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

[Fabian Deutsch]

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
> >