What timing! I added this method to the MAAS instructions yesterday ;-) sent from my android phone On May 24, 2012 12:40 PM, "Francis J. Lacoste" < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 12-05-24 04:30 AM, Jeroen Vermeulen wrote: > > «You can also manually add a node, as an anonymous user (without being > > logged in to the MAAS). You can do this by booting up the ubuntu > > installer from the node itself, using the server CD or a USB stick.» > > > > > > Two things in software engineering are hard, they say: cache > > invalidation and naming things. Is there some clearer term than > > “manual” for this? It's hard to come up with terms that don't depend on > > one's point of view. I could imagine the manual process losing its > > menial nature, e.g. if we choose implement the same process using > > network boots, so that a node would enlist itself after you just hook it > > up and turn it on. Then suddenly, the Add Node procedure might be the > > one that looked “manual”! > > This is actually implemented. If you PXE boot a node with maas-dhcp > installed, the default boot profile is the enlisment one. > > So you can enlist many machines by: > > * Configure them to PXE boot. > * PXE boot them to enlist > * Approve the nodes in the web UI > * Nodes will be commissioned on the next reboot (which might happen > automatically, if Wake-on-lan is supported and configured on the machines). > > Cheers > > -- > Francis J. Lacoste > [email protected] > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maas-devel > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maas-devel > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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