There are quite a few instances where OS and appliance vendors provide a .ISO image for installation, but no pre-made or simple method for network installation.
My thought is this. What if we supported uploading .ISO images to Foreman and installing them via the discovery image? Obviously there's a lot to consider - are they unattended, do they take parameters, etc etc - but if these ISOs accept an answer file or a kickstart file or something similar, we could easily enable unattended installs of .ISO media *without having to mess with virtual BIOS/UEFI ISO mounting*. Being able to point-and-click deploy operating systems would be amazing. Sample workflow: 1) Upload .ISO to Foreman, configure "Operating System" for it. 2) Boot HW node into Discovery, select from interface for deployment 3) Select new "Operating System" as an image-based deployment on bare metal. 4) Configure standard parameters (network, etc) - we'd have to figure out some standard ways for passing configuration, which would likely vary case-by-case 5) Hit go, and watch it run. There are a lot of logistics to work out, but I think this is a fair starting point. Feedback? -- 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.
