Hi gents,
I would like to ask for your experiences when it comes to bringing a
server from bare metal to production-ready. From talking to people, it
seems like there are many ways this is done.
I assume you are using network-booting to kick things off?
Are you just provisioning one operating system? If not, how do you make
the selection between multiple OSes? Is this fully automated (e.g. using
mac-addresses)? Is this important to you, or do you provision the same
OS >90% of the time?
Do you have a separate environment where you do your provisioning? How
do you move between the provisioning environment and the production
environment?
One option I've seen is physically replugging the server to separate
production from PXE environment. Is there a more automated way to do
this? One problem I can see for automation is that the PXE booting
relies on DHCP, and you don't want multiple DHCP servers (production vs.
PXE environment). What about relying on static IPs for production
servers, and only using DHCP for new servers?
Finally, what are your biggest problems with your setup (if any)? How
could you save more time and make it easier? Do you have thoughts or
plans for the future?
I really appreciate any experiences you would like to share on this topic.
Thank you.
--
Eystein Stenberg
CFEngine
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