New FAI repository Key

2014-01-30 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi, Since some days, I cannot update my apt-repos anymore, because of problems with the FAI-key: W: GPG error: http://fai-project.org wheezy Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG DC13E54EAB9B66FD Thomas Lange I just downloaded and added Thomas' new FAI repo key to my trust

Re: New FAI repository Key

2014-02-03 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Thanks a lot! Now it works again! Regards René On 02/03/2014 02:30 PM, Thomas Lange wrote: On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:01:13 +0100, René Bleisch said: > W: GPG error: http://fai-project.org wheezy Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG DC13E54EAB9B66FD Thomas Lange So

Re: FAI 4.1 released

2014-02-10 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Just a comment to the new release. As I perfromed a softupdate on all my clients, the FAI-client was also updated to 4.1 on each client. In the following, I ran into problems, because "task_finish" is now also executed during softupdates (see also changelog). In my case, I have a hook-script "

Re: Multiarch nfsroot for multiarch install?

2014-02-20 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi, I use multi-arch support since quite some time and never got error or warning messages. Thats my script: echo "Enable multiarch support" $ROOTCMD dpkg --add-architecture i386 $ROOTCMD apt-get update $ROOTCMD apt-get install -y --force-yes ia32-libs echo "Install Ado

Change or bug in "file"-command evtl. messed-up "fai-do-scripts" execution

2014-03-21 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
FS_CLIENT/10-create-directories has unsupported type awk script, ASCII text". - Does anyone also have this problem? - Does anyone have a solution? (I will also try to find one by myself) Regards René Bleisch

Re: Change or bug in "file"-command evtl. messed-up "fai-do-scripts" execution

2014-03-21 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
pt, ASCII text executable (2) Could it be something specific in your script? Try deleting parts of the script (in a copy, of course) and see if "file" starts detecting correctly after some specific part of the script is gone. If you can show what exactly causes it, you may file a b

Re: Change or bug in "file"-command evtl. messed-up "fai-do-scripts" execution

2014-03-21 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi Robert, I was faster than you :-( (should have informed fai-mailing) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742262 Regards René On 03/21/2014 01:31 PM, Robert Schüttler wrote: * René Bleisch [2014-03-21 12:08]: Apparently, something went amiss with the linux "file&quo

Re: Change or bug in "file"-command evtl. messed-up "fai-do-scripts" execution

2014-03-21 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
sorry, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742265 (and you were a bit faster than me...) On 03/21/2014 01:49 PM, René Bleisch wrote: Hi Robert, I was faster than you :-( (should have informed fai-mailing) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742262 Regards René On

Re: Change or bug in "file"-command evtl. messed-up "fai-do-scripts" execution

2014-03-21 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Thanks a lot for your suggestion, this temporary fix also works for me! Regards René On 03/21/2014 01:41 PM, Ralf Utermann wrote: On 21.03.2014 13:10, René Bleisch wrote: Hi Toomas, Both PCs are wheezy (Linux ... 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux) "file"-versi

Re: linux-image-3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 dracut: FATAL: Don`t know how to handle root=/srv/fai/nfsroot

2014-04-25 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Just a comment: Today I wanted to install a new host (the first since one or two months), however I ended up with the same dracut error... It seems that now "nfs" is needed at the begin of the NFSROOT entry in nfsroot.conf, to get dracut to recognize the fai-server NFSROOT=*nfs:*phkup26:/srv/f

Re: linux-image-3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 dracut: FATAL: Don`t know how to handle root=/srv/fai/nfsroot

2014-04-25 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
up { server-name "kuppacific.unibe.ch"; next-server phkup26; use-host-decl-names on; filename "fai/pxelinux.0"; ... This worked for years with the old FAI-server On 04/25/2014 10:57 AM, Thomas Lange wrote: On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:13:35 +0200, René Bleisch

Re: linux-image-3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 dracut: FATAL: Don`t know how to handle root=/srv/fai/nfsroot

2014-04-25 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
. root=nfs:phkup26:/srv/fai/nfsroot in the tftp-file), ->hence I will stay with this until maybe the dracut guys fix the bug Regards René On 04/25/2014 01:49 PM, Thomas Lange wrote: On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:38:47 +0200, René Bleisch said: > dracut ? (where can I find this out?) It

FAI - server logging

2014-07-07 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
variable LOGDIR=xy in fai.conf and replace the hard-coded logfile-path in the code with $LOGDIR/fai-make-nfsroot.log Regards René Bleisch PS: I use fai 4.1 on wheezy

Re: FAI - server logging + FAI Ubuntu Trusty

2014-07-08 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
download"; also for Ubuntu 14.04/trusty? (I remember having heard something in former e-mails) Regards René On 07/07/2014 02:48 PM, Thomas Neumann wrote: On Monday 07 July 2014 11:05:11 René Bleisch wrote: I already have a FAI-server for my workstations (wheezy). Now I'm trying to se

Re: FAI - server logging + FAI Ubuntu Trusty

2014-07-21 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
/2014 10:39 AM, Thomas Lange wrote: On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:25:51 +0200, René Bleisch said: > I had quite some problems to solve: > - I had to chmod /srv/tftp/fai_ubuntu/initrd... from "-rw--"- to "-rw-r--r--" (seems to be a known problem) I;m windering

Re: use encryption+authentication during configuring clients?

