Apparatus, system and method for integrated customization of multiple disk images independent of operating system type, version or state

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for customizing a disk image. A base image is booted and the desired customizations are applied and captured using a known method. A maintenance environment is booted and a builder module incorporates the captured customizations into an integrated package. If user input is required then custom menus are also defined. A target operating system, independent of the base image, is hooked to invoke an injector module. The operating system is booted from the maintenance environment thereby invoking the injector module. The customizations from the integrated package together with any obtained from the custom menus are injected into the operating system. A customized image of the operating system is then saved, to be deployed to other computers or further customized as required.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a single integrated package of computer disk image customizations, the package being deployed across a distributed storage system in at least three increasingly localized levels, respective localized levels corresponding to a geographic region,
wherein instances of the package at respective localized levels comprise customizations from a foregoing level and further customizations based on the localized level,wherein the customizations include access to protected resources for a geographic region associated with the localized level; a builder module configured to capture foregoing customizations applied to a foregoing disk image and incorporate the further customizations into an instance of the integrated package,
the builder module further configured to generate one or more custom menus for obtaining additional customization information, wherein the number and content of the one or more custom menus generated are based on the localized level corresponding to a geographic region; and an injector module configured to programmatically apply the customizations from the integrated package to a target disk image, wherein the builder module and the injector module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, storing the executable code on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media.