Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically?

Hi Fabian, =20 =20 Does the stateless ovirt node have the VDSM built-in?=20

=20 David =20 =20 ______________________________________________________________ From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand(a)redhat.com&gt; To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt;=20 Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt;=20 Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically? =20 =20 Am Donnerstag, den 05.12.2013, 16:30 -0800 schrieb David Li: > Hi Fabian, >=20 > 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. > Also I am using ramdisk based node without a local disk. Can anything be persisted?=20 =20 Hey David, =20 when you refer to stateless mode, then no, nothing can be persisted. Regarding the bug - Please provide the whole cmdline you are using to boot the node, to give me a chance to reproduce it. =20 - fabian =20 > David >=20 >=20 >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand(a)redhat.com&gt; > > To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; > > Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > > Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 11:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically? > >=20 > > Am Montag, den 02.12.2013, 13:53 -0800 schrieb David Li: > >> Hi Fabian, > >>=20 > >> Everytime the ovirt node boots up, it adds a route entry that I have to=20 > > manually remove. Otherwise it messed up my routing.=20 > >> How do I modify the boot scripts to automatically remove it? > >=20 > > Hey David, > >=20 > > could you file a bug for that route problem? > >=20 > > You can try the following workaround: > >=20 > > # Create /etc/rc.d/rc.local with the commands to run > > $ vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > $ chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > $ persist /etc/rc.d/rc.local > >=20 > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local should then be run on every boot. > >=20 > > - fabian > >=20 > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand(a)redhat.com&gt; > >> > To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; > >> > Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > >> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 7:45 AM > >> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory=20 > > automatically? > >> >=20 > >> > Am Montag, den 28.10.2013, 07:42 -0700 schrieb David Li: > >> >>=20 > >> >> Hi Fabian, > >> >>=20 > >> >> Yes rootpwd worked too! Thanks. > >> >>=20 > >> >> Two new problems: > >> >>=20 > >> >> But I found there is no networking for the stateless node. > >> >> What kernel boot options are used to either use DHCP or=20 > > statically=20 > >> > configure the IP address for an interface on the node? > >> >>=20 > >> >> I also need to have the sshd enabled. Is there a kernel option=20 > > for that? > >> >=20 > >> > Hey David, > >> >=20 > >> > here you can find all the supported boot params in ovirt node: > >> >=20 > > http://gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=3Dovirt-node.git;a=3Dblob;f=3Dsc=

> >> >=20 > >> > Greetings > >> > fabian > >> >=20 > >> >> David > >> >>=20 > >> >>=20 > >> >>=20 > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> > From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand(a)redhat.com&gt; > >> >> > To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; > >> >> > Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot; <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > >> >> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 9:10 AM > >> >> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory=20 > >> > automatically? > >> >> >=20 > >> >> > Am Freitag, den 25.10.2013, 08:57 -0700 schrieb David Li: > >> >> >> Hi Fabian, > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >> That kernel option worked for me! The node is booted=20 > > up in RAM.=20 > >> > Thanks! > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >> My next question is: > >> >> >> How do I specify the root login and passwd as boot=20 > > parameters?=20 > >> >> >=20 > >> >> > Hey David. > >> >> >=20 > >> >> > Nice that it worked! Were you able to register to the=20 > > Engine? > >> >> >=20 > >> >> > You can use the adminpw=3D and rootpw=3D kernel arguments to set=20 > >=20 > >> > passwords. > >> >> > use > >> >> > $ openssl passwd -salt 42 > >> >> > to create one or two passwords > >> >> >=20 > >> >> > Greetings > >> >> > fabian > >> >> >=20 > >> >> >> David > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> >> > From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand(a)redhat.com&gt; > >> >> >> > To: David Li <david_li(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; > >> >> >> > Cc: &quot;users(a)ovirt.org&quot;=20 > > <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > >> >> >> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:47 PM > >> >> >> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node=20 > > into memory=20 > >> >> > automatically? > >> >> >> >=20 > >> >> >> > Am Donnerstag, den 24.10.2013, 16:26 -0700 schrieb=20 > > David Li: > >> >> >> >> Hi, > >> >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >> >> I was following the instructions at=20 > >> >> > http://www.ovirt.org/Node_PXE. My goal=20 > >> >> >> > is to use pxeboot (iPXE) to boot the node entirely=20 > > into RAM=20 > >> > with=20 > >> >> > rootfs. What I=20 > >> >> >> > got now is an installation screen which requires a=20 > > local=20 > >> > storage. My=20 > >> >> > system has=20 > >> >> >> > no disk and this doesn't quite work for me.=20 > >> >> >> >>=20 > >> >> >> >> What's are the kernel parameters I need=20 > > to use to=20 > >> > boot the=20 > >> >> > node into=20 > >> >> >> > RAM automatically? I am OK as the first step with=20 > > a=20 > >> > stateless node.=20 > >> >> >> >=20 > >> >> >> > Hey David, > >> >> >> >=20 > >> >> >> > the stateless mode is currently not completely=20 > > working with=20 > >> > oVirt > >> >> >> > Engine. That means a Node needs to be approved=20 > > each time it=20 > >> > boots into > >> >> >> > the stateless mode. > >> >> >> > The stateless mode can be entered by appending=20 > > stateless to=20 > >> > the=20 > >> >> > default > >> >> >> > kernel arguments. > >> >> >> >=20 > >> >> >> > Greetings > >> >> >> > fabian > >> >> >> >=20 > >> >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >=20 =20 =20 =20 =20

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