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6 appliance-creator, creates pre-installed appliance images and
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10 appliance-creator [OPTIONS]
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13 appliance-creator creates pre-installed appliance images from kickstart
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18 -h, --help
19 Shows a help message and exits.
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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
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31 -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
32 Disk format, this will take any input that qemu-img convert will
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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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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
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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
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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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76 -d, --debug
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82 --logfile=FILE
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94 Dennis Gilmore, David Huff, Joey Boggs, Bryan kearney, Daniel P.
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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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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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108 "qemu-img(1)","virt-image(1)","virt-image(5)"
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