Please ignore fact that I'm responding to myself... I've been working on changing GCE-building scripts to use new Python code. Today I managed to build image, and uploaded code to branch gce-python in my GitHub repository: https://github.com/rybaktomasz/build-debian-cloud I was able to upload image to GCE and run it, but I was not able to ssh-in to running machine. It might be something simple (as me forgetting to configure SSH) or larger problem - e.g. grub configuration or partitioning. There are still some tasks to do, when compared to old GCE code: 1. adding preferences to use kernel from backports 2. cleaning - e.g. removing Google repository 3. uploading image - currently done by 95-register-image 4. fixing apt sources - not all mirror addresses are used in all files In new Tasks I called tar and apt directly - it might be better to use Python modules. Small feedback regarding current state of affairs. The most difficult was deciding whether to use existing Tasks or writing new ones - e.g. for adding multi-lines backports. Old model was straightforward - it was running shell scripts in order governed by their (numbered) names. Now we have phases and dependencies; they add more flexibility (as ability to skip some steps depending on manifest) but require completely different mental model. IMO the most important part of documentation would be graph of Tasks, their dependencies, and sample order of execution. This way reader will be able to get "the feeling" of system's inner workings. Second biggest problem was with the time it takes to build image. On my system it takes about 15 minutes to build image, so agile experimentation is hard ;-) It forced me to try to come with correct solution faster, so I'm not complaining to much here. I'll try to convert more of the old GCE scripts soon, but first want to have image working. If someone sees mistakes - even the most obvious ones - please let me know. Best regards. -- Tomasz Rybak GPG/PGP key ID: 2AD5 9860 Fingerprint A481 824E 7DD3 9C0E C40A 488E C654 FB33 2AD5 9860 http://member.acm.org/~tomaszrybak
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