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I do have active directory setup in my lab environment. I just need to set aside some time to try it out between two domain joined hosts.

Thanks for trying that! That's some good debugging.

Does XO support putting sec=krb5p in the custom mount options field for NFS remotes? Has anyone set this up?

Background on sec=krb5p and what the client needs:
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/nfs.5.html (Security Considerations)
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/rpc.gssd.8.html

@Greg_E Hello, I've gotten combustion to work just fine. You upload your combustion.vhd to an SR (not iso storage) and make sure you're using the selfinstall.iso. Then uncheck boot VM after creation so that you can mount the combustion.vhd on the next screen. Then after mounting it startup the VM and it should recognize it and start the provisioning process.

@Danp alright, thanks. I'll give that a try.

@danp The POST /vbds endpoint allows configuring both "RW" or "RO" and a bootable Boolean.

If I need to mount an OS installation ISO and a separate provisioning VDI to the same VM, I assume I must execute two distinct POST /vbds requests:

For the CD-ROM (ISO): Set "mode": "RO" and "bootable": true.
For the provisioning VDI: Set "mode": "RW" and "bootable": false.

Would this work in mounting my OS .iso to my VM in the CD-ROM and also mount the VDI to the vm so it will read it on first boot?

{
  "VM": "VM-UUID", 
  "VDI": "VDI-UUID", 
  "bootable": false,
  "mode": "RW" 
}

@Danp How about the CD-ROM with the .iso? Can i mount that on the VM using these also ?

Updated now!

@Danp

@Danp They're all GET methods no way to mount anything.

@Danp Thanks! Also, I converted my VM to a template and it had the .iso in it prior to doing that but then when i spin it up from the REST API the .iso is gone?

I am automating VM deployments using XOA's REST API. I am successfully deploying a VM from a template and uploading a VHD to one of my SRs. The final step in my automated deployment is attaching this existing VHD that i uploaded to the newly created, halted VM.

I also need to select which .iso is inserted into the CD drive. Is that something configured at the template level? I thought I had done that prior to converting my template.

I saw some discussions about attaching an existing VDI a year ago in the forums, so I am not sure if anyone has asked recently. I am not sure if attaching a disk to a stopped VM after it was newly created is an endpoint I might have missed.

Is this handled under an action sub-URL?