Hi, As I needed a way run an unattended installation/configuration of a standalone server running smartos in a datacenter where I do not have the possibility to use PXE boot and where a console connected to the server to manually enter the configuration is kind a difficult to get. I was looking at the usb image and could resolved my problem by adding some minor modifications to the /smartdc/lib/smartos_prompt_config.sh script in the boot_archive.
It allows me to have a /private/answers.json file on the USB drive, that allows me to configure the box without the need of a console, and/or I can “factory reset” the box by "zfs set smartdc:factoryreset=yes zones/var” and rebooting it. I wanted to share the changes so other users can benefit and I would not have to change the boot_archive on my systems when getting getting the latest one :) , but when creating a pull request I noticed the following in the github repo: "If you are changing something non-trivial or user-facing, you may want to discuss the issue with other developers …" So, before submitting changes to the code review (https://cr.joyent.us) and as it could be seen as a "user-facing” change: - I would like to verify if it would make any sense to create an issue for this feature and submit these changes? - I would lik to know if this the right way and place in the system to enable this feature? - Or if there are any design reasons not to do this? You can see the change here: https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/pull/767 Best regards. Joeri ------------------------------------------- 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
