We have a small pool of DHCP IP addresses for use only in the build
process. This is our process:
1. We boot the servers from PXE network boot
2. They get one of the temporary IPs
3. They start a CentOS network install using a kickstart file with the
bare minimum of packages selected, including puppet
4. The last stage of the kickstart is to set puppet running
5. At this stage, human intervention is required to authorise the new
machine in puppetca. I'm aware that it is possible to have this step
done automatically, but it can be a security risk.
6. Once the server is authorised in puppet, it receives a basic "common"
config from puppet, which gives it the proper static IP that it should
have, disables DHCP, sets the hostname, sets up NTP, etc.
7. From now on, it's dead easy to use puppet to install and configure
everything else.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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Jonathan Gazeley
Systems Support Specialist
ResNet | Wireless & VPN Team
IT Services
University of Bristol
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On 22/02/11 15:47, David Kavanagh wrote:
I'm about to start playing with Kickstart. I never really had to
provision bare servers beyond a normal OS install, so I need something
to use along with Puppet. Is there a general consensus on what the best
option is?
I'd need to set up the node with IP/hostname/role. (I have a custom fact
for role). I figured I'd simply ssh in to write the role file, but if
I'd rather not use dhcp, I suppose I'll need to get the network
interface configured in another way. What do folks generally do here?
David
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