From 7c0a34c07d58721ebe3f087f6b716797b96fafa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:23:11 +0200 Subject: doc: explain about base images --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7c56cec..930910d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ $ vmadm help $ vmadm --help ~~~ +A base image is an image with some operating system already installed. +It should use [cloud-init][] on first boot to configure hostname and +SSH keys, or at least not mind that there is an extra ISO disk with +cloud-init configuration attached to the VM. It should open an SSH +port when it has booted. Other than that, vmadm doesn't care what it +is. For Debian, the pre-made OpenStack cloud-image at + works well. You need to download the base +image yourself, vmadm doesn't do that for you. + ## Configuration The default configuration file is `vmadm/config.yaml` under the XDG -- cgit v1.2.1 From f0019afa24554876cc14788513497699503705c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:26:23 +0200 Subject: doc: update NEWS about bug fix --- NEWS | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 20cdc60..b64b2b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ from release to release. ## Version 0.2.0+git, NOT YET RELEASED -This is an unreleased version being developed. +This is a bug fix release. Previously, a VM created by vmadm had the +cloud-init configuration ISO attached, but since it was a temporary +file, it didn't exist. This prevented a VM from being turned off and +back on again. This is now fixed: the ISO file is detached after the +VM has booted the first time. ## Version 0.2.0, released 2021-03-13 -- cgit v1.2.1