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Right now, to do a remote re-install or upgrade on a running Fedora system, you could do something like this: | Right now, to do a remote re-install or upgrade on a running Fedora system, you could do something like this: | ||
# Copy images/pxeboot/vmlinuz and images/pxeboot/initrd.img to the target system and massage /boot/grub/grub.conf to include a section for them with the appropriate anaconda options. | |||
# Reboot the system. | |||
# Either remotely control the install with VNC, or pray that kickstart works correctly. | |||
HP-UX has a tool called [http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90970/index.html Ignite-UX] which, among other things, can be used to start and monitor remote installs. It makes it possible to easily manage dozens of installs. http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90970/ch04s03.html explains how, with screenshots. | HP-UX has a tool called [http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90970/index.html Ignite-UX] which, among other things, can be used to start and monitor remote installs. It makes it possible to easily manage dozens of installs. http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90970/ch04s03.html explains how, with screenshots. | ||
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With a system like this, a remote re-install or upgrade would be as simple as this: | With a system like this, a remote re-install or upgrade would be as simple as this: | ||
# Add the system to the GUI as a target. | |||
# Select install/upgrade in the GUI. | |||
# Answer some basic questions (for example, pick a install type such as server/workstation/whatever). | |||
# Sit back and watch. | |||
It seems like there should be a way to manage (or at least monitor) random PXE installs (not started from the GUI) as well. | It seems like there should be a way to manage (or at least monitor) random PXE installs (not started from the GUI) as well. | ||
Revision as of 21:00, 13 June 2008
Right now, to do a remote re-install or upgrade on a running Fedora system, you could do something like this:
- Copy images/pxeboot/vmlinuz and images/pxeboot/initrd.img to the target system and massage /boot/grub/grub.conf to include a section for them with the appropriate anaconda options.
- Reboot the system.
- Either remotely control the install with VNC, or pray that kickstart works correctly.
HP-UX has a tool called Ignite-UX which, among other things, can be used to start and monitor remote installs. It makes it possible to easily manage dozens of installs. http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90970/ch04s03.html explains how, with screenshots.
Fedora currently has kickstart support in anaconda for automating installs and the system-config-kickstart GUI for building kickstart configs. All that Fedora is lacking to have a tool like Ignite-UX is a basic GUI (that probably could be based on system-config-kickstart) and some way of getting status from anaconda remotely. A way to also control anaconda remotely (to do things like abort an install/upgrade, answer certain prompts, etc.) would be ideal.
With a system like this, a remote re-install or upgrade would be as simple as this:
- Add the system to the GUI as a target.
- Select install/upgrade in the GUI.
- Answer some basic questions (for example, pick a install type such as server/workstation/whatever).
- Sit back and watch.
It seems like there should be a way to manage (or at least monitor) random PXE installs (not started from the GUI) as well.
It might be interesting to look into sharing ideas/code with some of the Xen provisioning tools.
- StevenPritchard