Debian template creation - Revision history

Narcisgarcia: ctcreate to ctctl

2020-01-28T09:24:41Z

ctcreate to ctctl

2017-10-17T07:20:39Z

ctcreate

2017-08-05T07:56:03Z

Deploying Debian VEs without Templates

2017-07-10T12:34:53Z

‎Bootstrapping Debian

2017-07-10T08:24:49Z

‎Clean packages: E: Command line option --purge is not understood in combination with the other options

2015-05-19T15:59:44Z

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

2015-05-19T05:45:05Z

‎Preparing for and packing template cache

2015-05-19T00:20:34Z

‎Customizing the installation: for Jessie -- create vzfifo script, disable services

2015-05-19T00:11:47Z

‎Prerequisites: rm reference to a very old bug

2015-05-19T00:04:33Z

added a warning

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 These are rough instructions of how to manually create basic Debian template cache, which can be used to create OpenVZ [[VE]]s based on Debian.
-{{Note|'''[https://downloads.actiu.net/ctcreate/ ctcreate]''' is an automated helper to create and customize Debian templates.}}
+{{Note|'''[https://downloads.actiu.net/ctctl/ ctctl]''' is an automated helper to create and customize Debian templates.}}
 {{Warning|The recommended way is '''not to follow''' the below instructions, but to use the official Debian templates, modifying those to your needs. Some template + container creation helpers are recommended at page [[Deploying Debian VEs without Templates]].}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:20, 17 October 2017
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	These are rough instructions of how to manually create basic Debian template cache, which can be used to create OpenVZ [[VE]]s based on Debian.		These are rough instructions of how to manually create basic Debian template cache, which can be used to create OpenVZ [[VE]]s based on Debian.
		+
		+	{{Note\|'''[https://downloads.actiu.net/ctcreate/ ctcreate]''' is an automated helper to create and customize Debian templates.}}

	{{Warning\|The recommended way is '''not to follow''' the below instructions, but to use the official Debian templates, modifying those to your needs. Some template + container creation helpers are recommended at page [[Deploying Debian VEs without Templates]].}}		{{Warning\|The recommended way is '''not to follow''' the below instructions, but to use the official Debian templates, modifying those to your needs. Some template + container creation helpers are recommended at page [[Deploying Debian VEs without Templates]].}}

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 These are rough instructions of how to manually create basic Debian template cache, which can be used to create OpenVZ [[VE]]s based on Debian.
-{{Warning|The recommended way is '''not to follow''' the below instructions, but to use the official Debian templates, modifying those to your needs.}}
+{{Warning|The recommended way is '''not to follow''' the below instructions, but to use the official Debian templates, modifying those to your needs. Some template + container creation helpers are recommended at page [[Deploying Debian VEs without Templates]].}}
 '''Notes:'''

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 The command parameters are:
-   debootstrap --arch ARCH NAME DIRECTORY URL
+   debootstrap --arch ARCH NAME DIRECTORY [URL]
 Specify your architecture instead of <tt>i386</tt> if you're using something other than i386/x86.  For example, for AMD64/x86_64, use <tt>amd64</tt> or for ia64, use <tt>ia64</tt>. You can use http or ftp in the URL.
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 We use VE ID of 777 for this example, but it can be any unused ID.
-=== Wheezy (current stable) ===
+=== Stretch (current stable) ===
   debootstrap --arch i386 wheezy /vz/private/777 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/
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   debootstrap --arch amd64 wheezy /vz/private/777 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
-=== Squeeze (current oldstable) ===
+=== Squeeze (old release) ===
   debootstrap --arch i386 squeeze /vz/private/777 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/
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   debootstrap --arch i386 lenny /vz/private/777 http://archive.debian.org/debian/
-=== Etch (old release) ===
+=== Etch (very old release) ===
   debootstrap --arch i386 etch /vz/private/777 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/
-=== Sarge (very old release) ===
+=== Sarge (deeply old release) ===
   debootstrap sarge /vz/private/777 http://archive.debian.org/debian

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 === Clean packages ===
 After installing packages, you'll have some junk packages laying around in your cache.  Since you don't want your template to have those, this command will wipe them out.
-  apt-get --purge clean
+  apt-get clean
 Now everything is done.  Exit from the template and go back to the hardware node.

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 Go to the VE directory:
   cd /vz/private/777
 Now create a cached OS tarball.  In the command below, you'll want to replace <tt>i386</tt> with your architecture (i386, amd64, ia64, etc).
   sudo tar --numeric-owner -zcf /vz/template/cache/debian-5.0-i386-minimal.tar.gz .
 Look at the resulting tarball to see its size is sane:

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 === Remove some unneeded packages ===
 If you have any packages you'd like to remove, now's the time for it.  Here's an example — note that not all of those packages are installed by default in Debian Squeeze (although they were in earlier versions):
   dpkg --purge modutils ppp pppoeconf pppoe pppconfig module-init-tools
 === Disable services ===
-For dependency-based boot sequence introduced with Squeeze type:
+Do not start some services, stick to bare minimum. This step is release dependent.
   update-rc.d-insserv -f klogd remove
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   update-rc.d-insserv -f exim4 remove
   update-rc.d-insserv -f inetd remove
 === Fix SSH host keys ===
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 <source lang="bash">
 dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
 </source>

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	== Prerequisites ==		== Prerequisites ==
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−	{{Warning\|if you want to use <code>ext4</code> file system for <code>/vz</code>, use <code>nodelalloc</code> option in <code>/etc/fstab</code>, otherwise it will crash. See {{Bug\|1509}} and its duplicates for details.}}

	You need to have a working copy of <tt>debootstrap</tt> running on your hardware node.		You need to have a working copy of <tt>debootstrap</tt> running on your hardware node.

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−	These are rough instructions of how to manually create basic Debian template cache, which can be used to create OpenVZ [[VE]]s based on Debian.	+	These are rough instructions of how to manually create basic Debian template cache, which can be used to create OpenVZ [[VE]]s based on Debian.
		+
		+	{{Warning\|The recommended way is '''not to follow''' the below instructions, but to use the official Debian templates, modifying those to your needs.}}

	'''Notes:'''		'''Notes:'''