QA/Test Days/Live Image

Creating a Test Day Live Image

The following steps outline how to create a Fedora live image for use during test days.

1. Install required packages:

   yum install spin-kickstarts livecd-tools

2. Create a kickstart template, for example:

   cat <<EOF> fedora-livecd-testday.ks

   %include /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks

   repo --name jlaska --baseurl http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/repos/testday

   repo --name awilliam --baseurl http://adamwill.fedorapeople.org/nouveau

   %packages

   gdb

   strace

   ltrace

   rendercheck

   libdrm

   -olpc-logos

   %end

   %post

   # Set Test_Day:Current as default browser homepage

   cat << EOF > /usr/lib*/firefox*/browserconfig.properties

   browser.startup.homepage=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Current

   EOF

   # Create a .desktop link for Test Day

   mkdir -p /etc/skel/Desktop

   cat << EOF > /etc/skel/Desktop/testday.desktop

   [Desktop Entry]

   Encoding=UTF-8

   Name=Participate in a Test Day

   Type=Link

   URL=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Current

   Icon=gnome-fs-bookmark

   EOF

   %end

3. Create the live image:

   livecd-creator -c fedora-livecd-testday.ks

Using the Live Image

• To write the live image to a USB stick.
• To write the live image to a CD or DVD media.
• To load the live image in KVM or qemu.

Ideas For Improvement

1. Create a .desktop file with a Test Day URL on the Desktop
2. Make browser default homepage http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:Current (suggested by User:sgallagh)
3. Setup a test day .repo for the running live image (suggested by User:sgallagh)