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On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:24:13PM -1000, Gavin Seo wrote: |
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> Does anyone have any documentation/guides on how to setup a automated |
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> deployment server? I currently want to install gentoo on 30 nodes, I have |
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> an existing machine running gentoo that has identical hardware to the 30 |
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> nodes that need gentoo system installed. If anyone has experience in |
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> setting up a deployment server, it would be greatly appreciated if you |
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> would share your experience. |
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I have some experience on a quite similar field. The entire network is using |
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the same DHCP server; when the system boots from the network (which is only |
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allowed with the appropriate credentials af course) a small Linux image is |
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downloaded and started. |
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That image fires up the machine, connects to a PartImage server and places |
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an image on the file system. The image itself is not tied to a particular |
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host as all configuration specific to the system is obtained from LDAP or |
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otherwise. |
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However, due to the lack of PartImage development speed, I am contemplating |
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on developing something more robust and flexible, so I am also interested in |
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hearing from others... |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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