Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Command Syntax
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle VM Template Builder

• 1.1 Overview
• 1.2 Oracle VM Templates Concepts
• 1.3 Designing Templates

2 Installing Oracle VM Template Builder

• 2.1 Prerequisites
• 2.2 Installing the Oracle VM Template Builder Template
• 2.3 Creating the Oracle VM Template Builder Guest Virtual Machine
  • 2.3.1 Creating the Guest Virtual Machine With Oracle VM Manager
  • 2.3.2 Creating the Guest Virtual Machine With Oracle VM Server
  • 2.3.3 Configuring Oracle VM Template Builder
• 2.4 Accessing Oracle VM Template Builder Web Interface
• 2.5 Creating an Oracle VM Template Builder User
• 2.6 Logging in to Oracle VM Template Builder Web Interface
• 2.7 Logging in to Oracle VM Template Builder Guest Virtual Machine
• 2.8 Starting and Stopping Oracle VM Template Builder
• 2.9 Customizing the Oracle VM Template Builder Guest Virtual Machine
  • 2.9.1 Adding a Virtual Disk
  • 2.9.2 Adding an NFS Share Disk
• 2.10 Installing Oracle VM Template Builder on Oracle Enterprise Linux as an RPM
• 2.11 Upgrading JeOS and JeOS Templates

3 Logging In

• 3.1 Logging In
• 3.2 Registering a User
• 3.3 Resetting a Password

4 Managing Resources

• 4.1 Yum Repositories
  • 4.1.1 Adding a Yum Repository
  • 4.1.2 Editing a Yum Repository
  • 4.1.3 Deleting a Yum Repository
  • 4.1.4 Caching a Yum Repository
• 4.2 DVD ISO Files
  • 4.2.1 Staging a DVD ISO
  • 4.2.2 Adding a DVD ISO
  • 4.2.3 Editing a DVD ISO
  • 4.2.4 Deleting a DVD ISO
  • 4.2.5 Caching a DVD ISO
• 4.3 JeOS Images
  • 4.3.1 Editing a JeOS Image
  • 4.3.2 Deleting a JeOS Image

5 Administration

• 5.1 Managing Users
  • 5.1.1 Creating a User
  • 5.1.2 Deleting a User
  • 5.1.3 Editing a User
• 5.2 Oracle VM Template Builder Daemon

6 Creating Templates

• 6.1 Creating Templates
  • 6.1.1 Adding a Description
  • 6.1.2 Adding Virtual Machine Hardware
  • 6.1.3 Setting the Operating System Installation Source
  • 6.1.4 Selecting Operating System Packages
  • 6.1.5 Adding Additional Software Packages and Template Script
  • 6.1.6 Confirming and Building the Template
• 6.2 Building Templates
• 6.3 Accessing Templates
• 6.4 Editing Templates
• 6.5 Copying Templates
• 6.6 Deleting Templates
• 6.7 Cleaning Up Templates

7 Creating Template Scripts

• 7.1 Configuring the Guest Virtual Machine at Start Up
• 7.2 Template Configuration Settings
  • 7.2.1 RUN_TEMPLATE_CONF
  • 7.2.2 TEMPLATE_CONFIG_SCRIPT
  • 7.2.3 TEMPLATE_CLEANUP_SCRIPT
• 7.3 Template Configuration Scripts
• 7.4 Template Clean Up Scripts
• 7.5 Testing Template Scripts
• 7.6 Configuration Script Function Library

8 Deploying Templates

• 8.1 Template Format and Location
• 8.2 Deploying Templates
• 8.3 Guest Virtual Machine Configuration

A Command Line Tools

• oraclevm-template

B Template Script Examples

• B.1 Oracle Database 11g Configuration Script
• B.2 Oracle Database 11g Clean Up Script
• B.3 Oracle Enterprise Manager Agent Configuration Script
• B.4 Oracle Enterprise Manager Agent Clean Up Script
• B.5 Oracle VM Template Builder Configuration Script

C Troubleshooting

• C.1 Security Settings
• C.2 Template Builds May Fail
• C.3 Resetting Oracle VM Template Builder
• C.4 Known Issues
  • C.4.1 No Online Help In User Interface
  • C.4.2 Admin User Does Not Receive Emails When Using DHCP
  • C.4.3 Building Multiple Templates Simultaneously May Cause Unexpected Errors
  • C.4.4 Template Build Progress Percentage Not Accurate
  • C.4.5 Changing Configuration File May Cause Unexpected Errors
  • C.4.6 Only One Additional Disk Is Included In a Template

D Oracle VM Template Builder Configuration

• D.1 Configuration File

Glossary

Index