IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Management (ii) use and maintain software packages through ICCT

This article describes how to maintain the software packages on the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise, using an example to capture a new private image with a preinstalled package and use it on a Linux virtual machine. You should have a basic understanding of cloud computing concepts. To try the steps in this article, you need an IBM smartcloud Enterprise user account.

In IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Management, part 1th: Using ICCT to create packages for VMS, you've learned how to create packages for IBM SmartCloud Enterprise virtual machines. You will now use these packages to create a custom image. Let's just get started!

Create a custom image

Go to the ICCT UI and click Images > Build Images. You can also go back to the Welcome page and click Build and Manage Images.

Figure 1. Building images using ICCT

Click Import from Cloud Provider.

Select RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bitin the left panel and click Add to add it to Image to import the panel. Click Import.

Figure 2. Import RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit image

Import the image metadata and list it in the left pane. Select the image and view the image details in the right pane.

Figure 3. More information on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit