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If you have some agent installed in your image you can  execute script at
the boot time .
CloudInit is good example. And it will execute user-data script ( you can
define this script in "nova boot  .....  --user-data <user-data>"
As agent installed in image  you can also use something simple like this
script
http://code.google.com/p/gentoo-aws/source/browse/trunk/packages/gentoo-ec2/bin/ec2-get-metadata.sh?spec=svn2&r=2

Another way is to use file injection "nova boot ...... --file
<dst-path=src-path> " you can inject it somewhere , for example in
/etc/init.d/


Anton

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM, James R Penick <penick at yahoo-inc.com>wrote:

> Hey Salman,
>  Check out the cloud-init stuff here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CloudInit that'll allow you to run
> arbitrary commands during boot time. Though it's not what you're looking
> for, it's probably exactly what you need. :)
>
> -James
>
>
> From: Salman Toor <salman.toor at it.uu.se>
> Date: Monday, November 19, 2012 11:47 PM
> To: Anton Haldin <ahaldin at griddynamics.com>
> Cc: "openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org" <
> OpenStack-operators at lists.openstack.org>
> Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] ISO containing the user data. How to
> attach it at boot time?
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your answer Anton.
>
> Actually the images we have required to  fetch/enable some components
> while booting the instance. In order to do that, we are using some scripts.
> ISO contains those scripts. We have mount the iso to the image at boot time
> by defining it into the image config file.
>
> The bottom line is that we need to run some scripts. Can you please give
> me an example how do I run the scripts at the boot time in Openstack?  And
> also where should I place those scripts?
>
> Regards..
> Salman.
>
> Salman Toor
> salman.toor at it.uu.se
>
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Anton Haldin wrote:
>
> Hi Salman
>
> I'm not sure if I understand your question.
> If you want to launch instances by using your image , you need to load it
> in glance (storage service for images)
>
> If you want to push some data to the new instance ,  you can use "user
> data" parameter with "nova boot" command .Value of this parameter would be
> pushed into instance by file injection.  You can also use meta data with
> "nova boot" command. Values of meta data ( tags) would be available in
> instance through metadata service.
>
>
> Anton.
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Salman Toor <salman.toor at it.uu.se> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have created a user-data.iso (only contains startup script) and I am
>> using KVM in my setup. Right now I have tested my user-data.iso with virsh
>> tool and now I want to use that iso file everytime I boot my instance in
>> openstack. I read that there is a service call metadata service. Can
>> somebody guide me how do I upload/use my iso file at boot time with the
>> instances in openstack?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards
>> Salman.
>>
>>
>>
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