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149 lines
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# Installation
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# Example Installation
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In this section we describe the deployment of a new server from
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scratch.
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All the operations will be performed using `bob`, the command-line
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client for interacting with `sysdb`.
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The informations we need are:
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- the server name: `logging-ra.psi.ch`
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- the server MAC address: `23:3d:ef:33:11:22`
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- optional static or dynamic IP: `static` (RHEL7 & RHEL8 only)
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- the OS installer: `rhel8install`
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- the server role: `role::logging_server`
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- optional the server environment in puppet: `prod`
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- the sysdb deployment environment: `daas`
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- optional the group inside the sysdb environment (`default` if not specified): `logging`
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- optional the subgroup inside the group: `collector`
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## Setting up bob
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The `bob` tool is already set up on `lxsup.psi.ch`. You might connect with `ssh` and use it from there.
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Altenatively you many have on your workstation a local copy of `bob`. This can be done by installing the RPM from the pli-misc repository - https://repos.psi.ch/rhel8/latest/pli-misc/
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You might need to set a `PSI_BOB_USER` environment variable (`export PSI_BOB_USER=<you-name-it>`) or use the option `--user` if your local user is different from the one on sysdb.
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## Sysdb configuration
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We add the node to the environment, specifing `netboot` as
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the boot action
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```bash
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bob node add logging-ra.psi.ch daas netboot
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```
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We setup its MAC address:
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```bash
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bob node add-mac logging-ra.psi.ch 23:3d:ef:33:11:22
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```
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Next decide how the IP address is configured (`dhcp` or `static`):
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```bash
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bob node set-attr logging-ra.psi.ch network=static
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```
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And which installer is used:
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```bash
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bob node set-attr logging-ra.psi.ch ipxe_installer=rhel8install
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```
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And we finally setup the puppet role and puppet environment:
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```bash
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bob node set-attr logging-ra.psi.ch puppet_role=role::log_server
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bob node set-attr logging-ra.psi.ch puppet_env=prod
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bob node set-attr logging-ra.psi.ch puppet_group=logging
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bob node set-attr logging-ra.psi.ch puppet_subgroup=collector
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```
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## Example
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Full example:
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```bash
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bob node add lx-test-02.psi.ch lx netboot
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bob node add-mac lx-test-02 00:50:56:9d:19:76
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bob node set-attr lx-test-02.psi.ch ipxe_installer=rhel8install puppet_role=role::server
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bob node netboot lx-test-02.psi.ch
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bob node list -v lx-test-02
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```
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Ensure that a potential previous puppet certificate for this server is deleted on the puppet server: https://puppet.psi.ch
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## Special Settings
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### Custom Kernel Commandline Arguments
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For custom kernel commandline arguments for the installer (e.g. to provide drivers) the sysdb attribute `kernel_cmdline` can be used:
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```bash
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bob node set-attr lx-test-02.psi.ch kernel_cmdline=inst.dd=https://linuxsoft.cern.ch/elrepo/dud/el8/x86_64/dd-megaraid_sas-07.725.01.00-1.el8_9.elrepo.iso
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```
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### Custom Partitioning
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Please check out the [Partitioning page](partitioning).
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Linux systems are generally deployed using PXE and Kickstart. We use iPXE, which
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can retrieve its configuration via HTTP(S) and therefore gives us a lot of
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flexibility, because the iPXE configuration can be generated on the fly with the
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specific settings needed by the booting client. In the same way the Kickstart
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configuration for the RHEL installer is auto-generated.
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The information used for generating the iPXE and Kickstart configurations is
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stored in the sysdb (see below). The sysdb is accessible through a web api, and
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a command line client is available.
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When PXE boot is not an option, e.g. in restricted networks, it is possible to
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start iPXE from a USB stick or other media.
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The general process for a deployment/installation is:
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1. Register the system with sysdb (only for new systems).
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2. Tell sysdb to perform an installation on the next boot.
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3. Reboot the system and trigger a PXE boot (usually by pressing F12 during
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POST).
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The easiest way to interact with sysdb is to use `bob`, a command-line client, set up ready to use on `lxsup.psi.ch`.
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Alternatively it is possible to use the web API directly.
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First, add the new node:
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```bash
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bob node add $FQDN $ENV netboot
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```
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To be able to PXE boot we need to configure at least one MAC address for the new
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node:
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```bash
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bob node add-mac $FQDN 00:50:56:aa:fe:9b
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```
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Finally we need to configure the installer to use, and the Puppet-related
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parameters:
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```bash
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bob node set-attr $FQDN ipxe_installer=rhel8install
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bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_role=role::server
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```
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and optional:
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```bash
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bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_group=cluster
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bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_subgroup=compute
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bob node set-attr $FQDN network=static
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bob node set-attr $FQDN puppet_env=prod
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```
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## Redeployment
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After the initial installation the boot mode has been reset from netboot to local so it will then always boot from the local disk. For a redeployment the netboot needs to be set anew (on UEFI based systems netboot also needs to be always selected by the UEFI menu)):
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```
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bob node netboot $FQDN
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```
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