Moin, On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:22:42AM +0100, Diego Zuccato wrote: > Is it possible to use a single FAI server to install multiple Debian > releases (to different machines, obv)? > > I'm currently installing bullseye, but I'd like to start testing > bookworm deployments. > I can't find a howto for setting up multiple NFSROOTs (better if with no > changes to the current one, to avoid breaking the working setup).
You can install multiple debian (and even ubuntu) releases from the same nfsroot, if you run ``debootstrap`` at installtime. All you have to do is to delete the pre-built base tarball after building the nfsroot and provide the right settings in your fai config. We use a hook --- /etc/fai/nfsroot-hooks/50remove-base-tar --- #!/bin/bash rm -f $NFSROOT/var/tmp/base.t* ------------------------------------------------ and set, depending on the target host classes ``$FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP`` and ``$FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS``, e.g.: --- $FAI/class/BOOKWORM.var -------------------- #!/bin/bash FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="bookworm http://mpsd-deb-bookworm.desy.de/debian"; FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS="--include=aptitude,gnupg" ------------------------------------------------ FAI then runs debootstrap with the given options when installing. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Henning Glawe Dr. Henning Glawe Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie Geb. 99 (CFEL), Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany http://www.mpsd.mpg.de/, Email: [email protected] Building/Room: 99/O2.100, Phone: +49-40-8998-88392
