snf-image-creator
11 years agoRemember the working dir media selection dialog
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:30:34 +0000 (15:30 +0200)]
Remember the working dir media selection dialog

11 years agoMinor fixes in output messages
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:29:24 +0000 (14:29 +0200)]
Minor fixes in output messages

11 years agoFix media selection in snf-mkimage
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:19:48 +0000 (14:19 +0200)]
Fix media selection in snf-mkimage

Make sure the user cannot select a directory as input media

11 years agoCleanup Rsync class and add extra options
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 3 Jan 2013 11:19:00 +0000 (13:19 +0200)]
Cleanup Rsync class and add extra options

Add options for preserving extended atrributes, hard links, ACLs.

11 years agoFix pep8 errors
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:57:06 +0000 (14:57 +0200)]
Fix pep8 errors

11 years agoFix bugs in rsync module
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:05:32 +0000 (03:05 +0200)]
Fix bugs in rsync module

 * Fix a bug where the parent process did not wait on the child
   processes.
 * Make sure that when updating the copy progress bar, at least
   0.1 seconds have passed. This guarantees that we do not experience
   any flickering in the progress bar.

11 years agoRetry cleanup commands if they fail
Nikos Skalkotos [Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:37:07 +0000 (00:37 +0200)]
Retry cleanup commands if they fail

Add a new try_fail_repeat function that wraps cleanup system commands
and retries them if they fail. There are cases where commands like
dmsetup, umount and losetup -d may fail with device is busy. In most
of the cases, sleeping for halve a second and retrying does the job.

11 years agoMake sure the tmp bunble_volume img gets deleted
Nikos Skalkotos [Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:14:41 +0000 (23:14 +0200)]
Make sure the tmp bunble_volume img gets deleted

11 years agoRemove progress bar for guestfs.launch() progress
Nikos Skalkotos [Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:39:25 +0000 (18:39 +0200)]
Remove progress bar for guestfs.launch() progress

In Guestfs you get notifications about progress on some functions like
launch() by registring callback functions. When using guestfs from python,
this is fragile. If the callback functions raises an exception, you end up
with segmentation fault. It is better to completely remove the progress
monitoring from launch().

11 years agoIn bundle_volume truncate img file after shrinking
Nikos Skalkotos [Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:30:02 +0000 (18:30 +0200)]
In bundle_volume truncate img file after shrinking

11 years agoRemove temporary bundeled image during cleanup
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:16:43 +0000 (03:16 +0200)]
Remove temporary bundeled image during cleanup

11 years agoIn bundle_volume replace UUIDs in new filesystems
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:55:00 +0000 (02:55 +0200)]
In bundle_volume replace UUIDs in new filesystems

Replace the UUID entries in fstab and grub files for filesystems that
have beeen recreated.

11 years agoFix a bug in rsync
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:23:32 +0000 (14:23 +0200)]
Fix a bug in rsync

The exclude patterns should contain relative to the source paths

11 years agoIn bundle volume copy host files with rsync
Nikos Skalkotos [Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:12:55 +0000 (21:12 +0200)]
In bundle volume copy host files with rsync

11 years agoCreate fs in image partitions in bundle_volume
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:16:40 +0000 (20:16 +0200)]
Create fs in image partitions in bundle_volume

Also do a code cleanup

11 years agoFix bugs in bundle_volume module
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:04:38 +0000 (19:04 +0200)]
Fix bugs in bundle_volume module

The partition table of the image is created correct. The partitions
are not yet filled.

11 years agoFurther development in bundle_volume
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:22:49 +0000 (16:22 +0200)]
Further development in bundle_volume

Nothing is working yet

11 years agoMerge branch 'stable-0.1'
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:46:24 +0000 (12:46 +0200)]
Merge branch 'stable-0.1'

11 years agoMerge branch 'stable-0.1-hd' into stable-0.1
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:17:07 +0000 (12:17 +0200)]
Merge branch 'stable-0.1-hd' into stable-0.1

11 years agoFix errors introduced in 9517bf29dadbb4f1257f240bc
Alex Pyrgiotis [Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:20:24 +0000 (19:20 +0200)]
Fix errors introduced in 9517bf29dadbb4f1257f240bc

11 years agoFix the image partitions in bundle_volume
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:01:52 +0000 (19:01 +0200)]
Fix the image partitions in bundle_volume

Check the file system usage and accordingly reduce the size of the
last partition in the image.

