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36 lines
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# Console Installation
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## Overview
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A console is a multi user system (ideally running on standard hardware) with a graphical desktop. The individual users do not have admin rights on the system and all configuration and packages must be deployed by puppet (ensuring reproducibility and fast re-installation in case of hardware failures, etc.)
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Consoles are, for example, used at experimental stations, beamlines, endstations.
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The standard naming of a console is: __<group>-cons-<two digit number>__
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Due to various reasons these systems __must__ have a static IP assigned.
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## Installation Workflow
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1. Register a static ip in https://qip.psi.ch/qip for the console
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2. Create the necessary bob entries for the machine:
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```bash
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bob node add <your-console.psi.ch> <hiera environment without "data-"> netboot
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bob node add-mac <your-console.psi.ch> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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bob node set-attr <your-console.psi.ch> network=static
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bob node set-attr <your-console.psi.ch> ipxe_installer=rhel8install
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bob node set-attr <your-console.psi.ch> puppet_role=role::console
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bob node set-attr <your-console.psi.ch> puppet_env=prod
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bob node set-attr <your-console.psi.ch> puppet_group=default # replace default if needed
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# Optional
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bob node set-attr <your-console.psi.ch> puppet_subgroup=collector
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```
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3. Create a host specific file (`<your-console.psi.ch>.yaml`) in the respective hiera repository/directory with the following content:
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```yaml
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networking::setup: auto_static_ip
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```
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4. Ensure that the UEFI/BIOS is set to netboot
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5. Kickstart the machine |