para>To run this, do, as root:</para>
<para><screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>oz-install -d3 -u centos64.tdl -x centos64-libvirt.xml</userinput></screen><itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The <literal>-d3</literal> flag tells Oz to
show status information as it runs.</para>
<para>The <literal>-d3</literal> flag tells Oz to show
status information as it runs.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The <literal>-u</literal> tells Oz to do the
customization (install extra packages, run the
commands) once it does the initial
install.</para>
customization (install extra packages, run the commands)
once it does the initial install.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The <literal>-x &lt;filename></literal> flag
tells Oz what filename to use to write out a
libvirt XML file (otherwise it will default to
something like
<para>The <literal>-x &lt;filename></literal> flag tells Oz
what filename to use to write out a libvirt XML file
(otherwise it will default to something like
<filename>centos64Apr_03_2013-12:39:42</filename>).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>If you leave out the <literal>-u</literal>
flag, or you want to edit the file to do additional
customizations, you can use the
<command>oz-customize</command> command, using the
libvirt XML file that <command>oz-install</command>
creates. For example:
</itemizedlist>If you leave out the <literal>-u</literal> flag, or
you want to edit the file to do additional customizations, you can
use the <command>oz-customize</command> command, using the libvirt
XML file that <command>oz-install</command> creates. For example:
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>oz-customize -d3 centos64.tdl centos64-libvirt.xml</userinput></screen>
Oz will invoke libvirt to boot the image inside of KVM,
then Oz will ssh into the instance and perform the
customizations.</para>
Oz will invoke libvirt to boot the image inside of KVM, then Oz will
ssh into the instance and perform the customizations.</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="vmbuilder">
<title>VMBuilder</title>