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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
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xml:id="centos-image">
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<title>Example: CentOS image</title>
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<para>We'll run through an example of installing a CentOS image.
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This will focus mainly on CentOS 6.4. Because the CentOS
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installation process may change across versions, if you are
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using a different version of CentOS the installer steps may
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differ.</para>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Download a CentOS install ISO</title>
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<para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Navigate to the <link
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xlink:href="http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30"
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>CentOS mirrors</link> page.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click one of the <literal>HTTP</literal>
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links in the right-hand column next to one of
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the mirrors.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the folder link of the CentOS version
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you want to use. For example,
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<literal>6.4/</literal>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the <literal>isos/</literal> folder
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link.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the <literal>x86_64/</literal> folder
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link for 64-bit images.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the ISO image you want to download.
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The netinstall ISO. For example,
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<filename>CentOS-6.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso</filename>
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is a good choice since it's a smaller image
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that will download missing packages from the
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Internet during the install process.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Start the install process</title>
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<para>Start the installation process using either
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<command>virt-manager</command> or
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<command>virt-install</command> as described in the
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previous section. If using
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<command>virt-install</command>, don't forget to connect
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your VNC client to the virtual machine.</para>
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<para>We will assume the name of your virtual machine image is
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<literal>centos-6.4</literal>, which we need to know
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when using <command>virsh</command> commands to manipulate
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the state of the image.</para>
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<para>If you're using virt-manager, the commands should look
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something like
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this:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>qemu-img create -f qcow2 /tmp/centos-6.4.qcow2 10G</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virt-install --virt-type kvm --name centos-6.4 --ram 1024 \
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--cdrom=/data/isos/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso \
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--disk /tmp/centos-6.4.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
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--network network=default \
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--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole \
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--os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel6</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Step through the install</title>
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<para>At the initial Installer boot menu, choose the "Install
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or upgrade an existing system" option. Step through the
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install prompts, the defaults should be fine.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject role="fo">
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<imagedata fileref="figures/centos-install.png"
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format="PNG" scale="60"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject role="html">
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<imagedata fileref="figures/centos-install.png"
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format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Configure TCP/IP</title>
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<para>The default TCP/IP settings are fine. In particular,
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ensure that Enable IPv4 support is enabled with DHCP,
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which is the default.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/centos-tcpip.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Point the installer to a CentOS web server</title>
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<para>Choose URL as the installation method.</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/install-method.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>Depending on the version of CentOS, the net installer
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requires that the user specify either a URL, or the web
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site and a CentOS directory that corresponds to one of the
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CentOS mirrors. If the installer asks for a single URL, an
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example of a valid URL would be:
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<literal>http://mirror.umd/centos/6/os/x86_64</literal>.<note>
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<para>Consider using other mirrors as an alternative
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to mirror.umd.edu.</para>
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</note></para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/url-setup.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>If the installer asks for web site name and CentOS
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directory separately, an example would be:</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Web site name:
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<literal>mirror.umd.edu</literal>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>CentOS directory:
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<literal>centos/6/os/x86_64</literal></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>See <link
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xlink:href="http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30"
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>CentOS mirror page</link> to get a full list of
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mirrors, click on the "HTTP" link of a mirror to retrieve
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the web site name of a mirror.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Storage devices</title>
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<para>If asked about what type of devices your installation
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involves, choose "Basic Storage Devices".</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Hostname</title>
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<para>The installer may ask you to choose a hostname. The
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default (<literal>localhost.localdomain</literal>) is
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fine. We will install the cloud-init package later, which
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will set the hostname on boot when a new instance is
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provisioned using this image.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Partition the disks</title>
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<para>There are different options for partitioning the disks.
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The default installation will use LVM partitions, and will
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create three partitions (<filename>/boot</filename>,
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<filename>/</filename>, swap), and this will work
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fine. Alternatively, you may wish to create a single ext4
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partition, mounted to "<literal>/</literal>", should also
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work fine.</para>
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<para>If unsure, we recommend you use the installer's default
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partition scheme, since there is no clear advantage to one
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scheme or another.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Step through the install</title>
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<para>Step through the install, using the default options. The
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simplest thing to do is to choose the "Basic Server"
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install (may be called "Server" install on older versions
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of CentOS), which will install an SSH server.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Detach the CD-ROM and reboot</title>
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<para>Once the install completes, you will see the screen
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"Congratulations, your CentOS installation is
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complete".</para>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/centos-complete.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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<para>To eject a disk using <command>virsh</command>, libvirt
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requires that you attach an empty disk at the same target
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that the CDROM was previously attached, which should be
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<literal>hdc</literal>. You can confirm the
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appropriate target using the <command>dom dumpxml
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<replaceable>vm-image</replaceable></command>
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command.</para>
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<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh dumpxml centos-6.4</userinput>
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<computeroutput><domain type='kvm'>
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<name>centos-6.4</name>
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...
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<disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
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<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
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<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
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<readonly/>
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<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
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</disk>
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...
