These are my (bdwheele) brainstorming notes for the VM image...I'm still testing this.

VM Configuration

• Using VirtualBox:
  • 1 Core
  • 3G RAM
  • 500G System Disk (VMDK, Dynamically Allocated)
  • Set network to "Attached to Bridged Adapter"
    
    

Base OS Install

• Centos 6.4 x86-64
• English language and keyboard
• hostname: localhost.localdomain (the default)
  
  • if it is localhost it should set it to the dhcp hostname provided.
• eth0:
  
  • Clear "Device MAC address"
  • Connect automatically
  • IPv4 Settings
    
    • Automatic (DHCP)
    • DHCP client ID: avalon-vm
      
      
• set timezone to america/indiana/indianapolis, clock uses utc
• root password is 'changeme'
• partitioning:
  
  • custom layout
    
    • /dev/sda1:  500M ext4 mounted as /boot
    • /dev/sda2:  (remainder of disk) Physical volume
    • Volume Group:  vg_avalon
      
      • PVs: /dev/sda2
      • LV lv_swap 2G
      • LV lv_root (remainder of disk) ext4 mounted as /
• Desktop install
• yum update after install.

Avalon Install

• https://github.com/avalonmediasystem/avalon-installer
  • stop after running the puppet script (do not log into Avalon)

Demo Content

• TBD

VM Image Prep

• Install avalon-vm-1.0-1.noarch.rpm to install the firstboot changes and tools
• run /usr/share/avalon/dist-prep
• shutdown VM
• Export Appliance
  
  • Use a 0.9 version and a MANIFEST for compatibility
• copy the .ova file to the distribution point