On 09/25/2012 04:18 PM, Sigbjorn Lie wrote: > On 09/25/2012 12:17 AM, James James wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> we are planning to install 150 freeipa clients and I was wondering if >> there is a way to easily install (from kickstart) nfsv4 client. >> >> I can add host with >> >> # ipa host-add --password=secret >> >> But to get the keytab (host and service), I have to log into the >> machine, launch kinit and get the keytab. >> >> This will be very painful for 150 clients .... >> >> Any hints is welcome ... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freeipa-users mailing list >> Freeipa-users@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > Hi, > > I am working on integrating what you are asking for into OneClickKick. > OneClickKick which is a web based GUI for managing DHCP server and PXE > booting. The current version can read the host objects from IPA's > LDAP, and you can use these to generate PXE boot files for > kickstarting RHEL/Fedora, preseeding Debian/Ubuntu installations, do > BIOS upgrades, run LIVE environments, etc. > > What I have done in the past is to add a line like this to the post > section of the kickstart: > /usr/sbin/ipa-client-install --domain="ix.test.com" > --principal="ipajoinuser" --password="somepassword" -U -f > > This is not ideal even though the kickstart is saved in a database and > only made available dynamically trough a php script to the host that's > enabled for kickstarting. It is not saved in a text file on the disk. > The next version will include tighter integration with IPA where a One > Time Password is set for the host being kickstarted at the time it's > enabled for kickstarting, and this password is seeded dynamically when > the host is served it's kickstart file. > > The next version will also have the PXE Enrollment boot image updated > to supporting adding new hosts directly into IPA. The PXE Enrollment > is support for adding a new host simply to PXE booting it, logging on, > and giving it a hostname and assigning it with a kickstart profile to > load the machine directly from the console of the new machine. > > Adding of machines directly to IPA from the web UI will also be > available in the next version. This allows you to do everything from > adding the host, to selecting the kickstart profile group, and > enabling for PXE installation/kickstart in 1 step. > > It can also search trough the /var/log/messages file to find new hosts > that's unknown to it's naming sources and directly add these. > > You can also select a group of machine to install, so if you have your > 150 machines in one group you can select the entire group for > installation. > > > See the project website or contact me for more information: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/oneclickkick/ > >
Have you looked at Foreman? > > Regards, > Siggi > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipa-users mailing list > Freeipa-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users -- Thank you, Dmitri Pal Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio Red Hat Inc. ------------------------------- Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/
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