Mount custom ISO on SolusIO?

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Michael Buboltz

• February 08, 2021 18:35

I am looking for the ability for the client and admin to create VM's and install OS with custom ISO on SolusIO? I am also looking to be able to mount a ISO image on VM for other reasons as well.

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  Nikolay Zhmuk

  • February 11, 2021 11:32

  Currently, there is no such built-in functionality in the product. Only boot from Rescue ISO is available:
  https://docs.solus.io/en-US/latest/administration/recovering-inaccessible-servers-with-rescue-mode.16/

  https://features.solus.io/topic/75-use-of-iso-for-boot here is a feature request that you can vote for on Suggest Idea portal

  And use manual tweak of a virtual machine configuration file to attach ISO image as a workaround:

  1. Connect to CR node via SSH
  2. Using VPS UUID that can be found in SolusIO edit configuration:
     virsh edit UUID

  3. Change the boot order and path to ISO:

     ... 
     <os>
     <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
     <boot dev='cdrom'/> << change this line
     </os>
     ...
     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
     <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
     <source file='path-to-iso'/> << put the path to corresponding iso file
     <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
     <readonly/>
     </disk>

  4. Restart VPS:
     virsh reboot UUID

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