<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Fabian,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Does the stateless ovirt node have the VDSM built-in? </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">David</div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16,
16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Fabian Deutsch <fabiand@redhat.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> David Li <david_li@sbcglobal.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "users@ovirt.org" <users@ovirt.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:47 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
Am Donnerstag, den 05.12.2013, 16:30 -0800 schrieb David Li:<br>> Hi Fabian,<br>> <br>> I think the bad route is a link local route 169.254.0.0/16. I am not quite sure if it's a real bug but in my case I have to remove this route.<br>> Also I am using ramdisk based node without a local disk. Can anything be persisted? <br><br>Hey David,<br><br>when you refer to stateless mode, then no, nothing can be persisted.<br>Regarding the bug - Please provide the whole cmdline you are using to<br>boot the node, to give me a chance to reproduce it.<br><br>- fabian<br><br>> David<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> > From: Fabian Deutsch <<a ymailto="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> > To: David Li <<a ymailto="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net">david_li@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>> > Cc: "<a
ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>><br>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 11:17 AM<br>> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically?<br>> > <br>> > Am Montag, den 02.12.2013, 13:53 -0800 schrieb David Li:<br>> >> Hi Fabian,<br>> >> <br>> >> Everytime the ovirt node boots up, it adds a route entry that I have to <br>> > manually remove. Otherwise it messed up my routing. <br>> >> How do I modify the boot scripts to automatically remove it?<br>> > <br>> > Hey David,<br>> > <br>> > could you file a bug for that route problem?<br>> > <br>> > You can try the following workaround:<br>> > <br>> > # Create /etc/rc.d/rc.local with the commands to run<br>>
> $ vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local<br>> > $ chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.local<br>> > $ persist /etc/rc.d/rc.local<br>> > <br>> > /etc/rc.d/rc.local should then be run on every boot.<br>> > <br>> > - fabian<br>> > <br>> >> ----- Original Message -----<br>> >> > From: Fabian Deutsch <<a ymailto="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> >> > To: David Li <<a ymailto="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net">david_li@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>> >> > Cc: "<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>><br>> >> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 7:45 AM<br>> >> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into
memory <br>> > automatically?<br>> >> > <br>> >> > Am Montag, den 28.10.2013, 07:42 -0700 schrieb David Li:<br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> Hi Fabian,<br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> Yes rootpwd worked too! Thanks.<br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> Two new problems:<br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> But I found there is no networking for the stateless node.<br>> >> >> What kernel boot options are used to either use DHCP or <br>> > statically <br>> >> > configure the IP address for an interface on the node?<br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> I also need to have the sshd enabled. Is there a kernel option <br>> > for that?<br>> >> > <br>>
>> > Hey David,<br>> >> > <br>> >> > here you can find all the supported boot params in ovirt node:<br>> >> > <br>> > http://gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=ovirt-node.git;a=blob;f=scripts/ovirt-init-functions.sh.in;h=c4280caefb89c77afc1e8bec8c925aa7f3039733;hb=HEAD#l214<br>> >> > <br>> >> > Greetings<br>> >> > fabian<br>> >> > <br>> >> >> David<br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> <br>> >> >> ----- Original Message -----<br>> >> >> > From: Fabian Deutsch <<a ymailto="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> >> >> > To: David Li <<a ymailto="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net"
href="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net">david_li@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>> >> >> > Cc: "<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>><br>> >> >> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 9:10 AM<br>> >> >> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory <br>> >> > automatically?<br>> >> >> > <br>> >> >> > Am Freitag, den 25.10.2013, 08:57 -0700 schrieb David Li:<br>> >> >> >> Hi Fabian,<br>> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> That kernel option worked for me! The node is booted <br>> > up in RAM. <br>> >> > Thanks!<br>>
>> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> My next question is:<br>> >> >> >> How do I specify the root login and passwd as boot <br>> > parameters? <br>> >> >> > <br>> >> >> > Hey David.<br>> >> >> > <br>> >> >> > Nice that it worked! Were you able to register to the <br>> > Engine?<br>> >> >> > <br>> >> >> > You can use the adminpw= and rootpw= kernel arguments to set <br>> > <br>> >> > passwords.<br>> >> >> > use<br>> >> >> > $ openssl passwd -salt 42<br>> >> >> > to create one or two passwords<br>> >> >> > <br>> >>
>> > Greetings<br>> >> >> > fabian<br>> >> >> > <br>> >> >> >> David<br>> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> ----- Original Message -----<br>> >> >> >> > From: Fabian Deutsch <<a ymailto="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com" href="mailto:fabiand@redhat.com">fabiand@redhat.com</a>><br>> >> >> >> > To: David Li <<a ymailto="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:david_li@sbcglobal.net">david_li@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>> >> >> >> > Cc: "<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org"
href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>" <br>> > <<a ymailto="mailto:users@ovirt.org" href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>><br>> >> >> >> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:47 PM<br>> >> >> >> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node <br>> > into memory <br>> >> >> > automatically?<br>> >> >> >> > <br>> >> >> >> > Am Donnerstag, den 24.10.2013, 16:26 -0700 schrieb <br>> > David Li:<br>> >> >> >> >> Hi,<br>> >> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> >> I was following the instructions at <br>> >> >> > <a href="http://www.ovirt.org/Node_PXE"
target="_blank">http://www.ovirt.org/Node_PXE</a>. My goal <br>> >> >> >> > is to use pxeboot (iPXE) to boot the node entirely <br>> > into RAM <br>> >> > with <br>> >> >> > rootfs. What I <br>> >> >> >> > got now is an installation screen which requires a <br>> > local <br>> >> > storage. My <br>> >> >> > system has <br>> >> >> >> > no disk and this doesn't quite work for me. <br>> >> >> >> >> <br>> >> >> >> >> What's are the kernel parameters I need <br>> > to use to <br>> >> > boot the <br>> >> >> > node into <br>> >> >> >> > RAM
automatically? I am OK as the first step with <br>> > a <br>> >> > stateless node. <br>> >> >> >> > <br>> >> >> >> > Hey David,<br>> >> >> >> > <br>> >> >> >> > the stateless mode is currently not completely <br>> > working with <br>> >> > oVirt<br>> >> >> >> > Engine. That means a Node needs to be approved <br>> > each time it <br>> >> > boots into<br>> >> >> >> > the stateless mode.<br>> >> >> >> > The stateless mode can be entered by appending <br>> > stateless to <br>> >> > the <br>> >> >> > default<br>> >>
>> >> > kernel arguments.<br>> >> >> >> > <br>> >> >> >> > Greetings<br>> >> >> >> > fabian<br>> >> >> >> > <br>> >> >> > <br>> >> > <br>> > <br><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>