Can't create a running instance of my own appliance

[udibr]

I've followed instructions for creating my own appliance

http://www.spotcloud.com/fileadmin/docs/SpotCloudApplianceCreationGuide.pdf

I've used ubuntu-11.04-server-amd64 to create a JeOS appliance
customized to my needs. (my host is OS X 10.6.7 running VirtualBox
4.0.6)
I then run the command line spotsh from
http://www.spotcloud.com/SpotCloud-CLI-an.46.0.html
using the command:
spotsh appliance -b d0.img
To create my own xvm2 file. Unlike what is described in the Appliance
Creation Guide, the spotsh did not asked me any question but has ended
successfully.
I then did:
mv d0.xmv2 JeOS.xmv2
I've uploaded the appliance to spotcloud using spotsh (uploading
through web site failed):
spotsh appliance -u JeOS.xvm2
and then tried to run it on 4 different machines (1-2CPUs 0.5-2GB) in
all cases the launch failed.
In all cases I received the same email (it took me time to find the
email because it was sent to Junk):
Instance "2057" started but didn't acquire a public IP address and
was
terminated. You will not be billed for this instance.

My guess:
Something wrong with my networking configuration on JeOS (but what)?
Bad Ubuntu version? (only 10.10 is supported)
32bit not 64bit?
Special flags to use with spotsh?
Maybe I should try spotsh 0.0.2 (which I just noticied)?
Perhaps something is mixed up with my python?

Thank you for helping, Udi

[Pat Wendorf]

Hello Udi,

Ubuntu/Debian can be tricky when it comes to the networking. Before
packaging you need to delete
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, otherwise it will not use
eth0 for your spotcloud network adaptor. By default you will have
DHCP setup for eth0 only.

Best regards,
Pat Wendorf

[udibr]

Thanks! it works!
I've summarized the steps I took (which are a little bit different
from the manual) at
http://benreuven.com/udiwiki/index.php?title=SpotCloud

On May 8, 10:34 am, Pat Wendorf <dunge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Udi,
>
> Ubuntu/Debian can be tricky when it comes to the networking.  Before
> packaging you need to delete
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, otherwise it will not use
> eth0 for your spotcloud network adaptor.  By default you will have
> DHCP setup for eth0 only.
>
> Best regards,
> Pat Wendorf
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM, udibr <udi.benreu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've followed instructions for creating my own appliance
>

> >http://www.spotcloud.com/fileadmin/docs/SpotCloudApplianceCreationGui...

[Pat Wendorf]

This is a great guide Udi, I've tweeted it :)

Best regards,
Pat Wendorf