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+Before a release, the following tests should be done.
+
+Notes:
+ * Until a way to disable ec2 metadata search exists, we have to fake a
+ metadata server.
+
+- Prereqs for local boot EC2 Metadata test:
+ - download 'mdserv' at https://gist.github.com/1278651
+ - bring up interface for 169.254.169.254
+ sudo ifconfig eth0:0 up 169.254.169.254 netmask 255.255.255.255
+ - ./mdserv 169.254.169.254:80
+
+- qemu system boot
+ - test boot to from partition
+ qemu-system-$ARCH -kernel kernel -initrd initramfs -hda part.img -curses
+ - test boot to blank partition
+ qemu-system-$ARCH -kernel kernel -initrd initramfs -hda blank.img -curses
+ - test boot to initramfs partition
+ qemu-system-$ARCH -kernel kernel -initrd initramfs -hda part.img -append "root=noroot" -curses
+ - test boot from full disk image (not arm yet)
+ qemu-system-$ARCH -drive if=virtio,file=disk.img -curses
+
+- lxc system boot
+ - download lxc-libvirt-run from http://smoser.brickies.net/git/?p=tildabin.git;a=blob;f=lxc-libvirt-root
+ - sudo mkdir -p lxc/cirros-$ARCH
+ - zcat initramfs | ( cd lxc/cirros-$ARCH && sudo cpio -uid )
+ - if [ "$ARCH" == "arm" ]; then
+ sudo apt-get install -y
+ sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $ARCH/usr/bin
+ fi
+ - ./lxc-libvirt-root lxc/cirros-$ARCH
+
+- Openstack boot
+ - cloud-publish-tarball cirros-VERSION-ARCH-partimg.tar.gz
+ - cloud-publish-image --type image disk.img
+
+- Ec2 boot
+ - cloud-publish-tarball cirros-VERSION-ARCH-partimg.tar.gz
+ # us-east-1 aki-805ea7e9 amazon pv-grub-hd0_1.02-i386.gz
+ # us-east-1 aki-825ea7eb amazon pv-grub-hd0_1.02-x86_64.gz
+ aki=aki-805ea7e9
+ [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ] && aki=aki-825ea7eb
+ cloud-publish-tarball cirros-$VERSION-$ARCH-partimg.tar.gz \
+ --kernel $aki --ramdisk none $USER-bucket $ARCH
+
+ - TBD: EBS boot and register