[lxc-users] Recommended techniques for dynamically provisioning containers using lxd

[Ingo Baab]

sorry list,
- this mail was accidentally send by me to the list..  sorry.
-Ingo


Am 23.08.2016 um 17:56 schrieb Ingo Baab:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PXxINlP_8Y
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> Am 23.08.2016 um 17:02 schrieb Zach Lanich:
>> P.Lowe, did you ever get an answer on this. I’m doing something very 
>> similar with SaltStack.
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>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Zach Lanich
>> /Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Creative/
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>>> On Aug 17, 2016, at 4:48 PM, P. Lowe <plowe at zitovault.com 
>>> <mailto:plowe at zitovault.com>> wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am investigating the use of lxd to dynamically spin up server 
>>> instances.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking about using a code-as-infrastructure approach using a 
>>> chef-solo cookbook that is pulled out of git upon the container's 
>>> initial boot and does all the provisioning upon initial boot.
>>>
>>> Would people recommend creating a new container from a base image, 
>>> modifying rc.local to pull the cookbook from git and launch it upon 
>>> initial bootup, after which rc.local is reset to be empty and the 
>>> server is restarted?
>>>
>>> After rc.local is modified, the new container would be published to 
>>> the local image store, so that whenever a new container is launched, 
>>> it will boot up, run rc.local, pull the cookbook from git, run the 
>>> cookbook and apply all the local provisioning operations, empty out 
>>> rc.local, and then reboot the machine, after which it will boot with 
>>> the customized provisioning parameters for normal operation.
>>>
>>> What is the recommended way to send provisioning parameters (e.g. ip 
>>> address, gateway, hostname, block device mounts, secrets (certs / 
>>> keys)) to the container? Would people just drop a config file into 
>>> the container using the lxc push command, or any other better 
>>> techniques?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> P.Lowe
>>>
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