[Maas-devel] Are nodes aware of MAAS?

[Graham Binns]

On 10 July 2014 11:10, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Would not be a bad idea to record enough information for the node (or
> software running on the node) to talk back to MAAS. For example, a
> unique shared key (readable only by root) together with the MAAS
> location and API version.
>
> This would allow, for example, the machine to update MAAS hardware
> database without a reboot cycle.

We're planning to do something exactly like this as part of the node
lifecycle / robustness work. It will allow nodes to phone home to MAAS
in order to confirm that (say) the installation process completed
successfully and they're now available for use.