On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:02:20PM -0400, Francis J. Lacoste wrote: > On 12-04-25 10:02 AM, Michael Hughes wrote: > > Hi devels. When I install MAAS and PXE boot a machine on that same > > network, I am presented with a menu offering options to install > > available OSes right from the boot screen. I don't see any mention of > > this in the published docs, but if this is what it seems than it would > > be even simpler than having to copy down the MAC address of each > > machine and pre-create it through the GUI. > > > > The boot menu says: > > > > (local) > > maas-enlist > > maas-precise-i386 > > maas-precise-i386-commissioning > > maas-precise-x86_64 > > maas-precise-x86_64-commissioning > > precise-i386 > > precise-i386-auto > > precise-x86_64 > > precise-x86_64-auto > > > > Can someone please tell me what the difference is between maas-xxx-xx > > and maas-xxx-xx-commissioning, and what does -auto mean? > > > > So yes, you can automatically enlist nodes through PXE by using the > maas-enlist profile (which means you don't need to add the MAC address > through the UI). > > After the node is enlisted, you'll have to go to the MAAS UI and 'Accept > & Commission' the new > > At which point the ^maas-.*-commissioning profiles are used. > > The other two maas profiles are used when you deploy something to a node. > > The other ^precise-.* profiles are the one shipped as part of cobbler > and are not used by MAAS. > > Cheers > > > > -- > Francis J. Lacoste > [email protected] >
Hi, To further clarify, if you PXE boot a node and take *no action*; it will enlist into MAAS automatically. -- Kind Regards, Dave Walker <[email protected]> Engineering Manager, Ubuntu Server Infrastructure -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maas-devel Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maas-devel More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
