+1 there. I already brought this up in the mailing list i.e. the ubuntu distro of images.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Multiple times, in the debian-cloud@l.d.o, we've came to the conclusion > that Debian should be release images of the stable release (and probably > testing as well) to be run in the cloud. I'm bringing this topic to > -devel, as I'm convince it is a topic which should be debated with > everyone in Debian. > > There is enough software in Debian itself which can support such images: > - Openstack > - Eucalyptus > - XCP > - etc. > > Currently, we have semi-official images which, thanks to the nice work > of the people in debian-cl...@lists.debian.org, are uploaded to both AWS > and Azure. While it's nice that we have these, and while I believe such > initiatives should be encouraged and generalize to other hosting > providers, it is now clear that we need a channel to be able to provide > Debian cloud images. > > Please have a look to what they do at Ubuntu: > https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/ > > and more specifically, when you click on one of them: > https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ > > they provide both the images for all Ubuntu releases. Also, please > notice that there are multiple format available: > - .ovf, which is an open format > - disk1.img qcow2 format: can be uploaded to Openstack, or booted > directly using kvm, and many more > - .img, +kernel and ramdisk: can be used on EC2, Eucalyptus, or Openstack > > Plus there are "links" to EC2 so that you can just launch such > instances. [in debian.org, we should allow anyone to add information > about Debian images in any company though, and not focus only on one > major vendor, otherwise it is anti-competitive] > > So, put in simple words: we need something like this. Question is, where > can this be uploaded? To me, cdimage.debian.org seem to be the natural > place. Does it make sense to everyone else? Could we, in a near future, > imagine having these images creation, included in the official release > build process, together with the CDs, DVDs, etc.? > > Cheers, > > Thomas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cloud-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5142bf77.3080...@debian.org > > -- *Chris Fordham* *Cloud Solutions Engineer* RightScale Inc. Direct: +61 2 9037 2780 US Callers: +1 805 243 0252 Cell: +61 423 003 417 Skype: chris.fordham.rs Email: chris.ford...@rightscale.com
