virt-install command to generate CentOS image for Openstack needs extra parms

[Doug]

The sample command as listed in the documentation will create a VM image that can be used within OpenStack, however the console log will not display when using nova console-log <InstanceName> nor when using horizon to examine the console-log.

In order to get this functionality the virt-install command requires the --extra-args options and --location instead of --cdrom. The sample below will work....

virt-install --virt-type kvm --name centos-6.5-x86_64-serial --ram 1024 --disk path=KVM-VM/centos6.5-serial.raw,size=10,format=raw \
--network network=default --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel6 \
--extra-args="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial" --location=ISO/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso

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Built: 2014-07-29T07:20:17 00:00
git SHA: b255e1700324cec10c3a43b2e82b1403d343c173
URL: http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/centos-image.html
source File: file:/home/jenkins/workspace/openstack-manuals-tox-doc-publishdocs/doc/image-guide/section_centos-example.xml
xml:id: centos-image

[Doug (caniwi)]

This was noticed in havana release. As it is a VM creation issue, it is not related to OpenStack release. I have been told the same issue exists for creating Debian images.

Also the fedorapeople.org centos image is inherently broken.

[Tom Fifield (fifieldt)]

Thanks for the report and fix Doug - much appreciated!

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/111801

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/111801
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-manuals/commit/?id=09737ed1f402f654f53d2297cd5b0fb2cb29ce24
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 09737ed1f402f654f53d2297cd5b0fb2cb29ce24
Author: Laurel Michaels <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Aug 4 14:48:49 2014 -0400

    centos image example was wrong

    The following page had an incorrect
    virt-install example for creating a
    centos image:

    http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/centos-image.html

    I fixed the example as described in the
    associated bug, 1350564.

    Change-Id: Ib687f8d46897f2375e2994bfedad286a8e0a8a12
    Closes-Bug: #1350564

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/openstack-manuals 15.0.0 release.