Creating an Anka VM Template from an ISO
Use create_macos_install_image.sh included in the Anka package to first create an .iso from your Yosemite and ElCapitan .app installer.
If you already have .iso file, you don’t need to execute this step.
/Library/Application\ Support/Veertu/Anka/tools/create_macos_install_image.sh
Usage: create_macos_install_image.sh install_macos.app [OPTIONS]...
Options:
--g,--guest-addons Embed Anka guest addons in the installer
--o,--output output.iso Specify output image file, if not specified the image will be created in working directory
--p,--pkg path/to/pkg Specify additional packages to include into the installer
For example:
/Library/Application\ Support/Veertu/Anka/tools/create_macos_install_image.sh /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app
To create a VM from .iso, you will use anka create command as you typically would. It will create an empty VM.
Note - > While creating VM with anka create, make sure to specify enough –disk-size parameter. Currently, it’s not possible to change the disk size for an existing VM.
sudo anka create --ram-size 2G --cpu-count 2 --disk-size 60G sierravm
vm created successfully with uuid: dfaa97c5-2154-11e8-881d-acbc32ad1d59
Then, start the VM with the sierra ISO attached:
sudo anka start -v -o sierra.iso sierravm
+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| uuid | dfaa97c5-2154-11e8-881d-acbc32ad1d59 |
| name | sierravm |
| cpu_cores | 2 |
| ram | 2G |
| hard_drive | 60 GB (11.2 MB on disk) |
| addons_version | not found |
| status | running |
| vnc_connection_string | vnc://:admin@10.0.1.12:5900 |
| view_vm_display | anka view sierravm |
+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
Complete the macOS setup inside the VM. Then, stop the VM.
Start the VM again with guest addons ISO installed.
sudo anka start -v -o /Library/Application\ Support/Veertu/Anka/guestaddons/anka-addons-mac.iso sierravm
Complete the guest addons installation inside the VM. Shutdown the VM with sudo anka stop {vmNameOrUUID}.
Validate by running the following command sudo anka run {vmNameOrUUID} ls -l from the host. It should display ls -l contents of the VM. The VM is correctly created.