Hi Wolfgang,thanks for your mail on this! Highly appreciated. Same about your work you do for Debian Edu!!!
On Sa 05 Aug 2017 14:11:02 CEST, Wolfgang Schweer wrote:
On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 05:30:32AM +0000, Mike Gabriel wrote:Package: debian-edu-install Severity: wishlist The observation when setting up a TJENER (main server profile) is that (a) netinst tries to configure/find its uplink via DHCP (b) our network gateway (10.0.0.1) must not run a DHCP server during normal operation So when installing a TJENER from netinst, the hack is: (a) set up a gateway, with 10.0.0.1 on the "internal" side (b) enable a DHCP server o 10.0.0.1 (c) install TJENER from netinst, IP config is obtained from DHCP (d) reboot TJENER when installation succeeded (e) disable DHCP server on 10.0.0.1 (gateway) (f) after reboot of TJENER, it takes over being the DHCP server[..]Comments? Feedback?Here's how I'm doing testing (netinst ISO image): Case 1: A dedicated Debian Edu gateway is already available on the network (so DHCP isn't available). As soon as DHCP configuration fails, use manual network configuration if installing a system with the 'Main-Server' profile. Set IP: 10.0.2.2, netmask: 255.0.0.0, gateway: 10.0.0.1, name server: 8.8.8.8
So, we could actually do this automatically, after main-server has bee selected, right? That's the thought in mind regarding this bug report.
We techies can configure network setups all fine, but the idea behind Debian Edu D-I is to minimize the manual interactions.
Only issue is that we move the order around a bit.So, one approach could be to move the profile selection dialog to a place before the network setup. Well... if consesus is reached, I could put that on my $LIST.
Case 2: Some NATed network (with DHCP) is available.
(1) Set up the Debian Edu gateway using the 'Minimal' profile like
outlined in the manual; see
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/Requirements
Holger already suggested yesterday, to add a gateway profile to the Debian Edu profile list. Not seeing the docs, and how simple it is to manipulate the minimal profile, I'd say: let's go for that.
(2) Set up the main server on the network connected to the gateway's
eth1 interface just like in case 1.
So, what do we think about this: * add gateway installation profile * move the profile selection dialog before the network setup ? Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby mobile: +49 (1520) 1976 148 landline: +49 (4354) 8390 139 GnuPG Fingerprint: 9BFB AEE8 6C0A A5FF BF22 0782 9AF4 6B30 2577 1B31 mail: mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de
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