Re: [CentOS] How to start a script to complete configuration

On 9 November 2016 at 15:06, Bill Howe howe.bill@gmail.com wrote:

Forgot to mention. After this is setup, shutdown the VM and create a template from it. Then, any VMs created from this new template will auto execute your scripts.

If you're just talking about VMs and templates, you can try 'virt-builder' or 'virt-sysprep' for manipulating the templates directly (Instead of booting them up in a full VM).

Theses tools also allow you to inject scripts and commands to be run once a VM created from the template is brought up for the 1st time.

Another option to consider is installing the cloud-init package in the VM. Some virtual environments allow you to inject instructions into VMs using cloud-init.