[lug] duping minimal vm question

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Fri Jun 4 17:15:31 MDT 2010


karl horlen wrote:
> - what's the best way to install a minimal centos install on a "master" client / guest vm?

Automatically.  Whatever you decide on, figure out how to do the creation/install of a VM with one 
command.  If you need to customize various VMs, figure out how to share the parts that are common 
and get the end result with one command.

> - once i have that master guest, is it possible to simply use it to dup multiple future guests
> based on teh master?  if so, how easy is it?

Your install should be repeatable enough that building a new VM is as easy as cloning (though it 
might take longer).  Regardless, cloning should be easy.

Dave



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