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[Armando Migliaccio <amigliaccio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Michaël Van de Borne <
michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi Donal,
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> Still about this good old 'Boot From ISO' feature inside the XenAPI: I
> packaged a custom netinstall.iso image which boots and installs the OS with
> kickstart. So that everything is custom and in 5minutes, I've got a
> complete running brand new machine freshly installed that has booted from
> the CDROM. But then at the end of install process, I ask kickstart to
> reboot the machine so that I can enjoy the new install.
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> But the ISO image remains attached and the VM reboots again on the ISO.
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> So, my question: Is it possible to automatically (using the API) empty CD
> drive every time a VM that's been booted from ISO reboots? If not, is it
> possible to change boot order when rebooting?
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To the best of my knowledge OSAPI does not have a 'eject-media-from-mv'
call.

Does the ISO you prepared contain the XenServer tools? I wonder whether
ejecting the CD from your kickstart tool would do the job.


> thanks
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> Le 02/12/11 11:44, Donal Lafferty a écrit :
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>  The background is that having provided a sample implementation,
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> *From:* Michaël Van de Borne [mailto:michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx<michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx>]
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> *Sent:* 01 December 2011 16:34
> *To:* Anne Gentle
> *Cc:* Donal Lafferty; openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [Openstack] boot from ISO****
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> That's right, it's a Xen*Server* only feature. I insist on XenServer
> because it's been implemented only inside the xenapi.
> If you wish to manage VMs using KVM or Xen hypervisor (the community
> hypervisor packaged in Linux distributions), this will utilize the libvirt
> API, and not XenAPI.
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> So, one needs to use XenServer (btw, openstack works great with XenServer
> 6.0 even if documentation claims that the supported release is 5.5<http://docs.openstack.org/diablo/openstack-compute/admin/content/hypervisors.html>)
> in order for the XenAPI to be used.
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> I made use of this documentation<http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServerDevelopment>in order to set up the environement. What is missing is that, in order to
> activate the "Boot From ISO <http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO>"
> feature, the SR elements on XenServer host must be configured that way:
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> 1. create an ISO-typed SR, such as an NFS ISO library, for instance. For
> this, using XenCenter is pretty easy. You need to export an NFS volume from
> a remote NFS server. Make sure it is exported in RW mode.
> 2. on the host, find the uuid of this ISO SR:
> # xe host-list
> write the uuid down
> 3. # xe sr-list content-type=iso
> locate the uuid of the NFS ISO library
> 4. # xe sr-param-set uuid=<iso sr uuid>
> other-config:i18n-key=local-storage-iso
> Even if an NFS mount point isn't local storage, you must specify
> "local-storage-iso".
> 5. # xe pbd-list sr-uuid=<iso sr uuid>
> make sure the host-uuid from "xe pbd-list" equals the uuid of the host you
> found at step 2
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> then apply the rest of the tutorial<http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServerDevelopment#Configure_SR_storage>and publish an ISO image this way:
> glance add name=fedora_iso disk_format=iso container_format=bare  <
> Fedora-16-x86_64-netinst.iso
> nova boot test_iso --flavor <flavor ID> --image <image ID>
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> I've posted this in the bug you filed, Anne.
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> By the way, I'm going to work on porting this feature on libvirt API and
> VMWare API (if nobody works on it yet).
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> Is the config drive yet available for Diablo??
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> cheers,
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> michaël
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> Le 01/12/11 16:29, Anne Gentle a écrit : ****
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> Thanks for the info! I've logged bug 898682 [1] to ensure it gets****
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> added to the documentation. Based on this note, is this a solution for****
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> Is this the same as using a config drive? I had heard a config drive****
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>  If someone who's familiar with this area could work on the docs that****
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> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/898682****
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> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Michaël Van de Borne****
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> <michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx> <michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx> wrote:****
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>  It finally works. The problem was the flag checks while looking for the ISO****
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> inside the find_iso_sr method (in nova/virt/xenapi/vm_utils.py), I found****
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> other-config:i18n-key=local-storage-iso****
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> As far as I know, this wasn't documented anywhere. Hope this can be useful****
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> Off the top of my head, I’d look to see if the compute node can see that ISO****
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> From: Michaël Van de Borne [mailto:michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx <michael.vandeborne@xxxxxxxx>]****
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> To: Donal Lafferty; openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx****
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> Subject: Re: [Openstack] boot from ISO****
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> Hi Donal, hi all,****
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> I'm trying to test the Boot From ISO feature. So I've set a XenServer host****
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> nova-compute log excerpt, there was a problem.****
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> glance add name=fedora_iso disk_format=iso <****
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> ../Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso****
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> nova boot test_iso --flavor 2 --image 4****
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> I can see the ISO images using "nova list" but not using "glance index".****
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> The error seems to be: 'Cannot find SR of content-type ISO'. However, I've****
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> set a NFS ISO Library using XenCenter, so that there is an actual ISO****
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> content-typed SR. How to tell OpenStack to use this SR for the ISO images I****
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> Any clue? I feel I'm rather close to make it work.****
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> Le 22/11/11 00:18, Donal Lafferty a écrit :****
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> “Boot from ISO” should be ISO image agnostic.  The feature overcomes****
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> People can use their ISO instead, but they may still need to use dedicated****
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> You should have no problem with a Linux distribution.****
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> However, I wrote it for XenAPI, so we need someone to duplicate the work for****
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> From: openstack-bounces+donal.lafferty=citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx****
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> [mailto:openstack-bounces+donal.lafferty=citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <openstack-bounces+donal.lafferty=citrix.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On****
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> Behalf Of Michaël Van de Borne****
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> Sent: 21 November 2011 17:28****
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> To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx****
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> Subject: Re: [Openstack] boot from ISO****
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> Le 14/11/11 14:44, Michaël Van de Borne a écrit :****
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> Hi all,****
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> I'm very interested in the "Boot From ISO" feature described here:****
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> http://wiki.openstack.org/bootFromISO****
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> In a few words, it's about the ability to boot a VM from the CDROM with an****
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> ISO image attached. A blank hard disk being attached to install the OS files****
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> I've got some questions about this:****
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> 1. Is the feature available today using a standard Diablo install? I've seen****
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> the code about this feature is stored under nova/tests and glance/tests.****
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> Does this mean it isn't finished yet and could only be tested under specific****
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> conditions? Which ones?****
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> 2. the spec tells about a Windows use case. Why just Windows? What should I****
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> do to test with a Linux distribution?****
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> 3. I can see here that the Xen hypervisor only has been impacted by the****
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> source code changes. Are KVM and VMWare planned to be supported in the****
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> future? May I help/be helped to develop KVM and VMWare support for this****
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> 'Boot From Iso' feature?****
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