Updating templates

[rzr]

We use scripts to create linked clones and most of the times they depend on the template id.
Often we have to make minor changes to a template.

In order to update a template:
Option1 (the id of the template changes)
- full clone of template
- update clone (add our changes)
- create a template
- new template has a different id
- we have to update our scripts

Option2 (the id of the template stays the same)
- full clone of template
- update clone (add our changes)
- backup the clone
- delete old template
- restore the backup with the id of the first template
- create a template from the restored template


Option1 is messy, because we have to update all our scripts every time.
Option2 takes too much time.

Is there a better way?

 

[zima]

just pass all the arguments to script rather than hard code them inside

 

[rzr]

The scripts that create the clones are separate from the ones that update the templates. We update the clones only when we change something.