Commit 2e438b7e authored by Mitchell Hashimoto's avatar Mitchell Hashimoto

website: update QEMU docs

parent 355b37ed
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FEATURES:
* Qemu builder. This builder builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen
using qemu.
* QEMU builder. This builder builds a new VM compatible with KVM or Xen
using QEMU.
* Vagrant post-processor can now make DigitalOcean provider boxes. [GH-504]
IMPROVEMENTS:
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layout: "docs"
---
# Qemu (qemu-system-x86_64) Builder
# QEMU Builder
Type: `qemu`
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"format": "qcow2",
"headless": false,
"accelerator": "kvm",
"http_directory": "/home/tdhite/packer/httpfiles",
"http_directory": "httpdir",
"http_port_min": 10082,
"http_port_max": 10089,
"ssh_host_port_min": 2222,
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}
</pre>
The following is a working CentOS 6.x kickstart file adapted from
an unknown source. You would place such a file in the http_files
directory with the name centos6-ks.cfg:
<pre class="prettyprint">
text
skipx
install
url --url http://mirror.raystedman.net/centos/6/os/x86_64/
repo --name=updates --baseurl=http://mirror.raystedman.net/centos/6/updates/x86_64/
lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
rootpw s0m3password
firewall --disable
authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
selinux --disabled
timezone Etc/UTC
%include /tmp/kspre.cfg
services --enabled=network,sshd/sendmail
poweroff
%packages --nobase
at
acpid
cronie-noanacron
crontabs
logrotate
mailx
mlocate
openssh-clients
openssh-server
rsync
sendmail
tmpwatch
vixie-cron
which
wget
yum
-biosdevname
-postfix
-prelink
%end
%pre
bootdrive=vda
if [ -f "/dev/$bootdrive" ] ; then
exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3
chvt 3
echo "ERROR: Drive device does not exist at /dev/$bootdrive!"
sleep 5
halt -f
fi
cat >/tmp/kspre.cfg <<CFG
zerombr
bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=$bootdrive --append="nomodeset"
clearpart --all --initlabel
part /boot --ondrive=$bootdrive --fstype ext4 --fsoptions="relatime,nodev" --size=512
part pv.1 --ondrive=$bootdrive --size 1 --grow
volgroup vg0 pv.1
logvol / --fstype ext4 --fsoptions="noatime,nodiratime,relatime,nodev" --name=root --vgname=vg0 --size=4096
logvol swap --fstype swap --name=swap --vgname=vg0 --size 1 --grow
CFG
%end
%post
%end
</pre>
A working CentOS 6.x kickstart file can be found
[at this URL](https://gist.github.com/mitchellh/7328271/raw/c91e0c4fa19c171a40b016c6c8f251f90d2ad0ba/centos6-ks.cfg), adapted from an unknown source.
Place this file in the http directory with the proper name. For the
example above, it should go into "httpdir" with a name of "centos6-ks.cfg".
## Configuration Reference
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Optional:
* `accelerator` (string) - The accelerator type to use when running the VM.
This may have a value of either "kvm" or "xen" and you must have that
support in on the machine on which you run the builder.
* `boot_command` (array of strings) - This is an array of commands to type
when the virtual machine is first booted. The goal of these commands should
be to type just enough to initialize the operating system installer. Special
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* `format` (string) - Either "qcow2" or "img", this specifies the output
format of the virtual machine image. This defaults to "qcow2".
* `accelerator` (string) - The accelerator type to use when running the VM.
This may have a value of either "kvm" or "xen" and you must have that
support in on the machine on which you run the builder.
* `headless` (bool) - Packer defaults to building virtual machines by
launching a GUI that shows the console of the machine being built.
When this value is set to true, the machine will start without a console.
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<li><a href="/docs/builders/amazon.html">Amazon EC2 (AMI)</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/builders/digitalocean.html">DigitalOcean</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/builders/openstack.html">OpenStack</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/builders/qemu.html">QEMU</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/builders/virtualbox.html">VirtualBox</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/builders/vmware.html">VMware</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/builders/custom.html">Custom</a></li>
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