Creating Smart Virtual Appliances with IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool

Setting up the virtual appliance build environment

This chapter explains how to set up a robust virtual appliance build environment. It begins by explaining how to install the Image Construction and Composition Tool (referred to as the tool in this book). Then it shows how to configure the PowerVM environment. Finally, it explains the KVM build environment.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Installing the Image Construction and Composition Tool

•Setting up the build environment for PowerVM virtual appliances

•Setting up the build environment ...