On Tue, 2024-06-04 at 12:08 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > > > > > > Jiri Konecny <jkone...@redhat.com> writes: > > > Hi, the only change should be that you will change "vnc --connect" > > with the new API we will provide and also use RDP as your client > > instead of VNC. > > Thanks. I don't particularly care about VNC itself; I just wanted to > make sure that it was known that someone does use "--connect" to do a > "client-initiated" display connection. > > Off topic, I know, but what I really wish existed was some kind of > deployment console. Early in the kickstart process, the machine > being > installed would contact a server, pass hardware info and wait. I think we already send some (configurable) identifier when talking to DHCP [0], which could be used to forward a matching kickstart to the machine. I'm not sure but we might even do something similar in the call trying to fetch the kickstart over network ?
[0] https://anaconda-installer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boot-options.html#inst-dhcpclass Not the same thing you suggest, but close. And of course I guess one could generate specific images with Image Builder with the right kickstart baked in. > The > server would pass back the rest of the kickstart file (after > potentially > getting admin input) and the installation would continue. Output > would > be logged in a way that the server can present to the admin, and > potentially the graphical (or perhaps the text) UI could be passed > through. > > Years ago I had hacked something implementing a little of this which > just worked in %pre but it ended up being less useful than the system > I > use now. And really, I don't think that deployments like mine (maybe > a > couple hundred machines) are very common so there's probably no > point. > But it's an interesting problem to think about. > > - J< > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
