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Rephrase overview.rst
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Nikos Skalkotos
<skalkoto@grnet.gr>
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:18:24 +0000
(16:18 +0200)
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Nikos Skalkotos
<skalkoto@grnet.gr>
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:18:24 +0000
(16:18 +0200)
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Overview
^^^^^^^^
snf-image-creator is a simple command-line tool for creating OS images. The
^^^^^^^^
snf-image-creator is a simple command-line tool for creating OS images. The
-original media from which the image is created, can be a block device or a
-regular file that represents a hard disk. Given a media file, snf-image-creator
-will create a snapshot for it and will run a number of system preparation
-operations on the snapshot, before the image is created.
+original media, the image is created from, can be a block device or a regular
+file that represents a hard disk.
Snapshotting
============
Snapshotting
============
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Snapshotting
snf-image-creator works on snapshots of the original media. Any changes made by
the program do not affect the original media.
snf-image-creator works on snapshots of the original media. Any changes made by
the program do not affect the original media.
-Preparation
-===========
+Image Preparation
+=================
-Some of the system preparation operations are OS specific. snf-image-creator
-will use heuristics to detect the OS of the media and determine which
-operations should perform on it. The main purpose of running them is to:
+During the image creation, a number of system preparation operations are
+applied on the media snapshot. Some of those are OS specific. snf-image-creator
+will use heuristics to detect the OS and determine which operations to apply.
+Those operations will:
* Shrink the image
* Clear out sensitive user data (passwords, ssh keys, history files, etc.)
* Shrink the image
* Clear out sensitive user data (passwords, ssh keys, history files, etc.)
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operations should perform on it. The main purpose of running them is to:
Creation
========
Creation
========
-The program can either dump the image file locally or directly upload it to
-pithos and register it with `okeanos <http://www.okeanos.grnet.gr>`_.
+The program can either dump the image file locally or use
+`./kamaki <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/kamaki>`_ to directly upload and
+register it on a `Synnefo <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/synnefo>`_
+deployment.
Image Format
============
Image Format
============
-The images the program creates are in diskdump format. This is the recommended
-format for `snf-image <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/snf-image>`_, the Ganeti
-OS Definition used by `Synnefo <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/synnefo>`_.
+The extracted images are in diskdump format. This is the recommended format for
+`snf-image <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/snf-image>`_, the Ganeti OS
+Definition used by `Synnefo <https://code.grnet.gr/projects/synnefo>`_.