Open main menu

OpenVZ Virtuozzo Containers Wiki β

Changes

Archlinux Template creation

4,548 bytes added, 18:26, 14 March 2007
inital release
Instructions manually create a minimal Archlinux (0.8) "Voodoo" OS Template.

== Prerequisites ==

I used a modified archbootstrap script which can be found at http://forzza.systs.org/openvz-misc/

Edit settings of script "archbootstrap" :

<pre>
ARCH="i686"
IGNORE="rp-pppoe ppp wireless_tools xfsdump xfsprogs reiserfsprogs lshwd usbutils pciutils pcmciautils module-init-tools mdadm mkinitcpio libusb jfsutils lvm2 lilo cryptsetup device-mapper dhcpcd hwdetect dmapi gen-init-cpio grub"

umark PACMAN_OPTS (remove '#')
</pre>

{{Note|I suggest to place the build for OpenVZ templates to /vz/template/, schema: /vz/template/$DIST/$VERSION/$ARCH/}}

<pre>
Built this OS-Template with:

VE0_dist Debian
VE0_ARCH i386

DIST arch
VERSION 0.8
ARCH depends on VE0 settings above
</pre>


== bootstrapping Archlinux ==

Syntax:

VE0_# /usr/bin/archbootstrap /vz/template/$DIST/$VERSION/$ARCH/ [MIRROR]

{{Note|Please use mirrors ! A full list of Archlinux mirrors : http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirror}}


== enter the Build with chroot ==

All the commands below are executed from the root shell. I this howto "chroot" is used to enter as NEWROOT, a BUILD-VE must not be created!

VE0_# chroot /vz/template/$DIST/$VERSION/$ARCH/


=== setting DNS server ===

For the chroot BUILD we also need to specify a DNS for it:

BUILD_# mv /etc/resolv.conf.pacorig /etc/resolv.conf


=== update and install packages ===

Update (sync) pacman cache and update installed packages

BUILD_# pacman -Syu


Install openssh (client and server) , quota-tools and iproute

BUILD_# pacman -S openssh quota-tools iproute


=== fix /etc/mtab ===

Add symlink /proc/mount /etc/mtab

BUILD_# ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab


=== fix /etc/inittab ===

Remove getties from inittab

BUILD_# sed -i -e '/getty/d' /etc/inittab


=== create device nodes ===

Create device nodes at /dev, like console, full, null, zero, urandom, ptmx and fifo of initctl

BUILD_# mknod -m 600 /dev/console c 5 1

BUILD_# mknod -m 666 /dev/tty c 5 0

BUILD_# mknod -m 666 /dev/full c 1 7

BUILD_# mknod -m 600 /dev/initctl p

BUILD_# mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3

BUILD_# mknod -m 666 /dev/ptmx c 5 2

BUILD_# mkdir pts

BUILD_# mknod -m 666 /dev/random c 1 8

BUILD_# mknod -m 444 /dev/urandom c 1 9

BUILD_# mknod -m 666 /dev/zero c 1 5


=== sysinit script modification ===

Remove deleting of /etc/mtab in /etc/rc.sysinit and add mounting of /dev/pts

BUILD_# nano /etc/rc.sysinit

<pre>
[...]
/bin/rm -f /etc/mtab
[...]
</pre>

to

<pre>
[...]
#/bin/rm -f /etc/mtab
/bin/mount -t devpts none /dev/pts
[...]
</pre>


=== modify the main configuration file ===

BUILD_# nano /etc/rc.conf

<pre>
# Localization
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"

# example : German KEYMAP and Timezone to Berlin
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="de-latin1-nodeadkeys"

CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# Network settings
HOSTNAME="localhost"

# DAEMONS
# Add openssh to DAEMONS, start at bootup ; ssh-keys are build on first VE start !!!
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond ssh)
</pre>


=== enable ssh connections ===

{{Note|All connection are disabled to VE, see /etc/hosts.deny, only affected server built-in with libwrap}}

Allow ssh :

<pre>
BUILD_# echo "ssh: ALL : ALLOW" >> /etc/hosts.allow}
</pre>


=== lock (disable) the root account ===

BUILD_# passwd -l root


=== exit the chroot to VE0 ===

BUILD_# exit


== build a exclude list ==

Shrink the OS-Template, so not all files needed in a VE - OS - TEMPLATE


Remove unused pacman backup files

VE0_# find ./ -name '*.pacorig' > ../exclude.list-$ARCH


/etc/resolv.conf is added by vzctl:

VE0_# echo "etc/resolv.conf" >> ../exclude.list-$ARCH


dont add downloaded pkg to ostemplate:

VE0_# find ./var/cache/ -name '*.tar.gz' >> ../exclude.list-$ARCH


we dont need no logs and historys

VE0_# find ./var/cache/ -name '*.tar.gz' >> ../exlcude.list-$ARCH


VE0_# find ./root/.bash_history >> ../exclude.list-$ARCH


== create OS-Template ==

VE0_# tar -X ../exclude.list-$ARCH -czf /vz/template/cache/arch-0.8-$ARCH-minimal.tar.gz ./


== use the OS-Template ==

VE0_# vzctl create <VEID> --ostemplate arch-0.8-$ARCH-minimal ...


== update the OS-Template ==

to update a template is really easy, enter the build with chroot, performing upgrade task

VE0_# chroot /vz/template/$DIST/$VERSION/$ARCH/ 'pacman -Syu'

Update the exclude list, and pack upgraded OS - Template


== Links ==

Archlinux wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page


[[Category: HOWTO]]
[[Category: Templates]]
59
edits