Vcac6.x blueprint customization question/problem

Hi Guys,
I just started with Vcac6.x blueprint customization
I have a problem with my new blueprint that i have created concerning the customization
Blueprint exist out of the VM template ( created in Vcenter ) with customization spec (also created in Vcenter )
The Blueprint have 2 fixed volume drives ( C and D ) but i have created 4 build profiles to extend this template with 2 more volumes ( L & B Drive)
build profiles are like:
Name HDD B drive
VirtualMachine.Disk2.Size      20
VirtualMachine.Disk2.Label     Backup
VirtualMachine.Disk2.Letter     B
Name HDD L drive
VirtualMachine.Disk3.Size     20
VirtualMachine.Disk3.Label    LOG
VirtualMachine.Disk3.Letter     L
VirtualMachine.Admin.UseGuestAgent TRUE
VirtualMachine.Customize.WaitComplete     TRUE
Problem is when i deploy with the blueprint it's getting deployed but the B & L Drive are not there in the OS. When i check the settings of the VM i see there 4 VMDK. It seems like the drive are added to the VM but not configured in the OS
the VM template is a windows server 2012 R2 and the guest agent has been installed. Is there anything i can check so that this can work
Kr
Koen

Guys,
I found it. the agent couldn't reach the https://youriaas.vcac.x
Network adjusted the firewall and it works from one template
Now i've got an other problem
We have a template for Win 2012 R2 ( created in the past) and here i have installed my guest agent. in the template i can reach the https://youriaas.vcac.x/ and my cert.pem is 2kb. Which is good
I created the blueprint with the template and also defined the customization spec (Vcenter). I added also a customization for my D Drive - 20 gb. And i published it to the catalog
build profile is like:
Name HDD D drive
VirtualMachine.Disk2.Size      20
VirtualMachine.Disk2.Label    Data
VirtualMachine.Disk2.Letter     D
To test i did a request but here i noticed that only one disk is visible ( C drive ) and not my other volume ( D Drive )
But when i adjust the blueprint with my working template then i see in the request that the D drive is visible. Any checks that i can do or would the template been corrupted and should i start with a new vm and install my guest agent on it and convert it to a template --> created blueprint --> ...
Kr
Koen

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https://github.com/Dieterbe/aif
https://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/blob/master/README
https://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/tree/master/unofficial
Arch releng mailing list
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/
Arch BBS
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=c … ux.org+aif
Arch Wiki
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Off … tall_Guide
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AI … ation_File
Dieter's Talk at FOSDEM 2011
http://dieter.plaetinck.be/can_we_build … ework.html
releng changelog with aif details
http://releng.archlinux.org/isos/Changelog
AIF Issue Tracking
https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?st … =&do=index
OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS:
I have a couple questions that I'd appreciate feedback on. Apologies if I've missed anything obvious.
QUESTION 1: Custom Config File Installation
I was reading through the arch-releng mbox archive and am certain I came across a couple mails by Dieter addressing this in 2009, but for the life of me I haven't been able to locate them again. Dieter, I'd welcome your comments here if you have time.
There is a class of config files that are installed by existing core packages but which require customization in order to properly function on a given system. A good example of this is /etc/acpi/handler.sh .
To date I have been handling installation of these files in one of several ways:
heredoc used to write out a file
keep file in a special overlay subdirectory in relation to my post-install scripts and copy over from there
With AIF, it is less clear to me what the best approach is (again, I swear I read an arch-releng mail from Dieter about this from 2009). Options I can envision include:
Custom aif lib to copy a file from a subdirectory, wgetting or a vcs repo. I'm ok with writing this/repourposing my existing code and making it AIF friendly, but not sure this is the best solution. I'm also not sure where the best location for these custom config files would be in relation to the the custom profile (to which they seem most related). I'd like to keep them "close" to the profile itself (i.e. not scatter my profile and config files into disparate repos or directory structures).
Custom aif function to take heredocs from the AIF profile (since these files are specific to a system) and write them out. This would bloat the the AIF profile a bit, but isn't the worst solution. I've used this approach before in my custom scripts, it just requires some scripts to easily update the heredocs in the profile from current system configuration.
Custom package to install just the config (seems needlessly complex, particularly when the package is just to copy over a file, likely on top of a config already installed by another package)
Unknown AIF native solution. Something I'm missing?
So what's the best approach to installing these must-customize files during AIF? Any of the above or something I've missed?
QUESTION 2: daemons, modules, config file values
This is touched on in a mail from Dieter on Mar 31 2009 (http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 00469.html) but I'm not sure that there is a current best practice solution. If I'm missing a function in AIF, major apologies and someone please point me in the right direction.
This question is similar to the above question of config files. When an existing config file shouldn't be overwritten completely, what's the current best-practice method of modifying it? Classic example is /etc/rc.conf adding and removing
daemons, modules, etc.
Personally, I have a custom lib function I use to add/remove daemons, modules, and individual config file settings (taking into consideration the @daemon variations), and I'm happy to use this as a custom lib in my AIF installs (or clean it up and propose a patch), but I wanted to make sure I'm not duplicating effort here.
I appreciate anyone that can take a moment to provide information on these issues.

