[clug] Automated install and maintenance

[Ahmed El Zein]

That sounds a lot like System Imager
[http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page]
any reason you didn't use it?

Ahmed

 <Michael.James at csiro.au> wrote on 4 Jun 2007, 11:06 AM:
Subject: Re: [clug] Automated install and maintenance
>On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 02:49:30 pm Andrew Janke wrote:
>
>> I have used FAI and cfengine to install and maintain clusters and
>> distributed groups of workstations for some time and given that I am
>> doing it all over again, I am interested to hear others thoughts on
>> the matter.
>>
>> I typically use a combination of debian and Ubuntu but in times gone
>> past have also added SGI and Sun machines into the mix.
>>
>> What I ideally want is a simple method whereby I can install a machine
>> using some CD or PXE netboot boot install (think FAI or seeded Ubuntu
>> install CD) and then maintain the following things:
>>
>>    1) config files
>>    2) users and passwords
>>    3) packages
>>    4) Applications (Sun grid engine, etc)
>
>I looked at package based automatic installs,
> and it didn't handle the configuration changes
> without all the uglyness of creating scripts
> to do what was already done to the model machine.
>
>So I wrote my own cluster-node-duplicator called cloneboot.
>
>It uses the initrd stage of booting to partition the disk
> and rsync in the model machine. Then it sets hostname 
> and any other node customization and booting procedes.
>Since it works simply by copying the hard disk
> it copes with configuration files and custom installed (non-packaged)
>apps.
>It assumes the model machine is on identical hardware!
>
>Nodes can be updated or re-synced to the master
> just by pushing the reset button.
>
>It allows for booting  (master nodes),
> nuking (full re-partition and file system creation)
> fsck (file system check and re-sync)
> and copy (re-sync to master).
>
>It uses DHCP, PXE, TFTP and NFS
>
>I use it on SuSE linux and it's a series of scripts,
> and a patch to the mkinitrd script to start them.
>
>You're welcome to use it if it fits your needs...
>
>michaelj
>
>PS: Nodes can be updated or re-synced to the master
> just by pushing the reset button.
>It allows for booting  (master nodes),
> nuking (full re-partition and file system creation)
> fsck (file system check and re-sync)
> and copy (re-sync to master).
> 
>
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