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    Labs Gallery: rPath rBuilder 5 Gets Flash-y, Adds Linux Distro Support

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    Jason Brooks
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    July 24, 2009
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      1Labs Gallery: rPath rBuilder 5 Gets Flash-y, Adds Linux Distro Support

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      by Jason Brooks

      2Appliance Options

      2

      The first step to creating a software appliance with rBuilder involves choosing your desired Linux distribution platform and selecting which deployment options to support.

      3Package Selection

      3

      Using rBuilder’s new Flash-based interface, I could grab software components from the repositories of my chosen Linux distribution, as well as create new packages.

      4Import an RPM

      4

      I could upload RPM or DEB packages, as well as regular TAR archives, to add to my software appliances.

      5Package Creation

      5

      rBuilder sorts through the software dependencies required to run your uploaded packages.

      6Build Queue

      6

      Sorting through the queue of appliance build operations highlights the richness of rBuilder’s new Flash-based interface.

      7Old Interface

      7

      The Flash interface replaces the previous, HTML-based controls.

      8Flash Flaws

      8

      While the new Flash interface provides a more desktop app-like experience, I encountered a handful of interface stalls and lockups during my tests.

      9Error Issues

      9

      While on the topic of interface qualms, I ran into a few unhelpful error messages during my testing. Fortunately, the rBuilder appliance’s admin console offered up plenty of logs to peruse.

      10EC2 Launch

      10

      From rBuilder’s new management console, I could launch my images on virtualization targets such as Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing service.

      11More EC2 Launch

      11

      I could set my desired EC2 launch options from a pop-up dialog in the rBuilder interface.

      12vSphere Target

      12

      I also launched appliances on a VMware vSphere setup in the lab.

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