Hi, sorry to slightly derail this discussion but that is the first time I see a mention of this "answers.json" and it looks really interesting to me, is it linked to SDC or also available for SmartOS ? I am currently using PXE to boot my hosts and I was looking for a way to automate initialization of new hosts without having to grab a console/keyboard.
On 14 July 2015 at 17:38, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/13/15 23:53 , Dirk Steinberg wrote: > > Thanks for the pointer - I might try this. > > But I would actually like to run full SDC/Triton. > > > > I suspect that the SDC installer does just I want to do: > > unpack a bunch of zone images (zfs send/recv format) > > and do some minor config tweaks to the base SmartOS. > > > > Maybe someone knows how this works and how I can reproduce > > this without actually running the installer from the USB/ISO boot > > image. Or — maybe I can actually extract the installer script > > from the boot image and run it on an existing SmartOS. > > But I would still need some pointers. > > The SDC headnode is designed around having that USB key there to boot > from. It's not sufficient to just try and replicate it, there are other > things which are stored persistently back to that USB key. I would not > recommend trying to manually work around this, as you'll quickly end up > having to fight against quite a lot of SDC. > > There are a few options here. Given that you don't have a console, what > you can do is go and fill out answers.json entirely on the USB key and > then wipe and reboot. Test the answers.json in coal first, but if filled > out completely, there will be no manual prompting and the installation > will be automated. > > If you don't have a usbkey available, the other thing that you can do is > to sacrifice a physical disk to be a giant USB key. It's not great, but > it may work for you. > > Robert > > >> Am 14.07.2015 um 03:42 schrieb Usama Ahmad <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Hello Dirk, > >> > >> If it is only Docker you want, saw this not tried and removed from > original > >> > >> > http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BuxCv3ku0v8J:www.smllr.nl/2015/07/11/docker-on-smartos/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca > < > http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BuxCv3ku0v8J:www.smllr.nl/2015/07/11/docker-on-smartos/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca > > > >> > >> I was thinking of trying it out, page was up last night but seems to be > gone now. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Usama > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Eric <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > >> Unless the hosting services allow you to use your own image, I'm not > sure what they will let you do :\ > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Dirk Steinberg <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >>> Am 13.07.2015 um 18:41 schrieb Eric <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>>: > >>> > >>> Technically, could you have SmartOS run SDC within it? > >> > >> I do not quite understand what you are trying to say. > >> Do you mean nested virtualization? That’s definitely > >> not what I am looking for. > >> > >> / Dirk > >> > >>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Dirk Steinberg <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I have a rented server with SmartOS pre-installed and > >>> no remote console access (Kimsufi). Therefore I > >>> cannot reinstall SDC. > >>> > >>> But SDC is basically SmartOS plus a number of service zones > >>> and some agents in the global zone. Recent SDC images > >>> should contain the exact same SmartOS image that is also > >>> distributed separately, AFAIK. > >>> > >>> I would like to use Docker, wich is integrated with SDC if > >>> I understand correctly. > >>> > >>> Is it possible to somehow install SDC on top of an existing, > >>> virgin (no VMs/zones configured) SmartOS installation? > >>> I am not trying to preserve anything from the SmartOS install > >>> except the networking config since I have to do this remotely > >>> via an SSH connection. > >>> > >>> Any ideas? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Dirk Steinberg > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.listbox.com <http://www.listbox.com/> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> smartos-discuss | Archives < > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> < > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/24390006-796fb66c> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription < > http://www.listbox.com/> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
