LXC script to initiate build of CloudStack LXC systemvm

create-lxc-systemvm.sh

#!/bin/bash
# tested on Ubuntu 14.04
#set -x

sudo lxc-create --template=debian --name=systemvm -- --release=wheezy
sudo lxc-start -n systemvm -d
sleep 2
ip=$(sudo lxc-info -n systemvm -i  | awk '{print $2}')

#start provisioning using ssh
ruby provision.rb $ip -u root -p root

# tar up the rootfs to create an lxc template
sudo lxc-stop -n systemvm 
mkdir -p /tmp/lxc-systemvm

# Compress container's rootfs
sudo tar --numeric-owner -czf /tmp/lxc-systemvm/systemvm-rootfs.tar.gz /var/lib/lxc/systemvm/rootfs/