2014-09-19 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
ct" template is used. I only have to enter the password at the beginning, then expect will automatically handle it for each parallel ssh-session. I hope this helps you Regards René Bleisch On 09/19/2014 12:37 PM, Jan Bredereke wrote: Dear FAI users, I am currently evaluating FAI and

Re: Updated installation instructions for Ubuntu

2014-09-19 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi Robert, I would appreciate it if you update the Wiki! I operate a wheezy FAI-server with wheezy workstations since quite some time. Additionaly I operate a couple of Ubuntu server machines (10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS). Now I plan to also automate the installation/configuration process

Re: Updated installation instructions for Ubuntu

2014-09-22 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi Robert, thanks a lot! I just went over your new wiki page. I will test it, when I find some time. Small note concerning problems with NFS v4 in NFS section: When switching my FAI server from Debian squeeze to wheezy, I had also much trouble with NFSv4 (exports, idmapd)... Finally I got it to

FAI - jessie / GDM3

2015-05-05 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
> Did anyone stumble over other maybe important jessie-related issues? Regards René -- Dr. René Bleisch University of Bern Climate and Environmental Physics Sidlerstr.5 3012 Bern Switzerland Phone: +41 31 631 34 02 Mail: blei...@climate.unibe.ch

Re: Recommendations regarding Debian Jessie and systemd?

2015-06-19 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi Dirk I'm also running several jessie-clients now without serious problems, I'm using dracut too. I dont see any "systemd-tmpfiles" messages in my syslogs. Just a question: are you trying to use "pure" systemd or both systemd and sys-v-init together? As far as I know, standard jessie uses both

Installing Ubuntu-Trusty Clients - bash shellshock issue?

2015-06-19 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Dear FAI-Users, today I installed an Ubuntu Trusty Client from my Debian/wheezy nfsroot (which I use for all Debian and Ubuntu clients). during the installation, suddenly some "/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `BASH_FUNC" errors where thrown. The installation seems to succed - th

Re: Installing Ubuntu-Trusty Clients - bash shellshock issue?

2015-06-19 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
On 06/19/2015 03:54 PM, Thomas Lange wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:09:38 +0200, René Bleisch >>>>>> said: > > today I installed an Ubuntu Trusty Client from my Debian/wheezy nfsroot > (which I use for all Debian and Ubuntu clients). >

Re: how does FAI know how to run debootstrap?

2015-06-30 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi John, FAI is missing a basefile ( /var/lib/fai/config/basefiles/CLASS.tgz ) You should create a basefile for Ubuntu vivid as described here: http://wiki.fai-project.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_Linux_with_FAI#Creating_the_basefile Regards René On 06/30/2015 04:30 PM, John G Heim wrote: > Durin

Problems with nfsroot if dhcp-server and fai-server are not the same

2015-06-30 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Good morning, I just stumbled over an already known problem, when I tried to install a host yesterday. The installation didn't even start because dracut tried to mount the nfsroot from my dhcp-server, which is not on the same machine as the fai-server machine ... This occured because I recently r

Re: Problems with nfsroot if dhcp-server and fai-server are not the same

2015-07-02 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi Thomas, thanks for your tipp with the template option of fai-chboot Really a useful tool - I didnt know it yet It seems to work with it Thanks a lot! René On 07/01/2015 11:43 AM, Thomas Lange wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:35:16 +0200, René Bleisch >>>>

Re: Automated Tests: Possible with shell scripts?

2016-04-14 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi Stefan, I'm using the test feature. If I understand you correctly, your script is named "/srv/fai/config/tests/BASE". This will not work, as "task_test" checks for class-wise folders with scripts in it (like "task_configure" does it in /srv/fai/config/scripts/). You have to create a folder f

read-only filesystem when installing - aufs missing

2016-08-02 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi, I just ran into problems when I tried to install a xenial client with my new xenial-config. The installation got stuck due to a read-only filesystem - similar to Erwanns (11.2.2016 "NFSROOT mounted on /") and Dirks case ( 27.5.2016 "no writeable /tmp on PXE-Boot..."). As in Erwanns case,

systemd - missing /etc/machine-id after installation

2017-01-12 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Hi, I just stumbled over a systemd/journald related problem which may also affect FAI installations. Some days ago, when booting a freshly installed PC (Debian jessie) for the first time, journald could not be started, which means there is no error logging at all: "systemd[1]: Failed to star

Re: systemd - missing /etc/machine-id after installation

2017-01-12 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
d sample config...) Maybe I should start to check your sample config scripts on a regular basis ;-) Regards René On 12.01.2017 15:37, Thomas Lange wrote: On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:31:00 +0100, René Bleisch said: > I just stumbled over a systemd/journald related problem which may also affect

FAI installation - problems with apt-https

2017-08-14 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
Dear all, I just had problems with a FAI-installation. Everything went ok until "task_repository". But then the "apt-get update" failed: Calling task_updatebase Updating base Ign file: KUP/ InRelease Get:1 file: KUP/ Release.gpg [490 B] Get:2 file: KUP/ Release [844 B] Ign file: KUP/ Translation-

Re: FAI installation - problems with apt-https

2017-08-16 Diskussionsfäden René Bleisch
has.de wrote: Hi, On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 11:42:11AM +0200, René Bleisch wrote: => does someone have a FAI-setup where apt-https is working during installations? yes, but we use debootstrap. => is the nfsroot even the right place to add packages which should already be installed before &quo