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</domain>
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</computeroutput></screen>
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<para>Run the following commands from the host to eject the
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disk and reboot using virsh, as root. If you are using
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virt-manager, the commands below will work, but you can
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also use the GUI to detach and reboot it by manually
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stopping and
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starting.<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh attach-disk --type cdrom --mode readonly centos-6.4 "" hdc</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh destroy centos-6.4</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh start centos-6.4</userinput></screen></para>
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<note>
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<para>In theory, the <command>virsh reboot
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centos-6.4</command> command can be used instead
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of using destroy and start commands. However, in our
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testing we were unable to reboot successfully using
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the <command>virsh reboot</command> command.</para>
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</note>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Log in to newly created image</title>
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<para>When you boot for the first time after install, it may ask
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you about authentication tools, you can just choose
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"Exit". Then, log in as root using the root password you
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specified.</para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Configure to fetch metadata</title>
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<para>An instance must perform several steps on start up by
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interacting with the metadata service. For example,
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retrieve ssh public key and execute user data script.
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There are several ways to implement this functionality, including:<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Install a cloud-init RPM, which is a port of
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the Ubuntu <link
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xlink:href="https://launchpad.net/cloud-init"
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>cloud-init</link> package. This is the
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recommended approach.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Modify <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> to
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fetch desired information from the metadata
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service, as described below.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Use cloud-init to fetch the public key</title>
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<para>The cloud-init package will automatically fetch the
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public key from the metadata server and place the key in
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an account. You can install cloud-init inside the CentOS
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guest by adding the EPEL
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repo:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm</userinput>
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<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>yum install cloud-init</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>The account varies by distribution. On Ubuntu-based
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virtual machines, the account is called "ubuntu". On
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Fedora-based virtual machines, the account is called
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"ec2-user".</para>
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<para>You can change the name of the account used by
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cloud-init by editing the
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<filename>/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg</filename> file and
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adding a line with a different user. For example, to
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configure cloud-init to put the key in an account named
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<literal>admin</literal>, edit the configuration file
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so it has the line:</para>
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<programlisting>user: admin</programlisting>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Write a script to fetch the public key (if no
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cloud-init)</title>
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<para>If you are not able to install the cloud-init package in
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your image, to fetch the ssh public key and add it to the
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root account, edit the <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>
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file and add the following lines before the line
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“<literal>touch
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/var/lock/subsys/local</literal>”</para>
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<programlisting language="bash">if [ ! -d /root/.ssh ]; then
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mkdir -p /root/.ssh
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chmod 700 /root/.ssh
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fi
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# Fetch public key using HTTP
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ATTEMPTS=30
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FAILED=0
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while [ ! -f /root/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; do
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curl -f http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-keys/0/openssh-key \
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> /tmp/metadata-key 2>/dev/null
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if [ \$? -eq 0 ]; then
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cat /tmp/metadata-key >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
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chmod 0600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
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restorecon /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
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rm -f /tmp/metadata-key
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echo "Successfully retrieved public key from instance metadata"
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echo "*****************"
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echo "AUTHORIZED KEYS"
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echo "*****************"
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cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
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echo "*****************"
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done</programlisting>
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<note>
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<para>Some VNC clients replace : (colon) with ;
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(semicolon) and _ (underscore) with - (hyphen). Make
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sure it's http: not http; and authorized_keys not
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authorized-keys.</para>
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</note>
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<note>
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<para>The above script only retrieves the ssh public key
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from the metadata server. It does not retrieve
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<emphasis role="italic">user data</emphasis>,
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which is optional data that can be passed by the user
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when requesting a new instance. User data is often
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used for running a custom script when an instance
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comes up.</para>
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<para>As the OpenStack metadata service is compatible with
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version 2009-04-04 of the Amazon EC2 metadata service,
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consult the Amazon EC2 documentation on <link
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xlink:href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2009-04-04/UserGuide/AESDG-chapter-instancedata.html"
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>Using Instance Metadata</link> for details on how
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to retrieve user data.</para>
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</note>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Disable the zeroconf route</title>
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<para>In order for the instance to access the metadata service, disable
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the default zeroconf route:</para>
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<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>echo "NOZEROCONF=yes" >> /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Configure console</title>
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<para>In order for <command>nova console-log</command> to work
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properly on CentOS 6.x, guests you may need to add the
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following lines to
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<filename>/boot/grub/menu.lst</filename><programlisting>serial --unit=0 --speed=115200
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terminal --timeout=10 console serial
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# Edit the kernel line to add the console entries
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kernel <replaceable>...</replaceable> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8</programlisting></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Shut down the instance</title>
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<para>From inside the instance, as
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root:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>/sbin/shutdown -h now</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Clean up (remove MAC address details)</title>
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<para>The operating system records the MAC address of the
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virtual ethernet card in locations such as
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<filename>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0</filename>
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and
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<filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</filename>
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during the instance process. However, each time the image
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boots up, the virtual ethernet card will have a different
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MAC address, so this information must be deleted from the
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configuration file.</para>
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<para>There is a utility called
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<command>virt-sysprep</command>, that performs various
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cleanup tasks such as removing the MAC address references.
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It will clean up a virtual machine image in
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place:<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virt-sysprep -d centos-6.4</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Undefine the libvirt domain</title>
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<para>Now that the image is ready to be uploaded to the Image
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service, you no longer need to have this virtual machine
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image managed by libvirt. Use the <command>virsh undefine
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<replaceable>vm-image</replaceable></command>
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command to inform
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libvirt.<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>virsh undefine centos-6.4</userinput></screen></para>
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</simplesect>
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<simplesect>
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<title>Image is complete</title>
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<para>The underlying image file you created with
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<command>qemu-img create</command>. For example,
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<filename>/tmp/centos-6.4.qcow2</filename> is now
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ready for uploading to the OpenStack Image service.</para>
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</simplesect>
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</section>
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