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

[David Li]

Hi Fabian,

Everytime the ovirt node boots up, it adds a route entry that I have to manually remove. Otherwise it messed up my routing. 
 How do I modify the boot scripts to automatically remove it?


----- Original Message -----
> From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand at redhat.com>
> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 7:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically?
> 
> Am Montag, den 28.10.2013, 07:42 -0700 schrieb David Li:
>> 
>>  Hi Fabian,
>> 
>>  Yes rootpwd worked too! Thanks.
>> 
>>  Two new problems:
>> 
>>  But I found there is no networking for the stateless node.
>>  What kernel boot options are used to either use DHCP  or statically 
> configure the IP address for an interface on the node?
>> 
>>  I also need to have the sshd enabled. Is there a kernel option for that?
> 
> Hey David,
> 
> here you can find all the supported boot params in ovirt node:
> http://gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb?p=ovirt-node.git;a=blob;f=scripts/ovirt-init-functions.sh.in;h=c4280caefb89c77afc1e8bec8c925aa7f3039733;hb=HEAD#l214
> 
> Greetings
> fabian
> 
>>  David
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  > From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand at redhat.com>
>>  > To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>  > Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>  > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 9:10 AM
>>  > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory 
> automatically?
>>  > 
>>  > Am Freitag, den 25.10.2013, 08:57 -0700 schrieb David Li:
>>  >>  Hi Fabian,
>>  >> 
>>  >>  That kernel option worked for me!  The node is booted up in RAM. 
> Thanks!
>>  >> 
>>  >>  My next question is:
>>  >> How do I specify the root login and passwd as boot parameters? 
>>  > 
>>  > Hey David.
>>  > 
>>  > Nice that it worked! Were you able to register to the Engine?
>>  > 
>>  > You can use the adminpw= and rootpw= kernel arguments to set 
> passwords.
>>  > use
>>  > $ openssl passwd -salt 42
>>  > to create one or two passwords
>>  > 
>>  > Greetings
>>  > fabian
>>  > 
>>  >>  David
>>  >> 
>>  >> 
>>  >> 
>>  >> 
>>  >>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  >>  > From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand at redhat.com>
>>  >>  > To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
>>  >>  > Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
>>  >>  > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:47 PM
>>  >>  > Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory 
>>  > automatically?
>>  >>  > 
>>  >>  > Am Donnerstag, den 24.10.2013, 16:26 -0700 schrieb David Li:
>>  >>  >>  Hi,
>>  >>  >> 
>>  >>  >>  I was following the instructions at 
>>  > http://www.ovirt.org/Node_PXE. My goal 
>>  >>  > is to use pxeboot (iPXE) to boot the node entirely into RAM 
> with 
>>  > rootfs. What I 
>>  >>  > got now is an installation screen which requires a local 
> storage. My 
>>  > system has 
>>  >>  > no disk and this doesn't quite work for me. 
>>  >>  >> 
>>  >>  >>  What's are the kernel parameters I need to use to 
> boot the 
>>  > node into 
>>  >>  > RAM automatically?  I am OK as the first step with a 
> stateless node. 
>>  >>  > 
>>  >>  > Hey David,
>>  >>  > 
>>  >>  > the stateless mode is currently not completely working with 
> oVirt
>>  >>  > Engine. That means a Node needs to be approved each time it 
> boots into
>>  >>  > the stateless mode.
>>  >>  > The stateless mode can be entered by appending stateless to 
> the 
>>  > default
>>  >>  > kernel arguments.
>>  >>  > 
>>  >>  > Greetings
>>  >>  > fabian
>>  >>  > 
>>  > 
>