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<translate><!--T:1-->{{Warning|The rest of this document is obsoleted and is kept here for historical purposes only. Template metadata is a set of a few files containing the following information:utilities (vzpkg/vzyum) are no longer supported. Use [[Download/template/precreated|precreated templates]].}}
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'''OS template metadata''' is a set of a few files containing the following information:
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* List of packages that form this [[OS template]]
* Locations of package repositories
* Additional OpenVZ-specific packages
Using OS template metadata and vzpkg tools, an OS template cache can be created.<noinclude>==Internals== <!--T:4-->(Incomplete) Based off the centos-4 vztmpl: <!--T:5-->*addons/vzdev is a static list of most commonly used /dev entries. Provides dev package. Uses MAKEDEV.spec*addons/MAKEDEV-3.3.13-1.3.swsoft is generated from a copy of fedora core 2's MAKEDEV-3.3.13. Uses MAKEDEV.spec which is a customized version to install only the essential devices and depend on vzdev*dummy-centos-4 is a placeholder for kernel, module-init-tools, modutils, mingetty, kernel-utils, ethtool, and kernel-drm packages. Uses dummy.spec*default.list, minimal.list, *.list are list of packages for a flavor of the template. Must contain dummy-centos-4, vzdev, and MAKEDEV packages*config/yum.conf.in template for yum.conf with tokens replaced during build.*config/install-pre or install-post is executed by cache-os which is executed by vzpkgcache when creating a template cache*config/update-pre or update-post is executed when updating a template cache*config/gpgkeys are the keys for the packages to be cached*config/rpm contains the rpm version*vztmpl.spec.in is template for the vztmpl package*make.defs is the common variables for the make process <!--T:6-->Download the vztmpl-centos-4*.src.rpm. Install it. Modify it. <!--T:7-->To generate the OS template metadata rpm run "make rpms" inside the /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/centos-4 dir. You will need gcc, rpmbuild, and createrepo packages. ==Contributions== <!--T:8-->* http://www.neonhost.com/openvz/ - Centos 5 rpm and patch for centos 4 template contributed by Chris Turan. See http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&&th=5037* http://krnjevic.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/vztmpl-centos-5-2.0-3.i386.rpm - newer Centos 5 template (see also http://krnjevic.com/wp/?p=80)</noinclude><noinclude> == See also ==<!--T:9-->
* [[OS template]]
* [[OS template cache]]
* [[OS template cache preparation]]
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