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diff --git a/recipes/clone.html b/recipes/clone.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a9998e18 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/clone.html @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<h2>Clone and edit a virtual machine</h2> + +<p> +This script shows how you might have a library of premade +virtual machines ready for cloning, but as a final step you +use libguestfs or guestfish to customize some configuration +files inside the VM before it's ready to go. +</p> + +<p> +In this simple recipe, we overwrite the <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> file +with a new nameserver entry, and change <code>/etc/HOSTNAME</code>. +</p> + +<p> +There are lots of possible improvements to this script, such as +using qcow snapshots so that cloned VMs share storage with their +"parent" preimages. +</p> |