11 years agoRestore original image creation example
Alex Pyrgiotis [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:24:30 +0000 (16:24 +0200)]
Restore original image creation example

Also, add a warning about LVM, the need for openssh-server, memmory
parameter for KVM and md5sum for the dowloaded iso.

11 years agoUpdate usage section with an example
Alex Pyrgiotis [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:34:34 +0000 (13:34 +0200)]
Update usage section with an example

The example has been copied from okeanos-guides. However, some
of the example's steps have been ommited (e.g. the installation of
snf-image-creator). Also, the focus has been shifted from ~okeanos to a
run-of-the-mill synnefo deployment.

11 years agoFix a pep8 error
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:33:24 +0000 (11:33 +0200)]
Fix a pep8 error

11 years agoFuther development for bundle_volume
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:24:16 +0000 (20:24 +0200)]
Futher development for bundle_volume

Create a sparse file under /mnt in the size of the root hard disk
and copy the mbr into this file. Not yet workable.

11 years agoBump version to 0.1.1 v0.1.1
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:32:54 +0000 (19:32 +0200)]
Bump version to 0.1.1

11 years agoCorrect some typos
Alex Pyrgiotis [Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:45:59 +0000 (09:45 +0200)]
Correct some typos

11 years agoCorrect typos in installation doc
Alex Pyrgiotis [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:47:11 +0000 (19:47 +0200)]
Correct typos in installation doc

11 years agoRemove unwanted spaces
Alex Pyrgiotis [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:20:24 +0000 (19:20 +0200)]
Remove unwanted spaces

11 years agoRestore older way of installing snf-image-creator
Alex Pyrgiotis [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:12:20 +0000 (19:12 +0200)]
Restore older way of installing snf-image-creator

The older method of installing snf-image-creator from source is restored
and presented alongside the official package installation method.

11 years agoUpdate installation method of sf-image-creator
Alex Pyrgiotis [Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:19:24 +0000 (17:19 +0200)]
Update installation method of sf-image-creator

Drop python installation method in favor of a simpler method using
packages from the apt.dev.grnet.gr repo.

11 years agoDo not apt-get python-gevent and python-dev
Alex Pyrgiotis [Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:17:05 +0000 (09:17 +0200)]
Do not apt-get python-gevent and python-dev

As stated in commit b50531496d1d44e5562cc164364eb5373f2f9e5e, these
packages are not needed for the installation of snf-image-creator.

11 years agoCorrect dependencies list
Alex Pyrgiotis [Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:12:37 +0000 (03:12 +0200)]
Correct dependencies list

Remove python-gevent and python-dev from the dependencies list for
snf-image-creator. These two packages were needed for kamaki < 0.1
version, but now are obsolete.

11 years agoBring installation instructions up-to-date
Alex Pyrgiotis [Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:53:07 +0000 (20:53 +0200)]
Bring installation instructions up-to-date

11 years agoRemove overlapping content with okenos-guides
Alex Pyrgiotis [Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:10:41 +0000 (18:10 +0200)]
Remove overlapping content with okenos-guides

This is the initial commit of the okeanos-helpdesk branch.
The main purpose of this branch is to:
* Move non-technical parts (e.g examples) to the okeanos-guides docs,
  where they can be presented in a more user-oriented way
* Correct minor omissions that okeanos-helpdesk has encountered during
  the testing of the image-creator tool

11 years agoAdd new bundle_volume module
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:14:24 +0000 (16:14 +0200)]
Add new bundle_volume module

This is not yet workable but it will host the code for creating
images out of a running system.

11 years agoAdd "Running System" button in media selection
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:26:31 +0000 (10:26 +0200)]
Add "Running System" button in media selection

This can be used to create an image out of a live system. This
functionality is not yet implemented.

11 years agoFix a bug in dialog wizard
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:52:40 +0000 (18:52 +0200)]
Fix a bug in dialog wizard

The program would crash when running in wizard mode if the account
or token where missing from the .kamakirc file.

11 years agoRevert "Monkey patch the source to work with gevent" v0.1
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:34:12 +0000 (12:34 +0200)]
Revert "Monkey patch the source to work with gevent"

This reverts commit 883e57b07a5cfcb2d0462d67399bfa57bacba846.
Drop the greenlet support.

11 years agoMonkey patch the source to work with gevent
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:39:24 +0000 (13:39 +0200)]
Monkey patch the source to work with gevent

Needed by new kamaki, otherwise it throughs an exception at the end.

11 years agoUse py-sendfile in favor of pysendfile
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:08:32 +0000 (13:08 +0200)]
Use py-sendfile in favor of pysendfile

The former is older but there are packages for it in distros like
Ubuntu.

11 years agoFix the import path for kamaki config module
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 1 Nov 2012 18:37:03 +0000 (20:37 +0200)]
Fix the import path for kamaki config module

It has changed after the last major revision and was not updated.

11 years agoMake snf-image-creator compatible with kamaki 0.6
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:15:08 +0000 (15:15 +0200)]
Make snf-image-creator compatible with kamaki 0.6

11 years agoDo not hide the cursor when showing a progress bar
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:06:56 +0000 (17:06 +0300)]
Do not hide the cursor when showing a progress bar

This is a workaround for a progress bar bug, where the system may
stay with the cursor hidden if finish() is not called.

11 years agoUpdate the doc to reflect the pbs to sh change
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:17:34 +0000 (12:17 +0300)]
Update the doc to reflect the pbs to sh change

11 years agoDrop pbs dependency in favor of sh
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:46:20 +0000 (17:46 +0300)]
Drop pbs dependency in favor of sh

PBS has now bocome sh.

11 years agoAdd the media source in the background title
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:38:45 +0000 (13:38 +0300)]
Add the media source in the background title

11 years agoRephrase the caveats on image creation doc section
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:42:39 +0000 (17:42 +0300)]
Rephrase the caveats on image creation doc section

Thank you cven.

11 years agoHandle keaboard interrupts and TERM signals.
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:24:57 +0000 (17:24 +0300)]
Handle keaboard interrupts and TERM signals.

11 years agoRemove the goto(1) empty progress bar workaround
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:40:23 +0000 (13:40 +0300)]
Remove the goto(1) empty progress bar workaround

Add progress >= 1.0.2 as install_dependency, since this is the version
that fixed the empty progress bar problem.

11 years agoSmall refinements in the documentation
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:15:50 +0000 (13:15 +0300)]
Small refinements in the documentation

11 years agoMount the media ro if --print-sysprep is specified
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:37:41 +0000 (11:37 +0300)]
Mount the media ro if --print-sysprep is specified

11 years agoUpdate snf-image-creator usage documentation
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:36:48 +0000 (17:36 +0300)]
Update snf-image-creator usage documentation

Add missing sections

11 years agoUpdate snf-image-creator usage documentation
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:54:15 +0000 (16:54 +0300)]
Update snf-image-creator usage documentation

Add a part explaining the usage and input options of the
non-interactive version of snf-image-creator.

11 years agoUpdate image properties help page
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:46:02 +0000 (13:46 +0300)]
Update image properties help page

Add SORTORDER image property

11 years agoAdd basic usage documentation
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:45:03 +0000 (17:45 +0300)]
Add basic usage documentation

11 years agoAdd documentation for installing snf-image-creator
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:23:39 +0000 (14:23 +0300)]
Add documentation for installing snf-image-creator

11 years agoInitial commit for the documentation
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 8 Oct 2012 14:54:41 +0000 (17:54 +0300)]
Initial commit for the documentation

11 years agoRename the dialog-based program to snf-mkimage
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:56:08 +0000 (13:56 +0300)]
Rename the dialog-based program to snf-mkimage

Also add a basic readme file.

