In Lab Management, a "profile" is a reproducible collection of software packages that comprise a runnable operating system and accompanying set of applications. Every system inside the Lab Management environment has an operating system profile installed on it.
There are three ways to add a new profile to
Lab Management :
- Directly add it to the profile repository using a Subversion client, then import it into Lab Management through the Add Profile page.
- Create the Profile XML file directly, and upload the file through the Add Profile page.
- Make a copy of an existing profile on that profile's Admin page, and edit it to suit your needs.
Among the three, the third is the easiest, and used most often by our own profile creators.
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Log into TeamForge Lab Management as a user with TeamForge Lab Management Domain Admin privileges.
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Click the
Administration tab.
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On the
Administration menu, click
Manage Profiles and then the Add New Profile link.
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Enter the following information.
Note: All fields are mandatory.
- Profile name
- The name of the profile. Must already exist in the site's Subversion repository
before it can be added into TeamForge Lab Management. This name can never be changed, so be sure to get
the profile named properly when you initially create it.
You can also upload a profile from your local system into Lab Management's Subversion repository. The profile must be in valid Lab Management profile XML format.
- Summary
- A brief summary of the profile. The Summary can be changed later on using the
Profile Admin page.
- Project
- What project the profile belongs to. If you leave it blank, the profile will
belong to the domain, and either be accessible to
all projects (if the profile is public) or
no projects (if the profile is private). This property can be changed
later on using the Profile Admin page.
- Public
- Whether the profile is public (can be used by any project) or private (can only be
used by the project which owns the profile). This property can be changed later on
using the Profile Admin page.
- Prebuilt
- Whether or not the profile is a VMware or other prebuilt image file.
This profile property cannot be altered once the profile is created. If
your profile is an image file, this will be Yes. If your profile installs via a
network install method like Kickstart(tm) or Jumpstart(tm), this will be No.
- Size (in GB)
- The minimum disk size required to build and run this profile. The minimum disk
size should be at least 10 GB.
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Click
Add New to add the new profile.