Virtual Tiny Core

VTC provides a way to create Tiny Core images for virtual environments.

Once this repository is cloned locally, the following command is available:

$ <path to repo>/vtc -h
Usage: vtc.sh [options...]

Generates an archive of a virtual Tiny Core machine

Options:
  -a <archive>   archive file to store the result in
                 --> C0r3.ova
  -b <builder>   builder to use
                 --> virtualbox
  -h             print this help and exits
  -i <iso>       either an ISO file URL to download or a path to an ISO file
                 --> http://tinycorelinux.net/7.x/x86_64/release/CorePure64-7.0.iso
  -k <key>       public ssh key to authorize on the tiny core machine
                 --> ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  -n <name>      name of the machine
                 --> C0r3
  -p <port>      port to set for SSH daemon to listen on
                 --> 7103
  -w <seconds>   latency in seconds between console operations operated by the builder
                 --> 5

Motivation

The project was initially holding a procedure used to create an OVA archive of a Tiny Core virtualbox machine. This procedure is still available here.

As Packer is for now unable to directly send scancodes to virtual machines, a quick bash script seemed to be the fastest way to automate completely this manual procedure.

Why builders ?

This is the Packer way of naming the bits of code in charge of creating machines. VTC only provides a VirtualBox builder for now.

TODO

Find a way to replace those messy keyboard scancodes by a connection to a serial console at first boot.

Why the ugly logo ?

VTC stands in french for Vélo Tout Chemin which means hybrid bike. A bicycle is lightweight but can still take you far away.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 gautaz

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