Alpine linux image build and appliance file

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ __pycache__
 *.pyc
 .venv
 build
+packer_cache
+output-qemu

appliances/alpine-linux.json

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+    "qemu": {
+        "adapters": 1,
+        "arch": "x86_64",
+        "adapter_type": "e1000",
+        "ram": 32,
+        "console_type": "telnet"
+    },
+    "documentation_url": "http://wiki.alpinelinux.org",
+    "maintainer_email": "developers@gns3.net",
+    "versions": [
+        {
+            "images": {
+                "hda_disk_image": "alpine-linux-3.2.3.qcow2"
+            },
+            "name": "3.2.3"
+        }
+    ],
+    "symbol": "linux_guest.svg",
+    "status": "experimental",
+    "category": "guest",
+    "registry_version": 1,
+    "usage": "User is root. Password is gns3",
+    "product_name": "Alpine Linux",
+    "images": [
+        {
+            "version": "3.2.3",
+            "download_url": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Qemu%20Appliances/",
+            "direct_download_url": "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/Qemu%20Appliances/alpine-linux-3.2.3.qcow2",
+            "md5sum": "b82d895ecba270ecc5e5b445ec53ee02",
+            "filesize": 143065088,
+            "filename": "alpine-linux-3.2.3.qcow2"
+        }
+    ],
+    "vendor_name": "Alpine Linux Development Team",
+    "description": "Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.",
+    "maintainer": "GNS3 Team",
+    "name": "Alpine Linux",
+    "vendor_url": "http://alpinelinux.org"
+}

new_appliance.py

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def ask(question, type='string', optional=False):
             sys.stdout.write(question + "(optional leave blank for skip) : ")
         else:
             sys.stdout.write(question + ": ")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
         val = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
         if len(val) == 0:
             if optional:

packer/README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Packer GNS3 appliance
+=====================
+
+This directory contain the packer build script
+used for some appliance in the GNS3 registry.
+
+For building an appliance please install packer:
+https://packer.io/
+
+And after run:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    packer build template.json
+
+
+If you want logs:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    PACKER_LOG=1 packer build template.json
+
+
+Conventions
+************
+User should be gns3 or root.
+Password should be gns3.
+
+
+Note for OSX users
+******************
+
+You need qemu with VNC support. If you are using homebrew you need to install it with:
+
+.. code:: bash
+    
+    brew install qemu --with-sdl

packer/alpine-linux/alpine-linux.json

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "builders":
+    [
+        {
+          "type": "qemu",
+          "iso_url": "http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/cgi-bin/dl.cgi/v3.2/releases/x86_64/alpine-mini-3.2.3-x86_64.iso",
+          "iso_checksum": "a718c78537a0d416fa0b7cfcef1dfb85d1e837aa",
+          "iso_checksum_type": "sha1",
+          "shutdown_command": "poweroff",
+          "format": "qcow2",
+          "headless": false,
+          "ssh_username": "root",
+          "ssh_password": "gns3",
+          "vm_name": "alpine-linux",
+          "accelerator": "none",
+          "disk_interface": "ide",
+          "net_device": "e1000",
+          "disk_size": 5000,
+          "boot_wait": "120s",
+          "http_directory": "http",
+          "ssh_wait_timeout": "60m",
+          "boot_command":
+            [
+                "root<enter><wait>",
+                "echo \"root:gns3\" | chpasswd<enter>",
+                "ifconfig eth0 up && udhcpc -i eth0<enter><wait5>",
+                "setup-apkrepos -r<enter><wait5>",
+                "setup-sshd -c openssh<enter>"
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "provisioners": [
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "script": "scripts/setup.sh"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "inline": [ "reboot" ]
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "shell",
+            "pause_before": "60s",
+            "script": "scripts/post_setup.sh"
+        }
+    ]
+}

packer/alpine-linux/scripts/post_setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#Enable a terminal on serial port
+echo "ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt1003" >> etc/inittab
+
+apk add linux-virtgrsec
+apk del linux-grsec
+rm -Rf /lib/firmware
+rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+# Write 0
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/zero ; rm -f /zero

packer/alpine-linux/scripts/setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e
+
+export KEYMAPOPTS="us us"
+export HOSTNAMEOPTS="-n alpine"
+export INTERFACESOPTS="
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
+
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp"
+export TIMEZONEOPTS="-z UTC"
+export PROXYOPTS="none"
+export APKREPOSOPTS="-r"
+export SSHDOPTS="-c openssh"
+export NTPOPTS="-c none"
+export SWAP_SIZE=0
+
+# Answer to password question twice and yes to format drive
+setup-alpine <<EOF
+gns3
+gns3
+sda
+sys
+y
+EOF
+

packer/compress_qcow2.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e 
+
+ls -lh "$1"
+mv "$1" "${1}.backup"
+qemu-img convert -O qcow2 "${1}.backup" "$1"
+rm "${1}.backup"
+echo "Compression OK"
+ls -lh "$1"

schemas/appliance.json

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     },
     "port_name_format": {
         "type": "string",
-        "title": "Optional formating of the newtorking port example: eth{0}"
+        "title": "Optional formating of the networking port example: eth{0}"
     },
     "port_segment_size": {
         "type": "integer",