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Openstack (devstack) Heat template to create vm and app on it

Is it possible, using heat template, create VM instance (eg:. ubuntu) and install on it some application? I want create ubuntu instance and install on it apache ant using heat template

Solution

  • You can use the user_data section of the Server resource to specify a script that installs software.

    buildslave:
    type: OS::Nova::Server
    properties:
      ..
      ..
      user_data: |
           #!/bin/bash -v
           apt-get update
           apt-get install ant

    The script can also be external to the Heat template: