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Create a virtual machine that you will use as a template (i.e. a '''cloning source'''). It should have a command-line interface only. Configure it to be a good cloning source, making certain it has all the following elements prior to cloning:
# Don't make the virtual drive too big - : you'll will need space for it and as well as space for the clones you make from it. your cloning source (2GB should be enough for anything any cloning source and clone VM that you do in create for this assignment).
# Log in and run some commands you expect to be there, and make sure they're installed (minimum commands needed: host, dig, netstat, links).
# Don't install software here that you'll only need in one of the cloned VMs. E.g. if you're going to install apache in a clone - install it there, not in the source - since you don't want apache installed everywhere.
