Creating the Trove guest image

We can use any method that we are comfortable with to create the Trove guest image. We need to just bear in mind some simple points:

  • Cinder volumes will be added to the instance
  • The partitioning of the new volume is also handled by Trove
  • The database mount points are moved to the Cinder volume
  • The software should be installed on the root volume

cloud-init is used to copy the guest_info file and guest agent configuration file. More often than not, it has problems with replacing files, so avoid keeping similar-named files in the destination.

The next decision that we have to take is between smaller initial boot time and a large number of images or a longer boot time with fewer images in the repository.

In order to explain ...

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