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sysprep: docs: virt-sysprep can now be used to customize a guest.

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Richard W.M. Jones
2012-08-16 14:49:58 +01:00
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=head1 NAME
virt-sysprep - Reset or unconfigure a virtual machine so clones can be made
virt-sysprep - Reset, unconfigure or customize a virtual machine so clones can be made
=head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ virt-sysprep - Reset or unconfigure a virtual machine so clones can be made
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Virt-sysprep "resets" or "unconfigures" a virtual machine so that
Virt-sysprep can resets or unconfigure a virtual machine so that
clones can be made from it. Steps in this process include removing
SSH host keys, removing persistent network MAC configuration, and
removing user accounts. Each step can be enabled or disabled as
required.
removing user accounts. Virt-sysprep can also customize a virtual
machine, for instance by adding SSH keys, users or logos. Each step
can be enabled or disabled as required.
Virt-sysprep modifies the guest or disk image I<in place>. The guest
must be shut down. If you want to preserve the existing contents of
the guest, you I<must snapshot, copy or clone the disk first>.
See L</COPYING AND CLONING> below.
the guest, I<you must snapshot, copy or clone the disk first>. See
L</COPYING AND CLONING> below.
You do I<not> need to run virt-sysprep as root. In fact we'd
generally recommend that you don't. The time you might want to run it
@@ -310,6 +311,17 @@ There are some smarter (and faster) ways too:
\-----> guests
\---->
You may want to run virt-sysprep twice, once to reset the guest (to
make a template) and a second time to customize the guest for a
specific user:
virt-sysprep virt-sysprep
(reset) (add user, keys, logos)
| |
dd v dd v
original guest ----> template ---------> copied ------> custom
template guest
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