Base images for containers etc.
This repository contains various scripts for generating somewhat standardized Debian/Ubuntu base images for containers and other usages.
Docker images built using these scripts are available at Docker Hub: ypcs/debian and ypcs/ubuntu.
Debian images
This assumes that your build host is Debian, and you've installed docker.io package.
Build images
This creates Docker images and also exports them as .tar archives
sudo make <wheezy|jessie|stretch|sid>
Images are also imported into Docker, by default with namespace ypcs/{debian,ubuntu}:{codename}
Docker
You may import images using
docker import - <image> < <rootfs tar>
eg.
docker import - ypcs/debian:sid < debian-sid.tar
LXC
To import images into LXC, execute
lxc image import <metadata .tar.gz> <rootfs tar> --alias <name of the image>
eg.
lxc image import debian-sid_metadata.tar.gz debian-sid.tar --alias debian-sid
Misc
Install VM from webserver
Use
http://192.168.122.1:3142/deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/
as installer URL and set kernel parameters
auto debian-installer/locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap=us netcfg/choose_interface=auto netcfg/get_hostname=localhost netcfg/get_domain=localdomain url=ypcs.fi
to execute fully automated installation without any prompts. These assume you have local apt-cacher-ng instance running at IP 192.168.122.1, which is default network bridge for QEMU/KVM on my env.