Configuration of virtual appliances

摘要

Embodiments of the invention relate to post-install configuration of virtual appliances in a virtual machine. A packaging and distribution format is provided with two tools to support the configuration of the virtual machine. The first tool is employed to support configuration of the virtual machine, and employs an activation script during a boot operation. The second tool is employed by a call from the first tool. The second tool configures a virtual application in communication with the virtual machine with use of a configuration script. The configuration script is separate from the activation script and disassociated from an image binary of the virtual machine. The disassociation of the configuration script from the activation script supports changes to the configuration script without affecting the image binary.

主权项

1. A method for a post-install configuration of virtual appliances comprising:
providing a first activation tool and a second activation tool as a portion of a packaging and distribution format for a virtual machine in communication with memory, the second activation tool being virtual appliance specific; a processor in communication with the first activation tool, the first activation tool configuring the virtual machine with an activation startup script during a boot operation; and responsive to determining a configuration script is not included in an image binary, the first activation tool remotely invoking by reference the configuration script for a virtual appliance application, the configuration script is independent of the activation startup script and disassociated from the image binary of the virtual machine, wherein the invoking causes the configuration script to look for product data of the configuration script.