HI there, Yes, the headnode is a physical server running Rocky 10.2 . Compute node is a VM running in proxmox , using QEMU .
Does this have anything to do with the VM ? I mean... I never had to any issues with other versions of xcat. --imam On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 8:52 PM Vinícius Ferrão via xCAT-user < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Imam, > > If I understood correctly you are with this setup: > > Headnode: Rocky 10.2 > Compute Node: Rocky 9.7 > > You mentioned the first VM. Is it a virtualized xCAT install? If yes which > hypervisor are you using? KVM with QEMU? > > Regards, > > On 31 Jul 2026, at 00:22, Imam Toufique <[email protected]> wrote: > > I need some help with new xcat build , as I did not have the following > problems before... > > I installed the 2.18.0 in a inewly installed Rocky 10.2 system , set it up > and this is what I got for my first VM build . The build was for Rocky > Linux 9.7 . > > Here are the problems I am having: > > A. in /etc/httpd/conf.d/xcat.conf file, /install Directive is missing > "Indexes" . See below. Without that , the VM would boot up , and then > stall. > > <Directory "/install"> > Options FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews > AllowOverride None > Require all granted > </Directory> > > B. After ( hopefully ) fix of #A ( above ), build starts and get into > postinstall. But, it does not finish , I can't tell what might be wrong > here, as I never had to look for problems here in the past 8 years of > running xcat. > > Here is the /var/log/xcat/xcat.log from the VM ( node ) that I built: > > [root@test-1 ~]# cat /var/log/xcat/xcat.log > Running Kickstart Post-installation script... > Thu Jul 30 19:56:18 PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: Executing post.xcat > to prepare for firstbooting ... > Thu Jul 30 19:56:27 PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: trying to download > postscripts from 172.16.10.4... > Thu Jul 30 19:56:28 PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: postscripts > downloaded successfully > Thu Jul 30 19:56:28 PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: trying to get > mypostscript from 172.16.10.4... > Thu Jul 30 19:58:35 PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: finished firstboot > preparation, sending request to 172.16.10.4:3002 for changing status... > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: flag update failed > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: flag update failed > Thu Jul 30 08:02:42 PM PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: Running /xcatpost/ > mypostscript.post > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: Retrying flag update > updateflag.awk: flag update failed > Thu Jul 30 08:04:32 PM PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: /xcatpost/ > mypostscript.post return > Thu Jul 30 08:04:32 PM PDT 2026 [info]: xcat.deployment: > =============deployment ending==================== > > Looks like it downloads all the postscripts and my postscripts are also > there in /xcatpost directory. > > Here is how I added my postscripts ( just like I had done before in my > production cluster ) . > > root@poc2-mgmt:/etc/httpd/conf.d# lsdef -t group rocky97 > Object name: rocky97 > addkcmdline=R::consoleblank=0 R::intel_idle.max_cstate=0 > R::cgroup_enable=memory R::swapaccount=1 > grouptype=static > members=test-1 > netboot=xnba > os=rocky9.7 > postscripts=setupntp,rcic-postscripts/postscript,confignetwork -s > provmethod=rocky9.7-x86_64-install-compute > > > My files are there: > > root@poc2-mgmt:/etc/httpd/conf.d# ls > /install/postscripts/rcic-postscripts/postscript > /install/postscripts/rcic-postscripts/postscript > > C. In my production version of xcat ( 2.17.0-snap202411131534.noarch ) > when node started to install , I was able to ping the node . On this > version , the install starts , but I can't ping the node. The IP that is > assigned to it , it does not use the IP , it uses the DHCP address and > keeps using the DHCP address even after the node boots ( broken in the > postscripts ). > > So, exameple: > > root@poc2-mgmt:/etc/httpd/conf.d# nslookup test-1 > Server: 127.0.0.1 > Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > > Name: test-1.local > Address: 172.16.10.6 > > root@poc2-mgmt:/etc/httpd/conf.d# > root@poc2-mgmt:/etc/httpd/conf.d# > root@poc2-mgmt:/etc/httpd/conf.d# ping -c 3 test-1 > PING test-1 (172.16.10.6) 56(84) bytes of data. > From poc2-mgmt (172.16.10.4) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable > From poc2-mgmt (172.16.10.4) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable > From poc2-mgmt (172.16.10.4) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable > > --- test-1 ping statistics --- > 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2030ms > pipe 3 > > While looking at the node , it has the DHCP address: > > 2: ens18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state > UP group default qlen 1000 > link/ether bc:24:11:1f:bf:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > altname enp0s18 > inet *172.16.10.241/ <http://172.16.10.241/>*24 brd 172.16.10.255 > scope global dynamic noprefixroute ens18 > valid_lft 35688sec preferred_lft 35688sec > inet6 fe80::be24:11ff:fe1f:bf8c/64 scope link noprefixroute > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > [root@test-1 ~]# > > the node does not have any ifcfg-xcat-interfaceX file in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory. > > I must be missing something , not sure what I am missing. If someone from > the current xCAT team can help shed some light into this , that would be > great. > > thanks. > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > -- Regards, *Imam Toufique* *213-700-5485*
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