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/etc/mln/plugins
~/.mln_plugins

mln write_config


vmware-cmd

ls /opt/mln/templates

Debian-4.0.vmdk

myVM-flat.vmdk


myVM-flat.vmdk

host example {

     vmware

     template Debian-4.0.vmdk

     network eth0 {

     	     address dhcp

     }	     

}


host gateway {

     vmware

     template Debian-4.0.vmdk

     # Outside

     network eth0 {

     	     address dhcp

     }

     # Internal

     network eth1 {

     	     address 10.0.0.1

	     netmask 255.255.255.0

	     switch lan

     }

}

host backend {

     vmware

     template Debian-4.0.vmdk

     
     network eth0 {

     	     address 10.0.0.2

	     netmask 255.255.255.0

	     gateway 10.0.0.1

	     switch lan	     

     }

}


switch lan {

       vmware

}


main.cf
relayhost

host example {

     
     postfix {

     	     relayhost my.relay.host

     }

}


host example {

     users {

     	   joe llkae93ajefij

	   adam ljotaewddaa

     }

     sshkey {

     	    joe 

     }


}


host winexample {

    xen

    hvm

    winconfig {

        users {

	     joe 

	     adam 

        }

        groups {

	       Administrators { joe ; adam }

               }     

   }

}


/root/.vncpasswd

host example {

     vncplugin

     vncpasswd cleartextpassword

}


 host webserver {

       apache {

            DocumentRoot /etc/HTML

       }

 }


global {


	[...]


	autoenum {


		# The superclass to which all

		# hosts created by autoenum will

		# belong.

		superclass hosts


		# The number of autoenum hosts to

		# create.

		numhosts 50


		# Auto-enumerate static addresses?

		address auto


		# What number shall the first auto-

		# enumerated IP address be? (This

		# is only the fourth octet, as the

		# autoenum plugin only supports

		# auto-enumerating class C networks.)

		# If you use a superclass that specifies

		# DHCP, you will not need this or the

		# "net" parameter below.

		addresses_begin 100


		# The class C (24-bit netmask) network

		# that will serve as the basis for all

		# the auto-enumerated IP addresses.

		net 128.39.74.0


		# Here you can specify the hostname prefix

		# for each VM. If you do not set this, it

		# will default to "node," e.g. node1, node2,

		# etc...

		hostprefix ubuntu


		# The autouser parameter will setup a

		# user of the same name as the node,

		# using the provided password hash. This

		# is useful in situations where you are

		# using autoenum to give a large number

		# of people their own individual VMs. And

		# so their user account on the VM will be

		# the same as the hostname, simplifying

		# your environmental accounting. You can

		# use the utility "mkpasswd" to yield a

		# proper password hash.

		autouser mNVBqcTkw/Ua2


		# The service_hosts block contains a list

		# of dom0 nodes that will host the VMs.

		# It can accept three forms of syntax:

		#

		# The following line will specify the

		# phys host named "odin" to run all the

		# domains.

		#  odin all

		#

		# The following lines will specify that

		# the phys host "thor" will run 2 VMs

		# and the phys host "loki" will run 1

		# VM.

		#   thor 2

		#   loki 1

		#

		# The following lines specify that the

		# phys host "thor" will run 2 VMs, "loki"

		# will run 1 VM, and odin will run all

		# the remaining VMs, no matter how many

		# there are.

		#   thor 2

		#   loki 1

		#   odin

		#

		# This could also be a "#include filename"

		# if you have a long specification.


		service_hosts {

			thor 2

			loki 1

			odin

		}

	}

}


global {

	[...]


	cluster{

		head node1

	}

}

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