Allow for building unstable release images.

base/manifest-schema.json

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		"system": {
 			"type": "object",
 			"properties": {
-				"release":      { "enum": ["wheezy"] },
+				"release":      { "enum": ["wheezy", "unstable"] },
 				"architecture": { "enum": ["i386", "amd64"] },
 				"bootloader":   { "enum": ["pvgrub", "grub", "extlinux"] },
 				"timezone":     { "type": "string" },

manifests/ec2-ebs-debian-unstable-amd64-pvm.manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+	"provider":       "ec2",
+	"virtualization": "pvm",
+	"credentials":    {
+		// "access-key": null,
+		// "secret-key": null
+	},
+
+	"bootstrapper": {
+		"workspace": "/target"
+	},
+	"image": {
+		"name":        "debian-{system.release}-{system.architecture}-{virtualization}-{%Y}-{%m}-{%d}-ebs",
+		"description": "Debian {system.release} {system.architecture}"
+	},
+	"system": {
+		"release":      "unstable",
+		"architecture": "amd64",
+		"bootloader":   "pvgrub",
+		"timezone":     "UTC",
+		"locale":       "en_US",
+		"charmap":      "UTF-8"
+	},
+	"packages": {
+		"mirror": "http://cloudfront.debian.net/debian"
+	},
+	"volume": {
+		"backing": "ebs",
+		"partitions": {
+			"type": "none",
+			"root": {
+				"size":       8192,
+				"filesystem": "ext4"
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	"plugins": {
+		"cloud_init": {
+			"username": "admin",
+			//"metadata_sources": "Ec2",
+			"disable_modules": [ "landscape", "byobu", "ssh-import-id" ]
+		}
+	}
+}

providers/ec2/tasks/packages-kernels.json

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"squeeze": {
+		"amd64": "linux-image-xen-amd64",
+		"i386" : "linux-image-xen-686" },
+	"wheezy": {
+		"amd64": "linux-image-amd64",
+	      	"i386" :  "linux-image-686" },
+	"unstable": {
+		"amd64": "linux-image-amd64",
+	      	"i386" :  "linux-image-686" }
+}

providers/ec2/tasks/packages.py

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ class DefaultPackages(Task):
 		info.exclude_packages.add('isc-dhcp-common')
 
 		# In squeeze, we need a special kernel flavor for xen
-		kernels = {'squeeze': {'amd64': 'linux-image-xen-amd64',
+		kernels = {}
-		                       'i386':  'linux-image-xen-686', },
+		with open('packages-kernels.json') as stream:
-		           'wheezy':  {'amd64': 'linux-image-amd64',
+			import json
-		                       'i386':  'linux-image-686', }, }
+			kernel = json.loads(stream.read())
 		kernel_package = kernels.get(info.manifest.system['release']).get(info.manifest.system['architecture'])
 		info.packages.add(kernel_package)