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How to create VM images for ucloud
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Overview
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ucloud tries to be least invasise towards VMs and only require
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strictly necessary changes for running in a virtualised
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environment. This includes configurations for:
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* Configuring the network
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* Managing access via ssh keys
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* Resizing the attached disk(s)
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Network configuration
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All VMs in ucloud are required to support IPv6. The primary network
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configuration is always done using SLAAC. A VM thus needs only to be
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configured to
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* accept router advertisements on all network interfaces
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* use the router advertisements to configure the network interfaces
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* accept the DNS entries from the router advertisements
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Configuring SSH keys
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To be able to access the VM, ucloud support provisioning SSH keys.
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To accept ssh keys in your VM, request the URL
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*http://metadata/ssh_keys*. Add the content to the appropriate user's
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**authorized_keys** file. Below you find sample code to accomplish
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this task:
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.. code-block:: sh
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tmp=$(mktemp)
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curl -s http://metadata/ssk_keys > "$tmp"
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touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys # ensure it exists
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cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys >> "$tmp"
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sort "$tmp" | uniq > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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Disk resize
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In virtualised environments, the disk sizes might grow. The operating
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system should detect disks that are bigger than the existing partition
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table and resize accordingly. This task is os specific.
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ucloud does not support shrinking disks due to the complexity and
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intra OS dependencies.
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