Difference between revisions of "Chapter 3: Provisioning domUs"
From PrgmrWiki
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
:::''putting them in the right places, but there probably are not more than a few hundred'' | :::''putting them in the right places, but there probably are not more than a few hundred'' | ||
:::''people in the world who could create a functioning Linux system in that way.'' | :::''people in the world who could create a functioning Linux system in that way.'' | ||
− | —Neal Stephenson, '''In the Beginning Was the Command Line''' | + | :::—Neal Stephenson, '''In the Beginning Was the Command Line''' |
Revision as of 04:17, 19 June 2010
- You can suck Linux right out of the air, as it were, by downloading the right files and
- putting them in the right places, but there probably are not more than a few hundred
- people in the world who could create a functioning Linux system in that way.
- —Neal Stephenson, In the Beginning Was the Command Line
Contents
A Basic DomU Configuration
Selecting a Kernel
Quick-and-Dirty Install via tar
===Why This Is Not the Best Idea === ===Stuff to Watch Out For ===
Using the Package Management System with an Alternate Root
===Red Hat, CentOS, and Other RPM-Based Distros === ===Debootstrap with Debian and Ubuntu ===
QEMU Install
virt-install—Red Hat’s One-Step DomU Installer
Converting VMware Disk Images
Mass Deployment
===Manual Deployment === ===QEMU and Your Existing Infrastructure === ===Installing pypxeboot === ===Automated Installs the Red Hat Way ===