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Building a CentOS 6.4 vmfest model

1. Retrieve ISO – http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/6.4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-minimal.iso
2. Create new VBox guest
   • Pick Red Hat (64 bit) as the OS type.
   • Configure the first network adapter as host-only vboxnet0, and a second as NAT.
   • Attach the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (for Debian it’s available in /usr/share/virtualbox).
3. Run through the installer. Defaults are fine here.
4. Reboot. Log in as root.
5. Create the vmfest user and add to sudoers
   • adduser vmfest; passwd vmfest
   • visudo
6. Create the ethernet interface definitions:

   # cat <<EOF >/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
   DEVICE=eth0
   TYPE=Ethernet
   ONBOOT=yes
   BOOTPROTO=dhcp
   EOF
   # cat <<EOF >/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1
   DEVICE=eth1
   TYPE=Ethernet
   ONBOOT=yes
   BOOTPROTO=dhcp
   EOF
       

7. Reboot. Log in as root.
8. sudo yum update
9. Install packages for guest addition compile

   sudo yum install -y \
      make gcc kernel-devel perl \
      xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64
       

10. Mount and install guest additions

    mount /dev/scd0 /media; cd /media
    ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
        

11. Reboot again for good measure and customize further or install more packages.
12. DO NOT FORGET THIS STEP AND DO NOT REBOOT AFTERWARD

    rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
        

13. shutdown -h now
14. Remove the VM but KEEP THE FILES AROUND.
15. Go to File -> Virtual Media Manager, and remove the disk you created with the VM, but KEEP THE FILE when it asks.
16. Now copy the .vdi file in your VirtualBox path on your hard drive. Alongside it, create a .meta file with a similar filename but different extension. Put something like this in it, adapting it to your newly created image.

    {:os-type-id "RedHat_64",
     :sudo-password "vmfest",
     :no-sudo false,
     :username "vmfest",
     :os-family :centos,
     :os-version "6.4",
     :os-64-bit true,
     :password "vmfest",
     :description "CentOS 6.4 (64bit)"
     :packager :yum}
        

17. Back in vmfest, you can now supply the full path of the .vdi to vmfest.manager/setup-model.