"install_vm" only available in devmode

[olivierlambert]

It should be great if the xscontainer plugin allow the install_vm function outside the devmode.

We want to achieve easier installation of "Docker Management Ready"-VMs, but today there is too many manual steps (even in XenCenter, I think the logic should be server side).

Same remark apply for create_config_drive.

[robertbreker]

Agreed - I'd like us to ease the provisioning of VMs!

create_config_drive already is accessible outside devmode. I'll have a look into improving the documentation next week, so you can make this work for you.

I'd currently see slightly bigger ToDos before unlocking install_vm beyond devmode:

• The implementation needs to be hardened and proven.
• The functionality (including create_config_drive) needs to move into a separate plugin, to be available separately from xscontainer.

Unfortunately I don't think I will find time to work on unlocking this directly.

BTW packer-builder-xenserver might be the right solution for provisioning a wider range of OSs in the long-term - if there is no pre-built disk images.

[olivierlambert]

Understood. By the way, from our perspecive (Xen Orchestra), the ideal implementation will be something available in the XAPI directly. This way, nothing more to install on hosts!