Creating an End-User VM Image

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"

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
Reboot / Firstboot
- Leave all of the defaults, except...
- Do Not create a new user
Log in as root
- do not check "do not show me this again" to the "you are running as root" dialog. Just close it.
- yum update
- open these ports in the firewall:
  - tcp/22
  - tcp/80
  - tcp/1935
  - tcp/18080
OPTIONAL:
- shut down the VM
- at this point the vm is at "baseOS" and can be used as a cloning point

OPTIONAL:
- full clone the baseOS image as puppet-YYYYMMDD
Use the installation notes from https://github.com/avalonmediasystem/avalon-installer
- When setting FACTER_* environment variables, also set FACTER_avalon_dropbox_password to "changeme"
MANUAL FIXES
- the red5 startup script may not be correct as of 4/12

OPTIONAL:
- clone the latest puppet image as dist-YYMMDD
Install avalon-vm-1.0-1.el6.noarch.rpm to install the firstboot changes and tools
run /usr/share/avalon/dist-prep to prepare the machine for release
clear the command line history (history -c)
shutdown the VM
Export the appliance
- use a 0.9 version OVA
- use a MANIFEST
copy the OVA to the distribution point