Ovirt Node Spin

Ovirt Node Spin

Summary

oVirt Node is a small scaled down version of Fedora used solely to hosts virtual machine guests.

Owner(s)

• Name: David Huff
• email: dhuff@redhat.com

Detailed Description

oVirt Node is a small host image that provides libvirt service via KVM to hosts virtual machines. The Ovirt node can be run in standalone mode or in conjunction with the ovirt managment server, a web-based virtual machine management console. The ovirt Node Image is a livecd-based image that can be installed to the hosts physical storage, or run as a live image off a cd or usb key.

http://ovirt.org/

Benefit to Fedora

Easy way for users of Fedora and Ovirt to download Ovirt Node Image. Will not require and ISO image to be built and distributed in a RPM.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ovirt_Node

Kickstart File

• upstream: http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=ovirt-node-image.git;a=summary
• already made: http://huff.fedorapeople.org/ovirt-node-recipe.ks (temporary)
• will be included in ovirt-node-recipe.rpm

ISO Name / FS Label

• FS Label: Fedora-12-x86_64-Ovirt-Node
• FS Label: Fedora-12-i686-Ovirt-Node

• ISO Name: Fedora-12-x86_64-Ovirt-Node.iso
• ISO Name: Fedora-12-i686-Ovirt-Node.iso

Dependencies

• ovirt-node rpm in fedora - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514221
• ovirt-node-image rpm in fedora - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514311
• matahari - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511148
• anyterm - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491694

Scope / Testing

Test oVirt node in standalone mode: 
1. Boot livecd choose standalone mode from grub menu.
2. Configure the node: networking, hostname, and such.
3. Launch local managment tools, create a vm

Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Ovirt_Node_Image
• #ovirt (freenode)
• ovirt-devel@redhat.com (public mailing list)

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