I know this doesn’t cover al possible methods of net-booting, but might be a good start.Īnyway, I hope that this can be a base for someone in order to make the necessary changes in the Foreman/Katello. With this setup I was able to provision my test-host Ubuntu 20.04.3 these 2 files should have permission 644.In order to have the content I did a preview of the new provisioning template linked to the host. create the user-data file which contains the cloud-init autoinstall configuration.Īs described above it will contain the content of the new provisioning template with content of the snippet netplan_setup and the config of partitioning table.create meta-data file which may contain always the same like:.cd /var/www/html/pub/preseed/autoinstall//.mkdir /var/www/html/pub/preseed/autoinstall//.When applying build server in Foreman the new PXElinux template generates a new file in /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg with following content: DEFAULT linux autoinstallĪPPEND ip=dhcp url= autoinstall ds=nocloud-net s= root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=1500000 fsck.mode=skipīacause Foreman, correct me if I’m wrong, can not generate the new files meta-data and user-data in /pub/preseed/autoinstall/ I created them manually: Creating Operating System “Ubuntu 20.04” pointing to the new installation media and linking the new partioning table and template(s).create new installtion media “Ubuntu 20 ISO” in Foreman with path “ and Family “Debian”.Īnd of course linked to the necessary location(s) and organization(s).The user-data is the combination of new provisioning template and the new partition table. create a new location where the necessary cloud-init files meta-data and user-data should be provided.snippet preseed_netplan_generic_interface that configures the ipv4 and ipv6 for each interface if configured, wich is used by the snippet preseed_netplan_setup.snippet preseed_netplan_setup in order to configure the network config configured for the host (bonds, bridges, vlans, and normal interfaces, which is used in the new provisioning template.provisioning template using the new cloud-init format.preseed pxelinux using the correct config for cloud-init autoinstall.created a new partition table template using the cloud-init format.mount the iso to /mnt in order to copy necessary files needed for correct PXE-booting:.Mkdir -p /var/www/html/pub/installation_media/ISOĬd /var/www/html/pub/installation_media/ISO

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