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On jeu. 20 juil. 08:42:09 2017, Grant wrote: |
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> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at SoftLayer: |
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> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server |
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> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" |
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> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option |
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> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. |
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> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN |
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> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM |
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> viewer". |
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> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that |
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> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been |
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> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. |
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Hi, |
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Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, |
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some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. |
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alarig |
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