Revision as of 15:16, 22 April 2011

Description

Deliver an appliance to an SFTP server

You need write access to an SFTP server via key
Password is not supported, only key authentication

Clone the BoxGrinder test appliances into a convenient location using command git clone https://github.com/msavy/boxgrinder-appliances.git
Put the following BoxGrinder config into a file named: ~/.boxgrinder/config. Replace IP_ADDRESS_OR_HOST and YOUR_USERNAME with appropriate values

plugins:
  sftp:
    host: IP_ADDRESS_OR_HOST
    username: YOUR_USERNAME
    path: /some/path/

Ensure you have the correct public keys registered to enable SFTP authentication on your server.

Execute

boxgrinder-build fedora-15-jeos.appl -d sftp -p virtualbox

The following must be true to consider this a successful test run.

Step #2 completes without error (indicated on console)
Program completes with exit code 0
Determine whether a f15-jeos.vdi file appeared on target host in the expected location

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 {{admon/note|You need write access to an SFTP server via key|Password is not supported, only key authentication}}
 * Clone the BoxGrinder test appliances into a convenient location using command <code>git clone https://github.com/msavy/boxgrinder-appliances.git</code>
-* Put the following BoxGrinder config into a file named: <code>~/.boxgrinder/config</code>. Replace '''IP_ADDRESS_OR_HOST''' and with appropriate values '''YOUR_USERNAME'''.
+* Put the following BoxGrinder config into a file named: <code>~/.boxgrinder/config</code>. Replace '''IP_ADDRESS_OR_HOST''' and '''YOUR_USERNAME''' with appropriate values
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 plugins: