Frans, We've tested bare-metal provisioning on "Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64" for PXE case. Any x86_64 machine works fine.
https://github.com/NTTdocomo-openstack/nova/blob/multinode/nova/virt/baremetal/doc/pxe-bm-installation.rst Also we have a test plan using ARM boards soon, maybe in October. Thanks, Mikyung, USC/ISI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frans Thamura" <[email protected]> To: "Mikyung Kang" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:34:26 PM Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Q] What is MaaS? hi kevin and mikyung i must learn all :) to educate the member which i try to develop it (openstack-id). and now try to link openstack to education, start with our PaaS initiative under JENI (JAva Education). the basic idea of baremetal is to boot using PXE, any idea recommended hardware to start this baremetal testing? Frans On 9/14/12, Mikyung Kang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Frans, > > If you're interested in bare-metal cloud, not MaaS specifically, > we(USC/ISI and NTT docomo) want to introduce our bare-metal stuff also. :) > > http://wiki.openstack.org/GeneralBareMetalProvisioningFramework > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/general-bare-metal-provisioning-framework > > - Non-PXE support (Tilera+PDU): nova/virt/baremetal > - General bare-metal framework including PXE+IPMI support: review pending > (will be resumed in early Grizzly, maybe next week) > - Working branch: https://github.com/NTTdocomo-openstack/nova/tree/multinode > (reference: nova/virt/baremetal/doc/*)(final debugging) > > Thanks, > Mikyung > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Jackson" <[email protected]> > To: "Frans Thamura" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:35:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Q] What is MaaS? > > > > > Hi Frans, > There's a wealth of info over at the MAAS website > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/ . > > It is Canonical's method for PXE booting and installing an OS so that a > further service, called Juju, can be used to assign the functions/roles to a > server that previously had nothing installed (bare metal). > If you're familiar with Cobbler, it is that service with extra hooks to > Juju. > > With Juju you can allocate roles to your MAAS provisioned servers such as, > be a Glance server, or Compute host in a very simple way similar to what apt > does for installing packages on a server. > > Regards, > Kev > On Sep 13, 2012 5:27 PM, "Frans Thamura" < [email protected] > wrote: > > > hi all > > > can help me to understand MaaS, the bare metal cloud > > > how OpenStack can run in a MaaS, and what is MaaS > > > > > thx in advanced > > > F > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- -- Frans Thamura (曽志胜) Shadow Master and Lead Investor Meruvian. Integrated Hypermedia Java Solution Provider. Mobile: +628557888699 Blog: http://blogs.mervpolis.com/roller/flatburger (id) FB: http://www.facebook.com/meruvian TW: http://www.twitter.com/meruvian / @meruvian Website: http://www.meruvian.org "We grow because we share the same belief." _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
