We do the admin node install on our Dell servers via the iDRAC interfaces. We installed the Dell OpenManage Linux tools, on our Ubuntu server, via an /etc/apt/sources.list entry of:
# Dell racadm/etc. utilities deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/deb/latest / Then scripted the use of the "racadm" and "vmcli" utility to set the Virtual CD/DVD bootonce option, attach an ISO across the network via the iDRAC interface, then kick the machine in the go-nads. It reboots off the ISO image and does the install. We re-mastered the ISO with our network information, so the install is completely unattended. Attached is a basic shell script we use to do this. If it doesn't come through on the list - just ping me offline, and I'll happily forward it on if anyone is interested. ~~shane P.S. This assumes you are using Dell hardware with an iDRAC interface ... :) > -----Original Message----- > From: crowbar-boun...@dell.com [mailto:crowbar-boun...@dell.com] On > Behalf Of wayne_al...@dell.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 9:02 AM > To: j...@uab.edu; crow...@lists.us.dell.com > Subject: Re: [Crowbar] crowbar 1.6 mesa iso in virtualbox > > John-Paul, > > Thanks so much for the detailed response! I will look into this issue this > afternoon and hopefully post a useful response as soon as I can. > > I will say that I, too, get the apparmor error during install, but that it > does not > prevent my admin node from booting. I can ssh into the admin node to start > the crowbar install process. I use the host-only adaptors in creating my VMs, > and assign a 192.168.124.7 IP to my laptop that I use to connect (ssh) to the > admin node (via the File->Preferences->Network menu selection in the VM > manager interface.) > > Wayne > > -----Original Message----- > From: crowbar-bounces On Behalf Of John-Paul Robinson > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:08 AM > To: crowbar > Subject: Re: [Crowbar] crowbar 1.6 mesa iso in virtualbox > > Thanks for the feedback. > > It appears there were two problems that instigated my post: > > 1. confusion on how the crowbar admin node gets installed 2. a bug during > the admin node install that causes the reboot to fail > > On item 1, the wiki instructions suggested that the admin node gets installed > by attaching a laptop-hosted VM to the admin node and PXE > booting the physical admin node off this VM. I was attempting to use > the crowbar iso image to create that laptop-hosted installer VM. > > It appears, however, that the admin node is directly created by booting from > the crowbar iso image. So, I actually had an imaged Crowbar admin node in > my VM after booting from this iso. > > On item 2, the problem with the console coming up after the ISO install > completes and the VM reboots appears to be a bug during the install of the > ISO. > > The apparmor package looks like it's not installing successfully during the > iso > boot+install which results in a missing /lib/apparmor/functions file. When > the admin node reboots after the install, the missing file aborts the boot > process and leaves the admin node inaccessible (blank console and no SSH > access). > > I've documented a work around, where I attach the installed image to a > CentOS live image, chroot to the mounted subsystem, and reinstall apparmor > manually > > https://dev.uabgrid.uab.edu/ticket/227#comment:2 > > This is workaround is fine for me, at least during dev. > > I am a little confused on item one about the difference of the documented > install process. If the booting of the ISO now causes the admin node to get > installed, that suggests I'll need an external boot device (cdrom or usb) > attached to my physical admin node instead of the documented laptop- > hosted VM from which the admin node PXE boots. > > Is this interpretation of a new approach to the admin node install correct? > > Any thoughts on why I'm hitting an apparmor install problem during the iso > install? > > Thanks, > > ~jpr > > > On 08/26/2013 01:32 PM, wayne_al...@dell.com wrote: > > John-Paul, > > > > This is common in a virtual box install. I'm don't know why the > > console is unavailable. I ssh to the node and run the install script > > remotely (/opt/dell/bin/install-crowbar admin.whatever.org) > > > > I configure my vm admin node to have 8 Gig of mem, two processors, and 24 > Gig storage. > > > > Hope this helps... > > > > Wayne > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: crowbar-bounces On Behalf Of John-Paul Robinson > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:41 AM > > To: crowbar > > Subject: [Crowbar] crowbar 1.6 mesa iso in virtualbox > > > > Hello > > > > In preparation for upgrading our physical servers from Essex to > > Grizzly, I'm trying to test the crowbar 1.6 iso > > (crowbar-mesa-1.6_openstack-os-build.3508.dev.iso) in a VirtualBox > environment to build an admin node and test a simple compute/storage > node config. > > > > I've created a 1GB VM (called crowbar-iso) attached to an internal network > and seem to be able to successfully boot the ISO. It goes through an > automatic install process that appears to image the VM ending with a > somewhat length "preseed" install step. That's the last thing I can observe > the > VM doing. > > > > After this step the VM console turns to black and I expect the login prompt > from step 11 of http://crowbar.github.io/docs/getting-started/install-admin- > node.html to show up. The console stays dark though. > > > > I've attempted to restart the VM and it seems to boot from the disk, > without the crowbar iso attached. At least, there is no error about not > finding an OS. From what I can tell, this is a CentOS image but I can't seem > to > "access" it any way like alt consoles or such. > > > > Should I expect this iso to be functional? Is there some system requirement > that would prevent the login prompt from appearing, like a min ram? > > > > My goal is to get the crowbar-iso VM operational and the attach my > crowbar-admin VM to the same internal network and bootstrap the system > this way. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > ~jpr > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Crowbar mailing list > > Crowbar@dell.com > > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar > > For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Crowbar mailing list > Crowbar@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar > For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Crowbar mailing list > Crowbar@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar > For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/
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