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xt-create-xen-config(8) [debian man page]

XT-CREATE-XEN-CONFIG(8) 				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				   XT-CREATE-XEN-CONFIG(8)

NAME

       xt-create-config - Create a Xen configuration file for a new guest

SYNOPSIS

	 xt-create-config [options]

	 Filename Options:

	   --output	Specify the output directory to use.
	   --extension	Specify the file extension to use.

	 General Options:

	   --admins	Specify some administrator accounts which should be
		       created for use by the xen-shell.

	   --template	Specify the template file to use when creating the
		       Xen configuration file.

	 Help Options:

	  --help	Show this scripts help information.
	  --manual	Read this scripts manual.
	  --version	Show the version number and exit.

	 Debugging Options:

	  --verbose  Be verbose in our execution.

	 All other options from xen-create-image, such as the new IP address(es)
	to give to the new instance, will be passed as environmental variables.

ABOUT

	 This script is invoked by xen-create-image after it has created and
	customised a new Xen guest.  It is responsible for creating the
	configuration file which Xen will use to start the instance.

	 The configuration file will be created in the directory /etc/xen using
	a template file to determine how the configuration file should be
	created.

	 By default the script will use /etc/xen-tools/xm.tmpl as its input.

INVOCATION

	 This script will be invoked by the xen-create-image script, rather than
	directly.

	 This is because it will expect to receive the values to insert into the
	output template in as environmental variables.

	 You could execute it manually via a long command line, but that is
	error-prone and probably not useful:

	  hostname=foo.my.flat ip=192.168.1.2 ... xm-create-xen-config 
	    --output=/etc/xen --template=/etc/xen-tools/xm.tmpl

ARGUMENT PASSING

	 This script will be invoked with a full copy of the arguments from
	xen-create-image in its environment, along with several command line
	arguments.

	 This has several implications for customization.  If you wish to
	setup a new variable in the output template such as "foo=bar" you
	could update the script to include "${foo}", then invoke
	xen-create-image with this environmental variable set.

	    $ foo=bar xen-create-image --hostname=test.my.flat ...

	 The environment will be duplicated/inheritted by this script when
	it is executed, and your variable will be included in the output file.

	 For details on the template file syntax please see the documentation
	for the "Text::Template" perl module.	(If you have the perldoc
	package installed you can read this with "perldoc Text::Template".)

AUTHORS

	Steve Kemp, http://www.steve.org.uk/
	Axel Beckert, http://noone.org/abe/
	StA~Xphane Jourdois

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2005-2009 by Steve Kemp, (c) 2010-2012 by The Xen-Tools Development Team. All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  The LICENSE file contains the
       full text of the license.

4.3.1								    2012-06-30						   XT-CREATE-XEN-CONFIG(8)

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XEN-CREATE-NFS(8)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide					 XEN-CREATE-NFS(8)

NAME

       xen-create-nfs - Create a Xen configuration file for an NFS-root guest.

SYNOPSIS

	 xen-create-nfs [options]

	 Help Options:
	  --help     Show help information.
	  --manual   Read the manual for this script.
	  --version  Show the version information and exit.
	  --verbose  Show diagnostic output.

	 Networking Options:
	  --broadcast  The broadcast address to use when configured with a static IP.
	  --dhcp       Configure the guest to use DHCP for IP allocation.
	  --gateway    The gateway address to use when configured with a static IP.
	  --hostname   The hostname to configure for the guest.
	  --ip	       The IP address to use when configured with a static IP.
	  --netmask    The netmask to use when configured with a static IP.
	  --nameserver The nameserver to use when configured with a static IP.

	 General options:
	  --admins     Specify which users should be setup as xen-shell admins.
	  --force      Force the overwriting of an existing configuration file.
	  --initrd     Specify the initial ramdisk for the guest.
	  --kernel     Specify the kernel to use for the guest.
	  --memory     Specify the memory to allocate for this guest.
	  --mac        Specify the MAC address to use for the guest.
	  --template   Specify an alternative template file to use.

	 NFS options:
	  --nfs_server Specify the NFS server to mount the root partition from.
	  --nfs_root   Specify the path, upon the NFS server, to mount.

OPTIONS

       --help Show help information.
       --hostname Specify the hostname to delete.
       --manual Read the manual for this script.
       --version Show the version number and exit.

DESCRIPTION

	 xen-create-nfs is a simple script which allows you to easily create
	a single configuration file for a Xen guest which will mount its remote
	filesystem over an NFS root.

	 It doesn't create any images to use for local storage, and it doesn't
	support more than the minimal number of options to completement the
	existing xen-create-image script, however it is hopefully useful.

REFERENCE

	 For more details on what you'll need to support NFS-root Xen guests
	the following article, written by the author, might be useful:

	   http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/505

AUTHORS

	Steve Kemp, http://www.steve.org.uk/
	StA~Xphane Jourdois

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2005-2009 by Steve Kemp, (c) 2010 by The Xen-Tools Development Team. All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  The LICENSE file contains the
       full text of the license.

4.3.1								    2012-06-30							 XEN-CREATE-NFS(8)
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