FAI deploying SLES12

Hello!   I want to deploy SLES 12, however I could find a howto guide that offers a (trustful) starting point. I found this wiki page (http://wiki.fai-project.org/index.php/Installing_SLES9_32Bit_and_Smart_PackageManager_with_FAI), but it's hard to judge whether this is still applicable or not.

Re: Error in phase DEBIAN/40-misc and GRUB_PC/10-setup

19. September 2017 18:30, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: >> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:50:25 +, c.mo...@web.de said: > >> After setting the default >> # if you want to use the faiserver as APT proxy >> APTPROXY=http://faiserver:3142 >> #Acquire::http { Proxy

Re: Error in phase DEBIAN/40-misc and GRUB_PC/10-setup

19. September 2017 17:27, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: >> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:23:52 +, c.mo...@web.de said: > >> Searching for ":3142" I found the relevant files in /srv: > Sort of. You are not using the FAISERVER configs for your client. They > are only used,

Re: Error in phase DEBIAN/40-misc and GRUB_PC/10-setup

19. September 2017 17:10, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: >> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:03:30 +, c.mo...@web.de said: > >> Where is the configuration to use apt-cacher-ng (which is intended) stored? >> demohost should use faiserver:3142 and not localhost:3142 > Have a

Re: Error in phase DEBIAN/40-misc and GRUB_PC/10-setup

19. September 2017 16:35, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: > First, you should read the log files. > Start with error.log: > >> InRelease Could not connect to localhost:3142 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: >> Connection refused) [IP: >> 127.0.0.1 3142] > > This is the port

Error in phase DEBIAN/40-misc and GRUB_PC/10-setup

Hello! I'm facing an issue when installing "demohost" according to installation guide. The errors occur in step DEBIAN/40-misc and GRUB_PC/10-setup (All details in attached logs from demohost.) The corresponding error messages are: Calling task_configure Executing shell: FAIBASE/10-misc

Re: Packages "fai-nfsroot" + "fai-setup-storage": when do I need to install them?

19. September 2017 16:07, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: >> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:36:52 +, c.mo...@web.de said: > >> After the installation I can see that some packages are not installed: >> fai-nfsroot >> fai-setup-storage > > apt show fai-nfsroot > . > . > This

Packages "fai-nfsroot" + "fai-setup-storage": when do I need to install them?

Hello! I installed FAI from official repository executing aptitude install fai-quickstart After the installation I can see that some packages are not installed: fai-nfsroot fai-setup-storage In which scenario do I need these packages? And how should I install them in case they are required?

Re: PXE Boot fails: mount.nfs: Protocol not supported

15. September 2017 12:37, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: >> On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:15:34 +, c.mo...@web.de said: > >> Starting demohost (KVM, too) and booting PXE is generally working, but it >> fails in step "NFS > mount". >> The error message displayed in

PXE Boot fails: mount.nfs: Protocol not supported

Hi, I'm running FAI server in KVM. Starting demohost (KVM, too) and booting PXE is generally working, but it fails in step "NFS mount". The error message displayed in demohost is: mount.nfs: Protocol not supported This is the current NFS configuration on FAI server: thomas@vm02-fai:~$ cat

Re: Running FAI in QEMU/KVM: Need a working configuration to install clients

8. September 2017 12:50, "Thomas Lange" schrieb: > I would use a bridged network for the qemu machine. Here are some details: > http://wiki.fai-project.org/wiki/VirtualBox_for_your_first_FAI_installation > > -- > regards Thomas Actually I have created a bridge

Running FAI in QEMU/KVM: Need a working configuration to install clients

Hello! I want to deploy SLES on several clients. Due to restrictions (we are only running OS SLES or RHEL) I have installed QEMU/KVM on a host and created a guest (VM) based on Debian 9 with FAI. I would need support for some configuration steps, in particular regarding the network setup. All

Proxy configuration during Server Insallation from FAI-CD

Hello! Is it possible to install a FAI server behind a firewall? How should I modify the proxy configuration that is stored on FAI-CD during the installation process? The server should run on KVM machine hosted on SLES12. Regards Thomas