On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:03:10 +0200 Lars Noodin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've run an intial pilot of a Soekris net4801 with OpenBSD 4.4, using > gpioctl to turn on and off other machines and netboot them for console > installs. The notes below are a mess and there just to record until > they can be arranged to make sense: > > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/DES/des.html > > The other machines automatically boot via PXE when powered on and are > connected to the Soekris via serial and via ethernet. The serial > connection allows console installations, the ethernet allows tricks > with PF. > > The OpenSSH chroot environment has only a few tools, two of which are > scripts with permissions set so that each 'user' can only turn on / > off or connect via console to a single machine. > > The long and the short is that it's possible to log in to the net4801, > turn on a machine and install a system. Currently, I have the > following working choices: (all i386) > > openbsd 4.3 > openbsd 4.4 > openbsd -current > centos 5.2 > debian etch > debian lenny > fedora 10 > (k)ubuntu 8.04.2 > (k)ubuntu 9.04alpha > > The subnet has another machine with squid available. > > A next step is to connect via OpenSSH vpn or maybe full OpenVPN so > access to this this can be taken outside the room. > > I'll try some lab exercises with this soon so I can see what goes > wrong in a real environment. > > Regards > -Lars > Lars, Absolutely Amazing Work! I'll most definitely look over it some more. -- J.C. Roberts
