Bright:Create Image

Bright Software Images

Bright uses software images to provision the OS the the nodes. a Cluster can use a number of different images depending on the nodes role or required software.

Create a New Image

In the GUI click on software images. At the bottom on the section you will find the Add option. Follow through the instructions to create the new image.

Clone and Edit and Existing Image

If you are using the same OS as a previously created image, cloning it is the easiest method to create a new image. Clicking on clone will ask you for a name for the new image. Click save and the new image wll be created in /cm/images. It will also appear in the list in the GUI.

From here the image will need to be edited tomake the required changes. There are two way to do this. Clicking the image in the GUI you can access the root shell under the tasks tab.

From the command line you can run the command:

chroot /cm/images/<image name>