altercation wrote:
Dieter, thanks so much for the (amazingly rapid) reply. I'll focus on reviewing the functions you've mentioned. Augeas looks interesting. I'll probably start by repurposing my existing code and will post once that's done.
A couple final questions:
Are there any (yours or others) custom AIF profiles/procedures you consider to be good examples (since the unofficial subdir is outdated)? Are your own profiles posted somewhere else on github?
Are you copying your own custom libs/procedures into /usr/lib/aif/user/* before using them? Or do you reference them otherwise?
Again, this is a huge help in understanding how to make use of AIF.
Ironically, all my available "arch dev time" is going into AIF itself. I once had the goal of completely automatic my home deployments with nice aif configs (in fact, this was the whole reason I started AIF in the first place) but I didn't work on that for a long time.
About the "own custom things", I forgot how that works, but the README says
* user modules -> /usr/lib/aif/user/<module name> (put your own modules here)
Btw on my blog you can also find somemore information
Check http://dieter.plaetinck.be/tag/arch
And to find more about the origins and first thoughts around the project: (contains outdated things)
http://dieter.plaetinck.be/rethinking_t … l_approach
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 02541.html
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58110
Last edited by Dieter@be (2011-08-15 20:42:45)

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Have a set of questions in which a person answers...
It works fine looping thru the questions... And inserting...
Problem occurs - when I want them to go back and answer the ones that were 'No'...
So it might only be 3 questions instead of 10...
So that is where my loop errors...
As it is based on a Question ID
Yes <cfinput type="Radio" name="answer_2" value="Yes" required="yes">
Yes <cfinput type="Radio" name="answer_4" value="Yes" required="yes">
Yes <cfinput type="Radio" name="answer_5" value="Yes" required="yes">
An example of what is being sent above...
So 2, 4, 5 are the questions...
My loop goes through 3 of them which is fine...
But mismatches - thinking it should be 1,2,3 etc..
Yes <cfinput type="Radio" name="answer_1" value="Yes" required="yes">
Yes <cfinput type="Radio" name="answer_2" value="Yes" required="yes">
Yes <cfinput type="Radio" name="answer_3" value="Yes" required="yes">
So not sure what to do to code it as looping through the actual answer numbers...
Some code below...
<cfloop from="1" to="#q#" index="n"> ---> q is a record count of wrong answers
<cfoutput>

<cfset newqid = "#variables.n#"> #newqid# (test output)
<cfset newanswer = "answer_"&#variables.n#> #newanswer# (test output)
<cfset newnotes1 = "notes1_"&#variables.n#> #newnotes1# (test output)
<cfset newnotes2 = "notes2_"&#variables.n#> #newnotes2# (test output)
<cfset newcnote = "compliancenote_"&#variables.n#> #newcnote#(test output)
 

<cfset qid = "#Evaluate(variables.newqid)#"> #qid# (test output)
<cfset answer = "#Evaluate(variables.newanswer)#"> #answer#
<cfset notes1 = "#Evaluate(variables.newnotes1)#"> #notes1#
<cfset notes2 = "#Evaluate(variables.newnotes2)#"> #notes2#
<cfset compliancenote = "#Evaluate(variables.newcnote)#"> #compliancenote#
<cfset inspid = "#Evaluate(inspid)#"> #inspid#
<cfset busid = "#Evaluate(busid)#"> #busid#
<cfquery name="insert" datasource="fpb">
 INSERT INTO answer (qid, answer, inspid, busid, notes1, notes2, compliancenote)
 VALUES (#qid#, '#answer#', #inspid#, #busid#, '#notes1#', '#notes2#', '#compliancenote#');
</cfquery>
</cfoutput>
</cfloop>
This all works fine when just inserting fresh from start say 10 questions...
Which can be yes no etc...
Thanx for any help...
Merle

Damn...
It is late at night... Rum and EggNog...
I can't seem to set this output...
This works...
<cfoutput query="reinspect">
#qid#,
</cfoutput>
Goes ---> 2,5,8,9, (example - comma is stuck on end)
My problem is probably below...
<cfset numbers = "
<cfoutput query="reinspect">
#qid#,
</cfoutput> ">

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My problem is i got all the pictures hotspots and their links to work in browser preview but not in any where else i dont want to upload it as a lay out or anything i just want it uploaded to my photobucket or tinypic etc for my myspace profile so my question is how do i make the links work on photobucket and myspace i know it can be done cuz i seen uploaded clickable pictures in photobucket on profiles

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