From: Constantinos Venetsanopoulos Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:23:14 +0000 (+0300) Subject: docs: update and minor fixes in index page X-Git-Tag: 0.11~1^2~11 X-Git-Url: https://code.grnet.gr/git/snf-image/commitdiff_plain/4c09d7667165cb87f941b30d316f43aca60419bf docs: update and minor fixes in index page --- diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index a5c3d80..855feac 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -8,33 +8,31 @@ Welcome to snf-image's documentation! .. image:: /images/logo.png -snf-image is a `Ganeti `_ OS definition, -primary used by `Synnefo `_. It is rewritten from -scratch and allows Ganeti to launch instances from predefined or untrusted -custom Images. The whole process of deploying an Image onto the block device, -as provided by Ganeti, is done in complete isolation from the physical host, -enhancing robustness and security. +snf-image is a `Ganeti `_ OS definition. It +allows Ganeti to launch instances from predefined or untrusted custom Images. +The whole process of deploying an Image onto the block device, as provided by +Ganeti, is done in complete isolation from the physical host, enhancing +robustness and security. snf-image supports `KVM `_ and -`Xen `_ based ganeti clusters. +`Xen `_ based Ganeti clusters. -There are also additional hooks that can be enabled at image deployment. They -allow for: +snf-image also supports Image customization via hooks. Hooks allow for: * changing the password of root or arbitrary users * injecting files at arbitrary locations inside the filesystem, e.g., SSH keys * setting a custom hostname * re-creating SSH host keys to ensure the image uses unique keys -snf-image has been used successfully to deploy many major Linux distributions -(Debian, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE), Windows 2008 R2 & Windows -Server 2012, as well as FreeBSD 9.1 +snf-image is being used in large scale production environments with Ganeti to +successfully deploy many major Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, +CentOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE), Windows 2008 R2 & Windows Server 2012, as well as +FreeBSD 9.1. The snf-image Ganeti OS Definition is released under `GPLv2 `_. - Contents: ^^^^^^^^^ @@ -52,4 +50,3 @@ Indices and tables * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search` -