elbe-initvm¶

NAME¶

elbe-initvm - High Level Interface to the ELBE System. Allows to create an initvm and directly build Rootfilesystems using ELBE.

SYNOPSIS¶

elbe initvm [options] attach
elbe initvm [options] create [<xmlfile> | <isoimage>]
elbe initvm [options] submit [<xmlfile> | <isoimage>]
elbe initvm [options] start
elbe initvm [options] ensure
elbe initvm [options] start_build

DESCRIPTION¶

This command allows to build and manage an initvm. It makes use of the tmux Terminal multiplexer.

OPTIONS¶

`--directory <dir>`
	Directory where the initvm resides, or is supposed to reside. (Defaults to ./build)
`--skip-download`
	After the build has finished, the generated Files are downloaded from the initvm to the host. This step is skipped, when this option is specified.
`--output <dir>`	Directoryname where the generated and downloaded Files should be saved. The default is to generate a directory with a timestamp in the current working directory.
`--user <username>`
	Username to use for login (defaults to root).
`--pass <password>`
	Password for login (defaults to foo).
`--retries <N>`	How many times to retry the connection to the server before giving up (default is 10 times, yielding 10 seconds).
`--build-bin`	Build binary repository CDROM, for exact reproduction.
`--build-sources`
	Build source CDROM.
`--output <directory>`
	Output downloaded files to <directory>.
`--keep-files`	don’t delete elbe project files after a build in the initvm use elbe control list_projects to get a list of available projects

COMMANDS¶

attach

Attach to the initvm running in a Background tmux session. When tmux is being used, it links the initvm window into the current tmux session. If tmux is not used, tmux is started and the Background session is attached.

create [ <xmlfile> | <isoimage> ]

This command triggers a complete rebuild of the Elbe XML File. it also includes rebuilding the initvm.

If an initvm is already available, you should use the submit command, which. Also note that only a single initvm can be running on your host.

When a iso Image with the binaries has been built earlier, it can also be used to recreate the original image. The source.xml from the iso will be used, and all the binary packages available also.

submit [ <xmlfile> | <isoimage> ]

This command triggers a complete rebuild of the Elbe XML File. It will however use an existing initvm.

When a iso Image with the binaries has been built earlier, it can also be used to recreate the original image. The source.xml from the iso will be used, and all the binary packages available also.

start

Start initvm in the Background.

ensure

Make sure an initvm is running in the Background.

start_build

Runs an initvm build in the Background. The build directory must have been created with elbe init beforehand.

Examples¶

Build an initvm and on that build an elbe example:

$ elbe initvm create /usr/share/doc/elbe-doc/examples/rescue.xml

Reuse the initvm built in the previous Step to build another example xml

$ elbe initvm submit /usr/share/doc/elbe-doc/examples/elbe-desktop.xml

ELBE¶

Part of the elbe1 suite