Tweaking a Linux Template

Working with a Kernel Built for Virtualisation

Give the linux-image-kvm kernel a go—it's purpose-built for KVM virtualisation environments.

For example, on an Ubuntu system, you'd run the following:

apt install linux-image-kvm
apt purge linux-image-generic

Tidying Up Before Publishing a Template

# clears out the logs
journalctl --vacuum-size=1
# wipes the user history
history -c

(as root) rm /root/.bash_history