Archlinux Template creation - Revision history

66.183.88.152: Added updated script and notice re: outdated instructions

2013-02-21T04:44:41Z

Added updated script and notice re: outdated instructions

2012-12-11T21:22:45Z

clarified the mkarchroot method and added a link.

2012-08-04T20:46:07Z

Reverted edits by StevenCook (talk) to last revision by Kir

2012-08-03T06:09:02Z

Reverted edits by ThomasKelly (talk) to last revision by 62.147.185.32

2011-04-15T11:21:57Z

‎use the OS template

2011-04-02T13:25:58Z

‎build a exclude list: typo (s/exlcude/exclude/)

2009-11-20T14:56:43Z

‎enable ssh connections: Clean up

2009-10-19T10:51:09Z

‎create OS template: use --numeric-owner option for tar

2009-05-15T05:52:52Z

‎Prerequisites

2008-09-04T14:42:51Z

‎Prerequisites

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 I used a modified archbootstrap script which can be found at http://forzza.systs.org/openvz-misc/
 {{Note | This link is currently broken}}
-{{Note | One can use mkarchroot (provided by devtools) in place of archbootstrap if building the template on Archlinux. See Disussion.}}
+{{Note | One can use mkarchroot (provided by devtools) in place of archbootstrap if building the template on Archlinux. See [[Talk:Archlinux_Template_creation|Disussion]] for a bash script to do this. The script makes it easy to build an image on an arch machine, then copy the zipped template over to your VZ host.}}
 Edit settings of script "archbootstrap" :

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   CT0_# vzctl create <VEID> --ostemplate arch-0.8-$ARCH-minimal ...
- == update the OS template ==
+== update the OS template ==
 To update a template is really easy, enter the build with chroot, performing upgrade task

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 We dont need no logs and history:
-  CT0_# find ./var/cache/ -name '*.tar.gz' >> ../exlcude.list-$ARCH
+  CT0_# find ./var/cache/ -name '*.tar.gz' >> ../exclude.list-$ARCH
   CT0_# find ./root/.bash_history >> ../exclude.list-$ARCH

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 Allow ssh:
-  BUILD_# echo "ssh: ALL : ALLOW" >> /etc/hosts.allow}
+  BUILD_# echo "ssh: ALL : ALLOW" >> /etc/hosts.allow
 === lock (disable) the root account ===

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 == create OS template ==
-  CT0_# tar -X ../exclude.list-$ARCH -czf /vz/template/cache/arch-0.8-$ARCH-minimal.tar.gz ./
+  CT0_# tar --numeric-owner -X ../exclude.list-$ARCH -czf /vz/template/cache/arch-0.8-$ARCH-minimal.tar.gz ./
 == use the OS template ==

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