> > > > > > So the immediate project that jumps to mind is Cobbler, but there > > > > are licensing issues with inclusion. > > > > Razor itself is nice and looks fascinating, but it boots a Linux > > > > image for initial inventory - is that a problem? (Same problem as > > > > PING) > > > > http://puppetlabs.com/blog/introducing-razor-a-next-generation-pro > > > > vi si oning-solution/ I suppose we could not ship the bootable > > > > image, but that seems a bit broken. > > Yes Razor is apache2, and we expect to open source Razor image soon.
That's great. is there any timeline for this? > > > > I think it is more or less inevitable that the user/cloud installer > > > has to do a bit more then just run "install my cloud on this cluster". > > > However, I do not see this an an issue for the project. This is > > > where "integrators" can differentiate themselves. What the project > > > should provide is god documentation about the setup, and the things > > > that need to be in the rudimentary PXE boot image that gets shipped > > > to the box on which the cloud node is to be installed. This doc > > > should also contain the configuration of the rudimentary image. > > > > > > Regardless of the licensing issue, I don't think the project would > > > want to ship such a rudimentary image. > > The Razor image build process will be opensource and documented to allow > users to build their own custom image based on tinycore Linux, so it will be > more flexible than the current solution which is here's the ISO file. > > Thanks, > > Nan
