[Maas-devel] Lifecycle of a node - documentation - 1st draft

[Michael Hughes]

What timing! I added this method to the MAAS instructions yesterday ;-)

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On May 24, 2012 12:40 PM, "Francis J. Lacoste" <
francis.lacoste at canonical.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 12-05-24 04:30 AM, Jeroen Vermeulen wrote:
> > «You can also manually add a node, as an anonymous user (without being
> > logged in to the MAAS). You can do this by booting up the ubuntu
> > installer from the node itself, using the server CD or a USB stick.»
> >
> >
> > Two things in software engineering are hard, they say: cache
> > invalidation and naming things.  Is there some clearer term than
> > “manual” for this?  It's hard to come up with terms that don't depend on
> > one's point of view.  I could imagine the manual process losing its
> > menial nature, e.g. if we choose implement the same process using
> > network boots, so that a node would enlist itself after you just hook it
> > up and turn it on.  Then suddenly, the Add Node procedure might be the
> > one that looked “manual”!
>
> This is actually implemented. If you PXE boot a node with maas-dhcp
> installed, the default boot profile is the enlisment one.
>
> So you can enlist many machines by:
>
> * Configure them to PXE boot.
> * PXE boot them to enlist
> * Approve the nodes in the web UI
> * Nodes will be commissioned on the next reboot (which might happen
> automatically, if Wake-on-lan is supported and configured on the machines).
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Francis J. Lacoste
> francis.lacoste at canonical.com
>
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