appliance-creator(8)

1APPLIANCE-CREATOR(8)            Appliance Tools           APPLIANCE-CREATOR(8)
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NAME

6       appliance-creator, creates pre-installed appliance images and
7       meta-data.
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SYNOPSIS

10       appliance-creator [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

13       appliance-creator creates pre-installed appliance images from kickstart
14       files. Kickstart files contain the information about packages and
15       configurations that are built into the image.
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OPTIONS

18       -h, --help
19           Shows a help message and exits.
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IMAGE OPTIONS

22       These options define the created appliance image.
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24       -c KSCFG, --config=KSCFG
25           Path to kickstart config file
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27       -n NAME, --name=NAME
28           Name of appliance image to be created (default based on config
29           name)
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31       -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
32           Disk format, this will take any input that qemu-img convert will
33           take (raw, qcow2, vmdk, ...) Note: not all disk formats with work
34           with all virt technologies. raw images are xz compressed, qcow2
35           images use compression (unless disabled with --no-compress option.
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37       --vmem=VMEM
38           Amount of virtual memory for appliance in MB (default: 512)
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40       --vcpu=VCPU
41           Number of virtual cpus for appliance (default: 1)
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43       --checksum
44           Generate a checksum for the created appliance
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46       --no-compress
47           Disable image compression.
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SYSTEM DIRECTORY OPTIONS

50       These options define the way the created Appliance is packaged
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52       -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE
53           Package format, will package up output, disk images and meta into a
54           package.  Currently only "zip", "zip.64", "tar", "tar.gz",
55           "tar.bz2" are supported. (default is "none")
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57       -i INCLUDE, --include=INCLUDE
58           path to a file or dir to include in the appliance package
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60       -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
61           output directory
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SYSTEM DIRECTORY OPTIONS

64       These options define directories used on your system for creating the
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67       -t TMPDIR, --tmpdir=TMPDIR
68           Temporary directory to use (default: /var/tmp)
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70       --cache=CACHEDIR
71           Cache directory to use (default: private cache)
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Debugging options

74       These options define extra options for debugging
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76       -d, --debug
77           Output debugging information
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79       -v, --verbose
80           Output verbose progress information
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82       --logfile=FILE
83           Save debug information to FILE
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EXAMPLES

86       Appliance Example
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88       appliance-creator \
89        -n ThinCrust --config
90       /usr/share/doc/appliance-tools-%{version}/aos-rawhide.ks \
91       --cache=/var/tmp/act
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CONTRIBUTORS

94       Dennis Gilmore, David Huff, Joey Boggs, Bryan kearney, Daniel P.
95       Berrange, and a team of other contributors.
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BUGS

98       Report bugs directly to BugZilla "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/"
99       against the "Fedora" product, and the "appliance-tools" component.
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COPYRIGHT

102       Copyright (C) Fedora Project 2012, and various contributors. This is
103       free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the
104       GNU General Public License "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html".
105       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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