From 7781f616208a2b2a4102e0a989c3567b64d2e3b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Price
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:26:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] document autoinstaller
svn path=/trunk/packages/invirt-web/; revision=1704
---
code/main.py | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/code/main.py b/code/main.py
index 15647b9..7060bb4 100755
--- a/code/main.py
+++ b/code/main.py
@@ -426,7 +426,18 @@ def helpHandler(username, state, path, fields):
simple = fields.getfirst('simple')
subjects = fields.getlist('subject')
- help_mapping = {'ParaVM Console': """
+ help_mapping = {
+ 'Autoinstall': """
+The autoinstaller builds a minimal Debian or Ubuntu system to run as a
+ParaVM. You can access the resulting system by logging into the serial console server
+with your Kerberos tickets; there is no root password and no sshd.
+
+Under the covers the autoinstaller uses our own patched version of
+xen-create-image, which is a tool based on debootstrap. If you're
+quick in logging into the serial console, you can see it running.
+""",
+ 'ParaVM Console': """
ParaVM machines do not support local console access over VNC. To
access the serial console of these machines, you can SSH with Kerberos
to %s, using the name of the machine as your
--
1.7.9.5