[Openvds-devel] Open Job at OpenVDS - vdsinstall

[Dave Cost]

Hi ;-)

To speed up the process of building a working OpenVDS distribution, I need
someone to apply for the following taks:

RedHat Installer for a Virtual Server
-------------------------------------

The program shall read a standard redhat kickstart file (the one made by
hand, or by mkkickstart or by the grafical utility in rh7.2).

Synopsis:
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vdsinstall
        [--cleanup]                             - remove all files in vds root
        <path/to/kickstart.file>                - kickstart file location
        <vdsname>                                       - vds name may be 
currently unused
        </path/to/vds/root>                     - root of the vds
        </path/to/RedHat/Distribution>  - where to find the Root of the Redhat 
CD-1
        [/path/to/RedHat/Decond/CD]             - Optionally the location of 
CD-2

Operation:

vdsinstall will:

1. parse the kickstart file
2. conditionally remove all files from the vsd root (via command line
option).
3. Initialize the rpm database (using rpm --root....)
4. Install all rpm packages on the vds root (rpm -i --force --root....)
5. Run to %post directives in a bash shell chrooted in the vds root

This is more or less what anaconda does but without the complication of
partitioning and network configuration.

vdsinstall will be used as part of the openvds virtual server creation.

The utility shall be written in C/C++ and shall be released under the GPL.

Dave.