On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 4:53 PM Pat Riehecky <riehe...@fnal.gov> wrote:
> This does indeed sound interesting. > > Anaconda is one of the more complex bits of software I've worked with. > It does a lot various things with a fair bit of flexibility. > > My thoughts after 20 seconds of reflection (aka, not thought through at > all): > > I wonder if it might make sense to converge on something driven by a > more modern workflow and tooling? From one perspective > Anaconda/Ignition are system setup tools. Might it make sense to begin > leveraging some of the automation tools to do some of this setup? Or to > put another way: Could anaconda/ignition begin to transition into a well > defined Ansible workflow where the UI sets parameters? For as much as I > love kickstart, a YAML formatted document might lend itself to templates > and easier transition to/from cloud providers.... > > Hi Pat, Lars was looking into that for the osbuild. The problem is that Ansible doesn't have support for systems that are kind of dead (no running services etc.). However, I think that it would be a great way of sharing code with other system setup and system building tools. Vendy > Pat > > > > > On 9/6/19 3:46 PM, Colin Walters wrote: > > Hi, I wanted to link this here: > > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_coreos_coreos-2Dassembler_issues_91&d=DwICAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=OAMtP0DWou0nlXG7Kmxo2enjXJfwb1DXS9fwcaESuTE&m=YqP9qr3liUKA6uMbUFVdpgGdPTtGp7tzGww8AahLxA8&s=7G9J0U8mTAU7eDMuir3ky8hsJEHjBhllLrpArag0ztw&e= > > Most importantly starting from > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_coreos_coreos-2Dassembler_issues_91-23issuecomment-2D422830233&d=DwICAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=OAMtP0DWou0nlXG7Kmxo2enjXJfwb1DXS9fwcaESuTE&m=YqP9qr3liUKA6uMbUFVdpgGdPTtGp7tzGww8AahLxA8&s=ZmL0ktGZ4gBP1Cgpmz9QL3MbvKhOQLxZFTNj8ligiEQ&e= > > and the most recent ones. > > > > Would love to do some brainstorming about how we can share more > code/ideas in general; I had some specific comments towards the end. > > > > One thing not explicitly noted there is how key Ignition is to FCOS (and > derivatives like RHCOS) - having a common language that works in both bare > metal as well as e.g. AWS and Azure is a big deal - and today the OpenShift > 4 installer and the [machine-config-operator]( > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_openshift_machine-2Dconfig-2Doperator_&d=DwICAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=OAMtP0DWou0nlXG7Kmxo2enjXJfwb1DXS9fwcaESuTE&m=YqP9qr3liUKA6uMbUFVdpgGdPTtGp7tzGww8AahLxA8&s=k-SXz0DOZeNsrdkDpZyg244dxo6akCX9r_RzkPHRIqY&e= > ) are built heavily upon it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > > Anaconda-devel-list@redhat.com > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.redhat.com_mailman_listinfo_anaconda-2Ddevel-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=OAMtP0DWou0nlXG7Kmxo2enjXJfwb1DXS9fwcaESuTE&m=YqP9qr3liUKA6uMbUFVdpgGdPTtGp7tzGww8AahLxA8&s=hsNc4HvS01zWyo0UIHCxG87CGdpaMvaAlve6TA8iFeY&e= > > -- > Pat Riehecky > > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory > www.fnal.gov > www.scientificlinux.org > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
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