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Title       :   Build a FreeBSD 10.0-release Openstack Image with bsd-cloudinit
Author      :   Remy van Elst
Date        :   11-06-2014
URL         :   https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_10.0-release_Openstack_Image.html
Format      :   Markdown/HTML
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We are going to prepare a FreeBSD image for Openstack deployment. We do this by
creating a FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE instance, installing it and converting it using
[bsd-cloudinit][1]. We'll use the [CloudVPS][2] public Openstack cloud for this.
Create an account there and install the Openstack command line tools, like
`nova`, `cinder` and `glance`. This tutorial is more a collection of notes than
what you are used of me, it has less explanation and such, just right on steps
to get started.

You can see all my [Openstack related articles here][3]. For example, how to use
[Duplicity to create Encrypted backups to the Openstack Swift Object Store][4]

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This tutorial is available for:

 * [FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE.][6]
 * [FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE.][7]
 * [FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE.][8]
 * [FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE.][9]

Set the correct environment variables:



   export OS_AUTH_URL="https://identity.stack.cloudvps.com/v2.0"
   export OS_TENANT_NAME="<tenant name>"
   export OS_USERNAME="<username>"
   export OS_PASSWORD="<password>"
   export OS_TENANT_ID="<tenant id>"


Start by downloading the 10.0-RELEASE iso:



   wget http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso


Upload it to Openstack:



   glance image-create --file Downloads/FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso --name "FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso" --disk-format iso --container-format bare --progress


Create the root volume for our FreeBSD preparation install:



   cinder create --display-name "freebsd-10-root" 8


Boot a new instance from the ISO, attaching the volume we just created ad well:



   nova boot --image <freebsd iso image id> --flavor "Standard 1" --availability-zone NL1 --nic net-id=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --block-device-mapping hdb=<volume freebsd-10-root id>:::0 FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-install


Do a standard install of FreeBSD 10:

 * default keymap
 * hostname: freebsd.public.cloudvps.com
 * Just lib32 and ports, no doc, games or src
 * Partition Layout:
   * ada0 GPT
   * ada0p1 64kb freebsd-boot
   * ada0p2 512MB freebsd-swap
   * ada0p3 7GB freebsd-root mountpoint /
 * Root password P@ssw0rd
 * Network:
   * adapter: vtnet0
   * ipv4: dhcp
   * ipv6: slaac
   * search: public.cloudvps.com
 * UTC: no, timezone 8 EUROPE 34 NETHERLANDS
 * Services at boot: sshd, ntpd, moused, dumpd
 * Extra user:
   * Username: freebsd
   * Full name: freebsd
   * uid: default
   * Login group: default
   * Other groups: wheel
   * Login class: default
   * Shell: tcsh
   * Home: default
   * Home permissions: default
   * Password auth: yes
   * Empty password: no
   * Random password: no
   * Password: P@ssw0rd
   * Lock out: no
   * OK: yes
   * Another user: no
 * Exit

After install, edit `/etc/fstab`, changing `ada0` to `vtbd0`. This is for VirtIO
support.

Shut the instance from FreeBSD using `shutdown -p now` and after that via nova:



   nova stop <install vm id>


Detach the volume:



   nova volume-detach <install vm id> <install root volume id>


Boot a new instance with the installed freebsd volume as the root volume:



   nova boot --block-device source=volume,id=<root volume id>,dest=volume,shutdown=preserve,bootindex=0 --flavor "Standard 1" --availability-zone NL1 --nic net-id=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000  FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-configure


If you get a mountroot error, enter the following: ufs:/dev/vtbd0p3.

Change `/etc/fstab` after the fact, change `ada0` to `vtbd0` for VirtIO support.

Set the default route:



   route add default `ifconfig vtnet0 | grep "inet " | cut -d" " -f 2 | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2"."$3".1" }'`


Also put it in `/etc/rc.local` to make sure it works on bootup.

Bootstrap pkg:



   pkg


Enter y.

Install vim and py27-setuptools (for bsd-cloudinit):



   pkg install vim-lite py27-setuptools


Add your SSH key:



   mkdir /root/.ssh
   chmod 700 /root/.ssh
   echo "ssh-rsa AAAA[...] [email protected]" > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
   chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys


Install python modules for bsd-cloudinit:



   rehash
   easy_install eventlet
   easy_install iso8601


Add the following to `/boot/loader.conf` to make sure the console works:



   console="comconsole,vidconsole"
   autoboot_delay="5"


Now do any other customizations you want to have in your image.

Do the bsd-cloudinit install:



   fetch --no-verify-peer https://raw.github.com/pellaeon/bsd-cloudinit-installer/master/installer.sh
   chmod +x installer.sh
   ./installer.sh
   set history = 0
   history -c


Turn the machine off:



   shutdown -p now


Terminate the machine, otherwise you cannot detach the volume (ERROR: Can't
detach root device volume (HTTP 403)):



   nova delete <id of freebsd-configure vm)


Convert the volume to an image:



   cinder upload-to-image <freebsd-10-root volume id> FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-cloudinit


This might take a while.

Set the min-disk and min-ram requirements, plus some more properties for the
image:



   glance image-update --min-disk 8 --min-ram 1024 --property architecture=x86_64 --property image_supports_keypair=true --property image_supports_password=true --property supported=false <id from the converted volume image>


If needed, make it public:



   glance --name "UNSUPPORTED: FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE" --is-public True <id from the converted volume image>


That's it. You are done and have a good workable freebsd image.

Boot a new instance from your newly created image:



   nova boot --image <id from the converted volume image> --flavor "Standard 4" --availability-zone NL1 --nic net-id=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --key-name <your ssh key> FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-cloudinit


When the instance has spawned you can login as the freebsd user,
freebsd@ipaddress.

  [1]: http://pellaeon.github.io/bsd-cloudinit/
  [2]: https://cloudvps.com
  [3]: https://raymii.org/s/tags/openstack.html
  [4]: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Encrypted_Duplicity_Backups_to_Openstack_Swift_Objectstore.html
  [5]: https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=7435ae6b8212
  [6]: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_10.0-release_Openstack_Image.html
  [7]: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_10.1-release_Openstack_Image.html
  [8]: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_10.3-release_Openstack_Image.html
  [9]: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/FreeBSD_11.0-release_Openstack_Image.html

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