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Creating Your Own Operating System

This document outlines 7 steps to create your own Linux operating system using SUSE Studio: 1) Get started by logging in and choosing a template. 2) Add software packages. 3) Configure settings like network, users. 4) Upload custom RPM packages. 5) Build the appliance in different formats. 6) Share your appliance. 7) Test the appliance in a browser or by installing it.

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Creating Your Own Operating System

This document outlines 7 steps to create your own Linux operating system using SUSE Studio: 1) Get started by logging in and choosing a template. 2) Add software packages. 3) Configure settings like network, users. 4) Upload custom RPM packages. 5) Build the appliance in different formats. 6) Share your appliance. 7) Test the appliance in a browser or by installing it.

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CREATING YOUR OWN LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM USING SUSESTUDIO.

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ABSTRACT:
Every one in this world are very curious to know How operating system(os) is build.For those people this
article will guides you to build you own operating system.

SUSE Studio Onsite® is a Web based user interface for building and testing
appliance in a web browser. It supports creation of virtual appliances and live
systems based on SUSE Linux operating systems. SUSE Studio Onsite is the
SUSE Studio release intended for installation on a server machine behind the
firewall. A software appliance is a pre-configured combination of an application
for example, a Web server and its configuration, for example, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server. All 3 parts are integrated into a single image and can be
deployed on industry hardware or in a virtual environment.The publicly hosted
version is available at http://susestudio.com.

STEP 1: GETTING STARTED


To build your own operating system follow these steps:
1: Login into suse studio using one of your email accounts like facebook,novell,google,yahoo
Twitter or create an novell account.
2:After pressing sign in or create an account you will get user interface like this for
log in process.

3.Select the option create new appliance and choose one template.The template determines
the operating system where your appliance is based upon. This can be any SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or Kde4 desktop
VMware-based flavours for 32- or 64-bit processor architecture depending on the
server configuration. Use can choose either opensuse which means open source nor
suse linux enterprise which means a paid version.After choosing the type name
your appliance.as I given below
STEP 2: Adding Software
Optionally extend the chosen base template with additional software from either
your standard source or from an openSUSE repository. Here you need to choose
your packages for development of your operating system.You can add whatever
you want such as games, multimedia, desktop, tools in the form of packages. Here
you can search your software’s which you want to include.

From External Repositories Add additional repositories from the Open Build
Server (OBS) or any other URL providing a software collection which is
compatible with SUSE Studio and its template. Any Compatible RPMs Upload
any compatible RPMpackage from your hard disk or from the Web to
SUSESTUDIO
Make sure it is built for your base template and its architecture is the same as your
appliance.SUSE Studio notifies you, if any dependencies cannot be fully resolved.

Adding External Repositories: To add an external repository from Open Build


Server to SUSE Studio,follow these steps:
1. Switch to Software and click Add Repositories. Screen shot of the page looks
like this:

2. Enter a search word to reduce the list of shown repositories. Whenever user adds
an repository, the repository will be available for all users. Click Add to
Choose the proper repository and you are done.

3. If your repository is not visible in the list, click Import


New Repository.To Add your own repository through uploading.

4. Choose from a local or a remote source.


Searching for softwares in a search option showing image below:
STEP 3: Configure Your Appliance
Personalize the look nothing but personalization, locale, network, logo,
background and other settings of your appliance.

General: Changing your default locale and timezone, configuring your


Network, enable your firewall, and adding users and groups.

Personalize: Adding a new logo’s and background for your appliance.


Start-Up: Define your default run level and any end user licence
Agreement. Usually this field is empty, but if you choose it,The user must agree
to your licences the first time when he Uses your appliance.

Server: Set up a PostgreSQL or MySQL for database configuration.

Desktop: Configure automatic login for users and any program which is
automatically started during login.

Appliance: Set up advanced configuration for your appliance like disk, memory
and others.
Scripts: Run custom scripts at the end of you’re appliance build. Usually for
Experts .

STEP 4 : Uploading RPMs


SUSE Studio allows you to upload individual packages as in the format of RPM.
If you have a couple of RPM packages, it is easier to make an archive
{tar, .tar.gz,.tgz,.tar.bz2, .tbz, or .zip} and upload this your collection of your
package to SUSE Studio.
SUSE Studio can extract your collection of your packages and add the individual
RPM files to your software collection.
In this uploading of rpm you can use your own package in option called (upload
rpm) or you can paste the web url of the package in the option called add web url

Uploading and pasting of web url page looks like this

STEP 5:Building Your Appliance


Build your appliance in different formats like :

Amazon EC2 image

DASD (.raw)

Live CD/DVD (.iso)

OVF Virtual machine

Preload ISO (.iso)

PXE/Net boot

USB stick/hard disk image

VMware / VirtualBox / KVM (.vmdk)


Xen guest
zFCP (.raw)

After downloading of your desired format test the appliance

STEP 6: SHARING OF YOUR


APPLICANCE
This sharing option will providing you to share your appliance for others to
download What you have to do is give the summary of your appliance like what is
special in your appliance and provide a username to share in gallery of suse
studio.
STEP 7: Testing Your Appliances
SUSE Studio's provides you test drive which allows testing your appliance
without downloading it. After having built your appliance,
Choose from these methods:

1. Use the browser.

2. Use a VNC session.

3. Log in with SSH.

Click the Build tab.it will build you all your packages into your desire format.
After building of your appliance suse studio will provide you two options called
download media and test drive if you don’t have VMware of virtualbox.it is good
to select option called Test drive from your built appliance.
A new window opens in your browser. Your appliance automatically boots and
displays your login screen.

OR
You can install your applicance in your own computer for usage or to test the
appliance.

END
Authors: K.CHAITANYA & T.TEJDEEP
Currently Pursuing 2nd year integrated M.S
software engineering in VIT university
Chennai campus

Email:[email protected]
[email protected]

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