11 years agoFix missing imports introduced in 023e1217b32385ba
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 3 Oct 2012 14:11:22 +0000 (17:11 +0300)]
Fix missing imports introduced in 023e1217b32385ba

11 years agoCode cleanup and refactoring
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 4 Sep 2012 14:45:45 +0000 (17:45 +0300)]
Code cleanup and refactoring

Create a new dialog_menu module to host all the "expert mode" code.
Check the code with a new version of pep8

11 years agoFix various typos, add .gitignore file
Vangelis Koukis [Sat, 1 Sep 2012 15:29:47 +0000 (18:29 +0300)]
Fix various typos, add .gitignore file

Fix various typos in messages, add .gitignore file for
automatically produced intermediate files.

11 years agoFix a bug in kamaki menu code
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:13:10 +0000 (17:13 +0300)]
Fix a bug in kamaki menu code

Every time you tried to reupload an image, the dialog displayed the
pithos url instead of the image filename as initial value.

11 years agoFix fix_acpid syspep
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:07:23 +0000 (12:07 +0300)]
Fix fix_acpid syspep

Extend the mechanism to recognise events with value "button/power.*"
as power button events. It used to only check for events with value
"button[ /]power".

11 years agoFix cleanup_userdata sysprep
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:54:26 +0000 (11:54 +0300)]
Fix cleanup_userdata sysprep

The function used to ignore directories when cleaning sensitive data

11 years agoFix a bug in the kamaki menu
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:43:25 +0000 (15:43 +0300)]
Fix a bug in the kamaki menu

The account info was saved in the token field in .kamakirc

11 years agoIn wizard update the bg title after shrinking
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:19:02 +0000 (14:19 +0300)]
In wizard update the bg title after shrinking

11 years agoMake the cow file size equal to the original media
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:48:18 +0000 (12:48 +0300)]
Make the cow file size equal to the original media

The size of the cow file was hardcoded to 1G. This was buggy, because
for a big image, the resize operation could fill up the cow file and
fail.

11 years agoFix the wizard confirmation message
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:44:54 +0000 (18:44 +0300)]
Fix the wizard confirmation message

11 years agoAdd support for overwriting yes/no button labels
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:17:06 +0000 (18:17 +0300)]
Add support for overwriting yes/no button labels

Fix some typos and overwrite the yes/no labels of the wizard/expert
mode yesno dialog

11 years agoRename CombinedOutput to CompositeOutput
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:04:09 +0000 (12:04 +0300)]
Rename CombinedOutput to CompositeOutput

Also move it to a separate module.

11 years agoAdd logging service in snf-image-creator-dialog
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:37:49 +0000 (13:37 +0300)]
Add logging service in snf-image-creator-dialog

Logging can be enabled using the -l input option

11 years agoFix minor pep8 error
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:18:37 +0000 (12:18 +0300)]
Fix minor pep8 error

11 years agoWhen in wizard mode, allow local image dumping
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:38:54 +0000 (13:38 +0300)]
When in wizard mode, allow local image dumping

After the image has been uploaded to pithos and registered to cyclades,
prompt the user about saving the uploaded image locally.

11 years agoImplement a WizardExit exception in dialog_wizard
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:06:59 +0000 (13:06 +0300)]
Implement a WizardExit exception in dialog_wizard

This exception can be used by the WizardPage instances to exit the
wizard.

11 years agoUse the description field inputed in the wizard
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:34:52 +0000 (16:34 +0300)]
Use the description field inputed in the wizard

Make the ImageDescription field of the dialog wizard overwrite the
DESCRIPTION image property.

11 years agoAdd a new clear method in the Output class
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:13:57 +0000 (16:13 +0300)]
Add a new clear method in the Output class

In the cli output classes this method will clear terminal screen if
the standard output is a terminal.

11 years agoDo not allow empty USERS metadata fields
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:40:27 +0000 (15:40 +0300)]
Do not allow empty USERS metadata fields

If snf-image-creator does not find any passworded user, then the
USERS metadata field is not created at all.

11 years agoRemove the image size from the image metadata
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:11:24 +0000 (15:11 +0300)]
Remove the image size from the image metadata

11 years agoMake the dialog wizard workable
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 8 Aug 2012 08:43:20 +0000 (11:43 +0300)]
Make the dialog wizard workable

A user can now create and upload an image using the wizard

11 years agoRemove an unused import in main.py
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 8 Aug 2012 08:22:37 +0000 (11:22 +0300)]
Remove an unused import in main.py

11 years agoAdd all wizard dialog boxes.
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:01:58 +0000 (18:01 +0300)]
Add all wizard dialog boxes.

The system does not perform anything yet when in wizard mode.

11 years agoChange kamaki account & token retrieval interface
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:17:02 +0000 (20:17 +0300)]
Change kamaki account & token retrieval interface

11 years agoMove wizard code out of dialog_main.py
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:00:40 +0000 (19:00 +0300)]
Move wizard code out of dialog_main.py

Create the new python module to host the aforementioned code.

11 years agoRead ~okeanos account/token from kamaki
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:52:01 +0000 (18:52 +0300)]
Read ~okeanos account/token from kamaki

If present in the kamaki configuration file, the user will read
the ~okeanos credentials using the kamaki config interface.
Whenever the user changes the ~okeanos credentians, the changes are
pushed back to kamaki.

11 years agoAdd new wizard mode in snf-image-creator-dialog
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:12:36 +0000 (17:12 +0300)]
Add new wizard mode in snf-image-creator-dialog

Not fully implemented yet

11 years agoFix minor typos
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:50:33 +0000 (13:50 +0300)]
Fix minor typos

11 years agoFix pep8 errors
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:20:19 +0000 (01:20 +0300)]
Fix pep8 errors

Fixed many `E127 continuation line over-indented for visual indent'
errors

11 years agoPopulate image properties with task_metadata
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:03:06 +0000 (18:03 +0300)]
Populate image properties with task_metadata

Before extracting an image or registring it with cyclades, the image
properties are populated with metadata concerning excluded deployment
tasks.

11 years agoLeave 2048 sectors space at the end when shrinking
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:42:17 +0000 (17:42 +0300)]
Leave 2048 sectors space at the end when shrinking

Most partition manipulation programs leave 2048 sector empty space
after the last partition.

11 years agoFix a bug in _get_passworded_users method in Unix
Nikos Skalkotos [Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:59:18 +0000 (12:59 +0300)]
Fix a bug in _get_passworded_users method in Unix

The method used a wrong warning output function

11 years agoAdd image properties help file
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:42:04 +0000 (16:42 +0300)]
Add image properties help file

11 years agoFix error message for non supported media source
Nikos Skalkotos [Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:35:37 +0000 (16:35 +0300)]
Fix error message for non supported media source

11 years agoFix pep8 errors
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:29:11 +0000 (00:29 +0300)]
Fix pep8 errors

11 years agoFix minor typos in dialog_main.py
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:21:39 +0000 (16:21 +0300)]
Fix minor typos in dialog_main.py

11 years agoFix a warning message in linux fix_acpid sysprep
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:04:07 +0000 (16:04 +0300)]
Fix a warning message in linux fix_acpid sysprep

11 years agoUse vfs_uuid instead of blkid to compute uuid
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:39:09 +0000 (14:39 +0300)]
Use vfs_uuid instead of blkid to compute uuid

vfs_uuid is more suitable for this and it whas added before blkid
in guestfs, hence it is supported in more guestfs versions.

11 years agoMonitor metadata changes during shrink and sysprep
Nikos Skalkotos [Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:57:19 +0000 (12:57 +0300)]
Monitor metadata changes during shrink and sysprep

Inform the user about metadata changes performed during syspreps
execution or image shrinking.

11 years agoPopulate Shrink menu entry
Nikos Skalkotos [Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:51:59 +0000 (18:51 +0300)]
Populate Shrink menu entry

Also fix various issues. snf-image-creator-dialog is almost ready.
Some `Help' entries are missing.

11 years agoPopulate Sysprep menu entry
Nikos Skalkotos [Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:20:05 +0000 (19:20 +0300)]
Populate Sysprep menu entry

Also create a new output class (InfoBoxOutput) to be used when
performing syspreps