Manynodes allows you to quickly create many virtual Linux guests in a customized network on a local or remote KVM/libvirt host.
Manynodes requires a recent version of Terraform,
and the libvirt
provider. Just run
terraform init -upgrade from the terraform directory to install the
provider.
Manynodes allows you to customize the following aspects :
- how many nodes to create ;
- how many virtual cpus per node ;
- how much RAM per node ;
- the subnet address ;
- the (Linux) base image to create the guests from ;
- the disk size ;
- the second disk size ;
- a list of commands run at first boot ;
- a user name and a group, with password and an (optional) authorized public ssh key.
To customize these settings, create a terraform.tfvars file. An example file is provided.