cookbook 'xen', '~> 1.0.0'
xen (1) Versions 1.0.0 Follow6
Spawn new VMs from a base image, using Xen tools
cookbook 'xen', '~> 1.0.0', :supermarket
knife supermarket install xen
knife supermarket download xen
= Xen Tools support
This cookbook is designed to allow provisioning VMs by adding new data bag items
in the virtual_machines data bag. Currently it only supports bootstrapping using
xen-tools, from a tarball or directory.
Patches to use debootstrap and similar would be welcome.
== Creating a new VM
Add the Xen recipe to your Dom0, and set the default_vm attributes to taste.
You'll also need to take an image of an existing VM. Mount it's disk at somewhere,
and then run `tar cvzf my-vm-image.tgz .` and move the created file somewhere more
permanent. Set xen/default_vm/install_source to that path.
Now you can create a new data bag item in a virtual_machines databag:
{ "id": "testvm" }
That's the bare minimum. The VM will be called testvm.domain. It'll be created,
and then started using xm create.
Any options in xen/default_vm can be overridden from the data bag for a VM:
{ "id": "bigtestvm", "size": "100G", "memory": "1G", "install_source": "/media/images/web-server.tgz" }
== Using Chef to manage your new VMs
By creating an image with Chef configured you can make things completely automated. Add a data bag item. Wait
a little while. Start using Chef to manage your VM.
You'll need to create a base VM image, with Chef installed. Copy your validation key over to /etc/chef/, and make
sure the client is set to hit your Chef server. Now when it boots up for the first time, it'll register with Chef.
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FC064: Ensure issues_url is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC065: Ensure source_url is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC066: Ensure chef_version is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC069: Ensure standardized license defined in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC072: Metadata should not contain "attribute" keyword: xen/metadata.rb:1
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FC064: Ensure issues_url is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC065: Ensure source_url is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC066: Ensure chef_version is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC069: Ensure standardized license defined in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC072: Metadata should not contain "attribute" keyword: xen/metadata.rb:1
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Testing File Metric
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Version Tag Metric
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FC065: Ensure source_url is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC066: Ensure chef_version is set in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC069: Ensure standardized license defined in metadata: xen/metadata.rb:1
FC072: Metadata should not contain "attribute" keyword: xen/metadata.rb:1
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Testing File Metric
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