This is a set of scripts to build a LXC container and prepare it to be provisioned by chef-solo.
This is meant to work with Debain and Ubuntu containers to be bootstraped with Chef. It also comes with a list of cookbooks to be used by the container in order to bootstrap an Rails project by any of the Aentos developers.
To install the scripts you need to have installed in a Ubuntu/Debian box with the following dependencies:
lxcmake
Now you need to run:
$ sudo make
It will install the scripts to /usr/local/bin/.
NOTE: It's important to run the make with sudo or as a root user.
You also can especify the DESTDIR and the prefix variables to the make command:
$ make DESTDIR=~ prefix=
It will install the scripts to /home/$USER/bin.
First you need to run the sudo rake. Then you can create a LXC container with lxc-build-project:
$ sudo lxc-build-project -n <container-name> [-u|--distro <username>] [-D|--distro <distro>] [-- <template params>]
Obviously, the <container-name> you choose will be the one use to refer to the container. This parameter must be provider.
The <username> is the name of the user you want to be created inside the container to manage it. It's optional but highly recommended to be provided.
If you are going to use the boostrap cookbook, it's very important that the user you choose be the same in both cases (the container and the cookbook). See the cookbook's attributes for more info.
The <distro> could be either debian or ubuntu. The default option is debian.
To create a LXC project it's enough to run (being superproject the name of the new project):
$ sudo lxc-build-project -n superproject
You can also pass some parameters to the lxc-create after --, like the IP the container should have:
$ sudo lxc-build-project -n superproject -- -i 10.0.3.51 -B lvm
After you create the container you need to provision it by doing:
$ sudo lxc-provision -n superproject -b /mnt/disk1/code/Berksfile
You will need a Berksfile file with the cookbooks for the project you want to bootstrap. A example is provider in this repo.
To know more about the Berksfile's format please visit the Berkshelf's site.
You also can use lxc-console or normal ssh connection to work inside the container. To connect via ssh with the container without password you can use a private key copied to /var/cache/lxc/id_project_[container-name] for this purpose.
There is also a handy command lxc-ssh which do the job. Here is how you can use it:
$ lxc-ssh -n superproject
In case you need it, the password for the ubuntu user is ubuntu.
Author:: Juanje Ojeda (juanje.ojeda@gmail.com)
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