cookbook 'pxe_dust', '= 1.4.1'
pxe_dust
(20) Versions
1.4.1
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Configures local bootstrapping and installing operating systems via PXE booting.
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Description
This cookbook handles local bootstrapping and PXE booting life cycle with 3 recipes:
- server: Configures a tftpd server for serving Ubuntu and Debian installers over PXE.
- installers: Downloads the Chef full stack installers and writes out Chef bootstraps.
-
bootstrap_template: Builds a template for use with
knife
to take advantage of the locally mirrored content.
Requirements
Requires Chef 10.12 or later since it now uses the full-chef installer.
Platform:
Tested on:
- Ubuntu 10.04-12.04
- Debian 6.0
Cookbooks:
Required: apache2, tftp
Optional (recommended): apt (for recipe[apt::cacher-ng]
).
DO NOT USE chef-client::delete-validator
in conjunction with this cookbook, since it uses the validation.pem to help bootstrap new machines.
pxe_dust Data Bag
In order to manage configuration of machines registering themselves with their Chef Server or Opscode Hosted Chef, we will use the pxe_dust
data bag.
% knife data bag create pxe_dust
% knife data bag from file pxe_dust examples/default.json
Here is an example of the default.json:
{ "id": "default", "platform": "ubuntu", "arch": "amd64", "version": "12.04", "user": { "fullname": "Ubuntu", "username": "ubuntu", "crypted_password": "$6$Trby4Y5R$bi90k7uYY5ImXe5MWGFW9kel2BnMCcYO9EnwngTFIXKG2/nWcLKTJZ3verMFnpFbITI9.eHwZ.HR1UPeKbCAV1" } }
Here are currently supported options available for inclusion in the default.json
.:
-
platform
: OS platform for the installer, (ie. 'ubuntu' or 'debian'). -
arch
: Architecture of the netboot.tar.gz to use as the source of pxeboot images, default is 'amd64'. -
interface
: Which interface to install from, default is 'auto'. -
version
: Ubuntu version of the netboot.tar.gz to use as the source of pxeboot images and full stack clients, default is '12.04'. -
domain
: Default domain for nodes, default is none. -
boot_volume_size
: Size of the LVM boot volume to create, default is '30GB'. -
packages
: Additional operating system packages to add to the preseed file. -
run_list
: Run list for nodes, this value is NOT set as a default and will be passed to all boot types unless explicitly overwritten. -
environment
: Environment for nodes, this value is NOT set as a default and will be passed to all boot types unless explicitly overwritten. -
netboot_url
: URL of the netboot image to use for OS installation. -
bootstrap
: Optional additional bootstrapping configuration.http_proxy
: HTTP proxy, default is none.http_proxy_user
: HTTP proxy user, default is none.http_proxy_pass
: HTTP proxy pass, default is none.https_proxy
: HTTPS proxy, default is none. -
user
:crypted_password
: SHA512 password for the default user, default 'password'. This may be generated and added to the data bag.fullname
: Full name of the default user, default 'Ubuntu'.username
: Username of the default user, default 'ubuntu'. -
root
:crypted_password
: SHA512 password for the root user, default 'password'. This is used on Debian since Ubuntu does not have a root. -
external_preseed
: Direct pxeboot clients to an existing (unmanaged by pxe_dust) preseed file.
Additional data bag items may be used to support booting multiple operating systems. Examples of various Ubuntu and Debian installations are included in the examples
directory. Important to note is the use of the addresses
option to support tftp booting by MAC address (this is currently required for not using the default) and the explicit need for a run_list
and/or an environment
if one is to be provided.
Templates
pxelinux.cfg.erb
Sets the URL to the preseed file, architecture, the domain and which interfaces to use.
preseed.cfg.erb
The preseed file is full of opinions mostly exposed via attributes, you will want to update this. If there is a node providing an apt-cacher-ng caching proxy via recipe[apt::cacher-ng]
, it is provided in the preseed.cfg. The initial user and password is configured and any additional required packages may be added to the pxe_dust
data bag items. The preseed finishes by calling the chef-bootstrap
script.
chef-bootstrap.sh.erb
This is the preseed/late_command
that bootstraps the node with Chef via the full stack installer.
Recipes
default
The default recipe includes recipe pxe_dust::server
.
server
recipe[pxe_dust::server]
includes the apache2
, tftp::server
and pxe_dust::bootstrap_template
recipes.
The recipe does the following:
- Downloads the proper netboot.tar.gzs to boot from.
- Untars them to the
['tftp']['directory']
directory. - Instructs the installer prompt to automatically install.
- Passes the URL of the preseed.cfgs to the installer.
- Uses the preseed.cfg template to pass in any
apt-cacher-ng
caching proxies or other additional settings.
installers
Downloads the full stack installers listed in the pxe_dust
data bag and writes out the Chef bootstrap templates for the initial chef-client run connecting to the Chef server.
bootstrap_template
This recipe creates a bootstrap template that uses a local install.sh
that uses the cached full stack installers from the installers
recipe. It may then be downloaded from
http://NODE/pxedust.erb
and put in your .chef/bootstrap/
directory for use with knife
.
Usage
Add recipe[pxe_dust]
to a node's or role's run list. Create the pxe_dust
data bag and update the defaults.json
item before adding it.
On an Ubuntu system, the password can be generated by installing the mkpasswd
package and running:
mkpasswd -m sha-512
The default is the hash of the password ubuntu
, if you'd like to test. This must be set in the pxe_dust
data bag to a valid sha-512 hash of the password or you will not be able to log in.
This cookbook does not provide DHCP or bootp to listen for PXE boot requests, this URL will have to be provided by another cookbook or manually. The author had to do this manually on a DD-WRT router.
Side note, for DD-WRT bootp support this forum post was followed. The key syntax was
dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0,,192.168.1.147
in the section Additional DNSMasq Options
where the IP address is that of the tftpd server we're configuring here and pxelinux.0 is from the netboot tarball.
If you do not need PXE booting, you may still want to use the pxe_dust::installers
and pxe_dust::bootstrap_template
for bootstrapping nodes (like with LXC or Vagrant).
Attributes
node['pxe_dust']['chefversion']
the Chef version that pxe_dust should provide, unset by default which downloads latest
License and Author
Author:: Matt Ray matt@opscode.com
Author:: Joshua Timberman joshua@opscode.com
Copyright:: 2011-2012 Opscode, Inc
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
Dependent cookbooks
apache2 >= 0.0.0 |
tftp >= 0.0.0 |
Contingent cookbooks
There are no cookbooks that are contingent upon this one.