[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#681343: xcp-xapi: wait_for_xapi() function in init.d script does not work

[Thomas Goirand]

On Thu Jul 12 2012 11:38:58 AM CST, Bastian Blank <waldi at debian.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 05:35:08PM +0400, George Shuklin wrote:
> > +                             # Check whether the md5 of the create-templates binary
> > matches the one +                             # used previously. If not, recreate
> > the templates. +                             if [ -e
> > /usr/lib/xcp/lib/create_templates ]; then +                                             if !
> > md5sum -c --status $TEMPLATES_MD5_STAMP ; then
> > /usr/lib/xcp/lib/regenerate-templates start +                                                 
> >           md5sum /usr/lib/xcp/lib/create_templates > $TEMPLATES_MD5_STAMP
> 
> Whas is this and why is it in the init script instead of the postinst
> script?
> 
> Bastian

hi,

this creates the templates so that later you can
use:
xe template-list name-label=Debian\ Squeeze [...]
then use this template UUID when doing:
xe vm-create

if this isn't done, then xe template-list is empty.

When you install xcp-xapi with apt-get, xapi is not
running, so it can't be done in the postinst. We
have to wait until the administrator configures
TOOLSTACK=xapi and reboots. Which is why doing it in
the init script makes sense.

Thomas