On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Daniel Lobato Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/05, Lukas Zapletal wrote: > > I just submitted for the record: > > > > Abstract: > > > > First, it starts with a DVD with an OS installer, then is a recipe to > > automate it. And then PXE booting from network which sometimes lead to > > discovering new bare-metal nodes. Some shops fully automate provisioning > > and the only action is to power on a server. We all have that. But > > what's next? > > > > Make it fast. Blazing fast. Do it virtualization-like or cloud-like > > experience with Foreman Discovery and the new image-deployment > > capabilities. > > > > Additional info: > > > > Bare-metal remains relevant with upcoming farms of ARM servers. We need > > to be ready to deploy dozens of bare-metal servers at once. I will show > > story of provisioning in a typical Foreman shop and then make a demo of > > bare-metal servers deploying OS using multicast image transfer. > > > > The image-deployment scenario is a working in progress (prototype that > > works), I would like to hear feedback on that and also collect ideas. > > Sounds pretty good to me. Just to check we're on the same page, the > patch below is meant so that the discovery image accepts blocks, so that > the discovery image can accept *another* image and boot from it? > I was under the impression you could use image to dump to disk and boot it (think reusing your vm templates / cloud images for bare metal too). this can open the usage case of cloud init for bare metal and ideally speed up bare metal provisioning time. Ohad > > > Links: > > > > https://theforeman.org/ > > https://theforeman.org/plugins/foreman_discovery/6.0/index.html > > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-discovery-image/pull/44 > > > > 40 Min talk and discussion > > > > -- > > Later, > > Lukas #lzap Zapletal > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "foreman-dev" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Daniel Lobato Garcia > > @dLobatog > blog.daniellobato.me > daniellobato.me > > GPG: http://keys.gnupg.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7A92D6DD38D6DE30 > Keybase: https://keybase.io/elobato > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "foreman-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
