How to build libvirt box from scratch - vagrant

Question

I'm trying to build vagrant libvirt box from scratch.
I insttalled ubuntu 14.04 and used this tutorial to prepare machine for vagrant using and then I used command virsh domblklist test to find my image file, so i find it here /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img and then copied to place where I'm going to package my vagrant box. Then I converted my raw image file to qcow2 format (beacause this page says that only qcow2 format supported) with sudo qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 test.img test.qcow2 command. Finally to get things done I executed vagrant init test and created metadata.json file with this in it
{
"provider" : "libvirt",
"format" : "qcow2",
"virtual_size" : 8
}
And then I used command tar cvzf vltest.box ./metadata.json ./Vagrantfile ./box.img to get things together in one box. Then I added box to vagrant with vagrant box add test.img test.
Then I tried to run machine with
vagrant init test
vagrant up --provider=libvirt
But it stuck here:
...
==> default: -- Video VRAM: 9216
==> default: -- Keymap: en-us
==> default: -- INPUT: type=mouse, bus=ps2
==> default: -- Command line :
==> default: Creating shared folders metadata...
==> default: Starting domain.
==> default: Waiting for domain to get an IP address...
Then I decided to open machine and that was what I saw:
Here is origin machine configurations:
<domain type='kvm'>
<name>test</name>
<uuid>50c605f7-c06c-4288-bd03-f17575345171</uuid>
<memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:6c:05:1b'/>
<source network='default'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<target port='0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty'>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
</console>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/>
<sound model='ich6'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</sound>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
</domain>
Here is configuration of newly generated vagrant box:
<domain type='kvm' id='8'>
<name>testLibvirt_default</name>
<uuid>00069068-f4bc-41fa-b316-870e78fbe393</uuid>
<memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>524288</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
<resource>
<partition>/machine</partition>
</resource>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<cpu mode='host-model'>
<model fallback='allow'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/testLibvirt_default.img'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0'>
<alias name='usb0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
<alias name='pci.0'/>
</controller>
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:91:b2:63'/>
<source network='vagrant-libvirt'/>
<target dev='vnet0'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<source path='/dev/pts/8'/>
<target port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/8'>
<source path='/dev/pts/8'/>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</console>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1' keymap='en-us'>
<listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
</graphics>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
<alias name='video0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<alias name='balloon0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor' relabel='yes'>
<label>libvirt-00069068-f4bc-41fa-b316-870e78fbe393</label>
<imagelabel>libvirt-00069068-f4bc-41fa-b316-870e78fbe393</imagelabel>
</seclabel>
</domain>
Update:
Also I tried packer but get the same error, when grub shows up.
Here is my template for packer:
{
"builders":
[
{
"type": "qemu",
"iso_url": "/home/galiaf95/Downloads/ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso",
"iso_checksum": "cab6dd5ee6d649ed1b24e807c877c0ae",
"iso_checksum_type": "md5",
"output_directory": "output_centos_tdhtest",
"shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now",
"disk_size": 8000,
"format": "qcow2",
"headless": false,
"accelerator": "kvm",
"http_port_min": 10082,
"http_port_max": 10089,
"ssh_host_port_min": 2222,
"ssh_host_port_max": 2229,
"ssh_username": "vagrant",
"ssh_password": "vagrant",
"ssh_port": 22,
"ssh_wait_timeout": "7200s",
"vm_name": "tdhtest",
"net_device": "virtio-net",
"disk_interface": "virtio"
}
],
"post-processors": [
{
"keep_input_artifact": false,
"output": "box/ubuntu-1404-server.box",
"type": "vagrant"
}
]
}
ISO file of ubuntu 14.04 I downloaded from ubuntu site.
So my questions are:
What I did wrong and how to solve that
Is there more proper way of building vagrant libvirt boxes from scratch

Answer 1

What I did wrong and how to solve that
can't really help from my side
Is there more proper way of
building vagrant libvirt boxes from scratch
I would recommend using packer as from [v 0.7.2](
https://www.polibyte.com/blog/packer_supports_vagrant-libvirt) packer supports for vagrant-libvirt