project to speed up development on physical hardware
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# TODO: make dest not hardcoded
+
+NAME=$1
+DEST="/boxes/$NAME/nfs"
+
+mkdir -p /boxes/$NAME
+
+# remove old nfs filesystem if one exists
+rm -rf $DEST
+
+# build a proto image - natty + packages that will install (optimization)
+if [ ! -d nfs ]; then
+    debootstrap natty nfs
+    cp sources.list nfs/etc/apt/sources.list
+    chroot nfs apt-get update
+    chroot nfs apt-get install -y `cat apts/* | egrep -v "(rabbitmq|libvirt)"`
+    chroot nfs pip install `cat pips/*`
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/nova.git nfs/opt/nova
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/openstackx.git nfs/opt/openstackx
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/noVNC.git nfs/opt/noVNC
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/openstack-dashboard.git nfs/opt/dash
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/python-novaclient.git nfs/opt/python-novaclient
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/keystone.git nfs/opt/keystone
+    git clone https://github.com/cloudbuilders/glance.git nfs/opt/glance
+fi
+
+cp -pr nfs $DEST
+
+# set hostname
+echo $NAME > $DEST/etc/hostname
+echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $NAME" > $DEST/etc/hosts
+
+# copy kernel modules
+cp -pr /lib/modules/`uname -r` $DEST/lib/modules
+
+# copy openstack installer and requirement lists to a new directory.
+mkdir -p $DEST/opt
+cp stack.sh $DEST/opt/stack.sh
+cp -r pips $DEST/opt
+cp -r apts $DEST/opt
+
+# injecting root's ssh key
+# FIXME: only do this if id_rsa.pub exists
+mkdir $DEST/root/.ssh
+chmod 700 $DEST/root/.ssh
+cp /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $DEST/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+# set root password to password
+echo root:password | chroot $DEST chpasswd
+