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=Riferimenti=
*[http://blog.raphaelabreu.com/2013/03/creating-a-customized-proxmox-ve-openvz-template/ Creating a customized Proxmox VE OpenVZ template - Raphael AbreuRaphael Abreu]

*[http://wiki.openvz.org/Centos_template Creating a CentOS 5.0 Template - OpenVZ Linux Containers Wiki]

*[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Custom_built_template Custom built template - Proxmox VE]


Every time I want to test some code or software I usually do it on a virtualized environment to keep it isolated from my main system and every time I setup a machine from scratch. I use Virtual Box when I am on the go but at home I have several single-purpose VMs running on Proxmox VE, a powerful open source virtualization platform, based on KVM and OpenVZ. Here is how to simplify the setup process creating a custom Debian-based OpenVZ template:

    Create a regular OpenVZ Container having debian-6.0-standard_6.0-6_i386 as base.

    With the VM up and running, log in and setup networking. In my case I am using DHCP, so I added the following lines to /etc/network/interfaces:

    auto eth0 
    iface eth0 inet dhcp

    and reseted the network stack with /etc/init.d/networking restart.

    Update the system to install the latest patches:

    apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

    Make sure sudo and openssh-server are installed:

    apt-get install sudo openssh-server

    Create the default admin user, add it to the sudoer’s list and setup your ssh-key:

    adduser USERNAME
    usermod -a -G sudo USERNAME 
    mkdir /home/USERNAME/.ssh 
    echo "YOURSSSHKEYHERE" > /home/USERNAME/.ssh/authorized_keys 
    chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /home/USERNAME/.ssh

    Add PuppetLabs as a repository and install puppet:

    echo -e "deb http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ squeeze main\ndeb-src http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ squeeze main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/puppet.list 
    apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 4BD6EC30 
    apt-get update 
    apt-get install puppet

    Cleanup!

    apt-get --purge clean
    rm -f /etc/hostname 
    cat /dev/null > /etc/resolv.conf

    Let’s remove the current host ssh keys and create a script to auto generate them on the next boot.

    rm -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
    vi /etc/init.d/ssh_gen_host_keys

    Paste the script, a modified version of the one shown on HowToForge:

    #!/bin/sh
    ### BEGIN INIT INFO
    # Provides:          Generates new ssh host keys on first boot
    # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
    # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
    # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
    # Default-Stop:
    # Short-Description: Generates new ssh host keys on first boot
    # Description:       Generates new ssh host keys on first boot
    ### END INIT INFO
    ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -t rsa -N ""
    ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -t dsa -N ""
    /etc/init.d/ssh restart
    insserv -r /etc/init.d/ssh_gen_host_keys
    rm -f \$0

    After editing the file, make it executable and install it:

    chmod a+x /etc/init.d/ssh_gen_host_keys
    insserv /etc/init.d/ssh_gen_host_keys

    Done setting up the VM but don’t turn it off yet! Now take note of your VM ID (CTID) and ssh into Proxmox then run:

    vzctl set CTID --ipdel all --save

    You might want to tweak the /etc/network/interfaces now. Before continuing is a good idea to create an /tmp/excludes file with the following:

    .bash_history
    lost+found
    /dev/*
    /mnt/*
    /tmp/*
    /proc/*
    /sys/*
    /usr/src/*
    /etc/ssh/ssh_host*

    Stop the VM and change directory to the VM root:

    vzctl stop CTID
    cd /var/lib/vz/private/CTID

    Then, tar the directory:

    tar --numeric-owner -czvf /var/lib/vz/template/cache/debian-6.0-YOURCUSTOMTEMPLATE\_6.0-6\_i386.tar.gz -X /tmp/excludes .

After that it will be available as a template for you to create new OpenVZ containers from. Please note that the template name should match one of the conf files on /etc/vz/dists (in your Proxmox box), otherwise you will have to write yourself your own.

This was heavily based on the OpenVZ Wiki, How to create a CentOS template and on Proxmox Forums.

That’s it!