On Wed, 30 Nov 2016, Joe Arnet wrote:
> To be more specific, I know I can use MAAS with cloud-init to configure
> non-boot hardware raid arrays/config. My concern is getting the os image
> installed to the boot volume *after* a hardware raid volume is created
> for it (the boot volume). Currently most of our new server builds are
> configured with 3 hardware raid arrays (of hdd’s), 1 for boot, the other
> 2 for storage, if it matters.
MAAS and curtin should support this. You'll just need to design the disk
layout that you want for the node (you can do this interactively in the
maas UI).
Then, before booting for the first time everything should be set up
correctly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Arnet
> Sr. System Administrator
>
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> From: <[email protected]> on behalf of "Jorge O. Castro"
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 10:28 AM
> To: Joe Arnet <[email protected]>
> Cc: Marco Ceppi <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: MAAS Follow-Up
>
> Adding in the maas list for this one:
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Joe Arnet
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> It’s been awhile since I’ve used cloud-init, but I don’t believe it’s
> possible to create raid arrays for the “volume” you’ve just booted from. In
> my understanding, cloud-init takes over after the os image has been laid
> down/installed and upon first reboot post-install. In any case, I’ll read
> upon cloud-init to see if anything has changed, but I thought getting the
> raid array setup would occur before installing the os image, in a perfect
> world.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Arnet
> Sr. System Administrator
>
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> From: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of
> "Jorge O. Castro"
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 3:34 PM
> To: Joe Arnet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: Marco Ceppi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: MAAS Follow-Up
>
> I've found out that this card is listed in our certified hardware database,
> so it should work out of the box:
> https://certification.ubuntu.com/catalog/component/scsi/4637/scsi%3AMR9271-8i/
>
> There are some ways you can do this:
>
> On installation by using cloud-init, where you can define storage:
> https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/examples.html#disk-setup
> Or just have puppet do it:
> https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/examples.html#setup-and-run-puppet
>
> or you can call puppet post-first-boot in the post-commissioning script. If
> you're planning on using RAID for the root disk then doing it in cloud-init
> is probably the way to go.
>
> Let me know if you have any follow on questions.
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Joe Arnet
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Gentleman,
>
> Thanks so much again for taking time to talk to us about MAAS. Before we
> start a POC, I’m curious as to if you found any answers/information about
> what it can do with our LSI/Avago raid cards (specifically I think it’s the
> commissioning script portion – can we get one to make an array on a hardware
> raid card as part of the process). Thanks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Arnet
> Sr. System Administrator
>
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