Josh,
Excellent point. I have created the installation process as a series of
scripts, each of which adds a particular function function, for just
this reason. A bare-metal install consists of a kickstart file and a "to
do" list of scripts to run. Systems that already have an installation
may run just a "to do" list to add additional functions. The script
library is in a separate directory on the USB image, and may be copied
to an existing installation. This seems to me to be extensible for those
with a little more experience, and still allows a novice to get up and
running without having to know a great deal about Linux.
Larry
On 08/26/2013 11:27 AM, Josh Thompson wrote:
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Larry,
Would it be difficult to also provide an installer that could be run on a
system that already has a base install of Linux on it? I think there are
situations where this would be an easier starting point than putting an image
on a USB drive and booting from it.
Thanks,
Josh
On Friday, August 23, 2013 6:26:59 PM Larry Burton wrote:
I have a scripted install working from bare metal to cloud, with custom
profiling options -- except for a few remaining tweaks on xCAT. Perhaps
we could include the package (everything is in a bootable USB image) as
a helper for the next release, if there is interest. I'll try to finish
a long overdue documentation update on the VCL website next week.
Larry
On 08/23/2013 10:19 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
Hi Folks,
For the next release, we need to start planing in order to get it out
in a reasonable time frame.
Some key features that come to my mind are:
* NAT support VCL-174 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-174
* openstack support VCL-590 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-590
* maybe the openNebula support (Dmitri ?) http://opennebula.org/
* cluster provisioning improvements
* general enhancements/bugfixes
* Some form of the scripted install(could be a bash script for non-RH
OS's, rpm install, maybe a puppet config?)
The previous roadmap features http://vcl.apache.org/dev/roadmap.html
such as the configuration management and the broker tool are still be
worked on or vetted and wouldn't be production ready before the
release.
These are suggestions on what I think might be release ready. I would
like to see another release out this year.
Please share your thoughts, comments, concerns on if these are feasible.
Thanks,
Aaron
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