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vmbuilder.sh

vmbuilder.sh builds virtual machines for CentOS 6.x from the command line.

System Requirements

• RHEL 6.x / CentOS 6.x

Installing vmbuilder.sh

$ git clone git://github.com/hansode/vmbuilder.git
$ cd vmbuilder/kvm/rhel/6/

Installing Required Packages

RHEL Base Packages

# yum install -y bridge-utils kpartx parted qemu-img qemu-kvm

VirtualBox

# curl http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc  | rpm --import -
# curl http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el/virtualbox.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
# yum install -y VirtualBox-4.2.x86_64

Building virtual machine image

# ./vmbuilder.sh

This will create a virtual machine image in a directory.

# ls <distro_name>-<distro_ver>_<distro_arch>.raw

OPTIONS

Guest partitioning options

• --rootsize=SIZE [default: 4096]
• --swapsize=SIZE [default: 1024]

Network related options:

• --ip=ADDRESS [default: dhcp]
• --mask=VALUE [default: based on ip setting]
• --net=ADDRESS [default: based on ip setting]
• --bcast=VALUE [default: based on ip setting]
• --gw=ADDRESS [default: based on ip setting (first valid address in the network)]
• --dns=ADDRESS [default: 8.8.8.8]

Post install actions:

• --copy=FILE

Read 'source dest' lines from FILE, copying source files from host to dest in the guest's file system.

• --execscript=SCRIPT

Script will be called with the guest's chroot as first argument, so you can use chroot $1 to run code in the virtual machine.

Distrobution related options:

• --distro-arch=VALUE [ x86_64 | i686 ]
• --distro-name=VALUE [ centos | sl ]
• --distro-ver=VALUE [ 6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | ... ]