Re: [Xen-users] rc.local?

[Alexandre Kouznetsov <alk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.

El 09/12/13 19:01, Mark J Bradakis escribió:
> xen-create-image --boot  blah blah
>
> would configure and start the VM, then run /etc/rc.local  but that does
> not seem to be the case.
>
> How does one get a script to run when the new guest is first started,
> before logging in and
> doing it by hand?  What am I missing?
If you deploy a Debian or Ubuntu DomU with help of xen-create-image, it 
will run it's own /etc/rc.local on startup, not because 
xen-create-image made it to do so, but because the distribution is 
organized that way. By default, this script does nothing.
There are several ways to make your new DomU to run custom scripts on 
startup.
1. You may use /etc/xen-tools/skel/etc/rc.local to deploy a custom 
version of the script. You even may trick it, so it run something at 
first boot and modify itself in order to do noting on subsequent boots.
2. You may deploy a custom script with everything you need but run it by 
hand, to have more control (I do that myself).
3. You may use /etc/xen-tools/role.d/something to make xen-create-image 
to run custom commands while creating the image, even before it boots.
4. You may install some puppet or chief agent by default on each DomU 
you deploy, and manage them from a central location.
Greetings.

--
Alexandre Kouznetsov


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