Re: FAI 3.3 released

>> - treat classes in package_config as logical "and" instead of "or" > As reported in #479537 [1]? This patch is included in experimental. Yes. But experimental and production use doesn't match up. >> - support zypper as an installation method > There is a request in #514160 [2]. Thomas asked

Re: FAI 3.3 released

> >> I've successfully updated our setup from 3.2.20 to 3.3. Had to update my > >> install_packages patch but apart from that everything runs fine without > >> a change. > > > Just curious: What kind of patch are you maintaining? Would it be worth to > > be included in mainline? > > - treat class

Re: FAI 3.3 released

>> I've successfully updated our setup from 3.2.20 to 3.3. Had to update my >> install_packages patch but apart from that everything runs fine without >> a change. > Just curious: What kind of patch are you maintaining? Would it be worth to > be included in mainline? - treat classes in package_co

Re: FAI 3.3 released

> hiya > > Another success story. > > I've successfully updated our setup from 3.2.20 to 3.3. Had to update my > install_packages patch but apart from that everything runs fine without a > change. > Just curious: What kind of patch are you maintaining? Would it be worth to be included in mainli

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hi Thomas, > > BTW: Is it possible to pre-install a linux system and adding > > it later to the FAI for updating and maintaining it? > It's possible, but I myself will always install my machines using > FAI. Then you have all information about how to rebuild your machine > in the conf

Re: FAI 3.3 released

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Joel Merrick a écrit : > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Grant Root > wrote: > > That's the solution I'm working on -- doing minimal setup with FAI and > then the rest of the configuration, including ongoin

Re: FAI 3.3 released

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Thomas Lange a écrit : > Hi FAI users, > > after several month of work, the new release of FAI version 3.3 is now > available. I've added serveral new options for following commands: > > fai-mirror: -a helps downloading packages from other arch

Re: FAI 3.3 released

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Joel Merrick wrote: > Well, the templating within Chef capability for a start. O.K., i probably have to check it out. For FAI, somebody documeted an approach for configfile-templating in the Wiki - basically, templating in FAI is possible with everything from sed

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hi Again, On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:22:30 +0100 Henning Sprang wrote: > Hi Joel, > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Joel Merrick > wrote: > > Exactly the same here... only with Chef[1], rather than Puppet > > > > [1] http://www.opscode.com/chef > > Do you have some information on the difference

Re: FAI 3.3 released

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Stephan Hermann wrote: > > Actually we are doing this: > > 1. Minimal Deployment of Ubuntu/Debian with FAI > (OS, IPs, snmpd, puppetclient) > 2. After reboot into the production ready host, > puppetclient fires up and does the rest of configuration management,

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hi, On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:22:30 +0100 Henning Sprang wrote: > Hi Joel, > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Joel Merrick > wrote: > > Exactly the same here... only with Chef[1], rather than Puppet > > > > [1] http://www.opscode.com/chef > > Do you have some information on the differences(pro

Re: FAI 3.3 released

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Henning Sprang wrote: > Hi Joel, > Hi! > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Joel Merrick > wrote: > > Exactly the same here... only with Chef[1], rather than Puppet > > > > [1] http://www.opscode.com/chef > > Do you have some information on the differences(pros

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hi Joel, On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Joel Merrick wrote: > Exactly the same here... only with Chef[1], rather than Puppet > > [1] http://www.opscode.com/chef Do you have some information on the differences(pros and cons) of managing configurations with FAI softupdate versus Chef? I have so

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Thomas Lange wrote: > after several month of work, the new release of FAI version 3.3 is now > available. Wooh! :-) Great, thanks for your hard work Thomas and Michael! Cheers, Robert

Re: FAI 3.3 released

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Grant Root wrote: > That's the solution I'm working on -- doing minimal setup with FAI and > then the rest of the configuration, including ongoing changes, with > Puppet. So far it seems like a good approach. > > Exactly the same here... only with Chef[1], rather

Re: FAI 3.3 released

> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:51:21 +0100, Dirk Geschke said: > Is it save to do an upgrade without having too much trouble? You should read the NEWS file and maybe have a look at the Changelog file. > BTW: Is it possible to pre-install a linux system and adding > it later to the

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hello, just my 2c: > > The reason is quite simple: It is a server with a complete > > different layout of the filesystem, using xfs and some other > > special settings. But it would be much easier if we can use > > fai to keep the system up-to-date... > > That works perfectly

Re: FAI 3.3 released

On 3 Nov 2009 at 22:55, Philipp Grau wrote: > Currently I am evaluating bfcg2 and puppet, both the next generation > cfengine to be. The Idea is to install a base system with preseeding > and let bcfg2/puppet do the rest. The outcome should be a simple (quick) > rollout, a consistent configuration

Re: FAI 3.3 released

> Hello, > > just my 2c: > > > > The reason is quite simple: It is a server with a complete > > > different layout of the filesystem, using xfs and some other > > > special settings. But it would be much easier if we can use > > > fai to keep the system up-to-date... > > > >

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hi Thomas, fine :-)) Is it save to do an upgrade without having too much trouble? BTW: Is it possible to pre-install a linux system and adding it later to the FAI for updating and maintaining it? The reason is quite simple: It is a server with a complete different layout of the f

Re: FAI 3.3 released

> Hi Thomas, > > fine :-)) > > Is it save to do an upgrade without having too much trouble? > > BTW: Is it possible to pre-install a linux system and adding > it later to the FAI for updating and maintaining it? > > The reason is quite simple: It is a server with a complete > dif

Re: FAI 3.3 released

Hi Michael, > > BTW: Is it possible to pre-install a linux system and adding > > it later to the FAI for updating and maintaining it? > > > > The reason is quite simple: It is a server with a complete > > different layout of the filesystem, using xfs and some other > > special

Re: FAI 3.3 released

On 3 Nov 2009 at 15:27, Thomas Lange wrote: > after several month of work, the new release of FAI version 3.3 is now > available. Congratulations! -- Grant Root IT Supervisor, Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc. ~ Randomly-Selected Thought for the Day ~ "I do not understand a mind which sees a