Okay, but did you see the problem I mentioned with provmethod=centos6.4-x86_64-install-service? That would mean (I think) that you have to create one (sub)directory name per service image under /install/custom in order for it to find the .tmpl and .pkglist files, since the scheme for locating those files is: /install/custom/<provmethod>/<platform>. Do I have to create a /install/custom/centos6.4-x86_64-install-service/centos directory now and no longer use /install/custom/install/<whatever>? Also the initrd & kenel parameters take on the service image's name in their path when you nodeset with 'osimage'.
I am quite confused, because currently I'm convinced that if I do a nodeset to xcat-serv1 with the "osimage" set to the current service image that it will not work because the directories it will point to don't exist. For example, where would I find the directory pointed to here: "initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.4-x86_64-install-service/initrd.img"? You also had suggested using /install/custom/install/centos (as I have been), but with the osimage method it seems that directory is no longer usable since it would rather require /install/custom/centos6.4-x86_64-install-service/centos. Can any one clear up my confusion here? On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Lissa Valletta <lis...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > It is supported, but we are encouraging everyone to go the osimage. The > provmethod install, netboot, statelite will be sunset over time and even now > our testing is with provmethod=<osimage name>. This is why we are warning. > > Lissa K. Valletta > 8-3/B10 > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 > (tie 293) 433-3102 > > > > Josh Nielsen ---01/21/2014 05:55:28 PM---On a hunch I tried using the > install keyword with nodeset in additon to osimage, and it actually set > > From: Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>, > Date: 01/21/2014 05:55 PM > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Determine which otherpkgs.pkglist file is being > used > > ________________________________ > > > > On a hunch I tried using the install keyword with nodeset in additon to > osimage, and it actually set the provmethod to install like I wanted, but I > got a warning: > > # nodeset xcat-serv1 install osimage=centos6.4-x86_64-install-service > Warning: The options "install", "netboot", and "statelite" have been > deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been > tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these > options. For full function and support, use "nodeset <noderange> > osimage=<osimage_name>" instead. > xcat-serv1: install centos6.4-x86_64-service > > # lsdef xcat-serv1 > Object name: xcat-serv1 > arch=x86_64 > currchain=boot > currstate=install centos6.4-x86_64-service > groups=service,ipmi,all > initrd=xcat/centos6.4/x86_64/service/initrd.img > installnic=mac > ip=10.20.254.227 > kcmdline=quiet repo=http://10.20.0.1:80/install/centos6.4/x86_64 > ks=http://10.20.0.1:80/install/autoinst/xcat-serv1 > ksdevice=00:50:56:bc:0c:db > kernel=xcat/centos6.4/x86_64/service/vmlinuz > mac=00:50:56:bc:0c:db > netboot=xnba > nfsserver=10.20.0.1 > nodetype=osi > os=centos6.4 > > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,ospkgs,addsiteyum,otherpkgs,syncfiles,ifcfg-eth,fstab,servicenode > primarynic=mac > profile=service > provmethod=install > setupconserver=1 > setupdhcp=1 > setupnameserver=1 > setupnfs=1 > setupntp=1 > setuptftp=1 > status=booting > statustime=01-17-2014 16:05:46 > tftpserver=10.20.0.1 > updatestatus=failed > updatestatustime=01-17-2014 17:47:47 > xcatmaster=10.20.0.1 > > If that warning is correct that "install", "netboot", and "statelite" are > deprecated then that means that we cannot use the > /install/custom/<install|netboot|statelite>/<platform> directories any more. > Does that mean we will have to have one directory for each osimage name > under /install/custom/ now? That would be significantly less convenient - > though doable. Since you also suggested /install/custom/install/centos as a > good directory to use, were you aware of this? > > That actually lines up with the (now deprecated?) documentation though: > "On Linux, if provmethod for the node is install, netboot or statelite , the > os, profile, and arch of that node are used to search for the files in > /install/custom/provmethod>/<platform> first, and then in > /opt/xcat/share/xcat/<provmethod>/<platform>." > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Using_Provmethod%3Dinstall,netboot_or_statelite > > > In any case, what is the recommended thing for me to do given my > configuration? > > -Josh > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > wrote: > > Okay, great. I have the new service image created now. I am confused though > why it is giving the node the incorrect provmethod though when I nodeset it. > Here is it the output from my terminal: > > # lsdef -t osimage -l centos6.4-x86_64-install-service > Object name: centos6.4-x86_64-install-service > imagetype=linux > osarch=x86_64 > osname=Linux > osvers=centos6.4 > otherpkgdir=/install/post/otherpkgs/centos6.4/x86_64 > pkgdir=/install/centos6.4/x86_64 > pkglist=/install/custom/install/centos/service.otherpkgs.pkglist > profile=service > provmethod=install > template=/install/custom/install/centos/service.tmpl > > # nodeset xcat-serv1 osimage=centos6.4-x86_64-install-service > xcat-serv1: install centos6.4-x86_64-service > > # lsdef xcat-serv1 > Object name: xcat-serv1 > arch=x86_64 > currchain=boot > currstate=install centos6.4-x86_64-service > groups=service,ipmi,all > initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.4-x86_64-install-service/initrd.img > installnic=mac > ip=10.20.254.227 > kcmdline=quiet repo=http://10.20.0.1:80/install/centos6.4/x86_64 > ks=http://10.20.0.1:80/install/autoinst/xcat-serv1 > ksdevice=00:50:56:bc:0c:db > kernel=xcat/osimage/centos6.4-x86_64-install-service/vmlinuz > mac=00:50:56:bc:0c:db > netboot=xnba > nfsserver=10.20.0.1 > nodetype=osi > os=centos6.4 > > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,ospkgs,addsiteyum,otherpkgs,syncfiles,ifcfg-eth,fstab,servicenode > primarynic=mac > profile=service > provmethod=centos6.4-x86_64-install-service > setupconserver=1 > setupdhcp=1 > setupnameserver=1 > setupnfs=1 > setupntp=1 > setuptftp=1 > status=booting > statustime=01-17-2014 16:05:46 > tftpserver=10.20.0.1 > updatestatus=failed > updatestatustime=01-17-2014 17:47:47 > xcatmaster=10.20.0.1 > > The provmethod is set to "install" on the service image but somehow the > nodeset is giving the node "provmethod=centos6.4-x86_64-install-service" > instead. From a previous deployment I discovered that this causes it to look > for the .tmpl and .pkglist files in > /install/custom/centos6.4-x86_64-install-service/centos (following the > /install/custom/<provmethod>/<OS> scheme) which does not exist. I'm not sure > if that will cause problems with the "initrd" and "kernel" options as well. > What is xcat/osimage/* relative to for those parameters, since the full path > is not given? I don't recognize the path. > > Thanks, > Josh > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Linda Mellor <mel...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > Josh, > Unfortunately, it looks like xCAT does not provide a pre-defined service > node install image for centos. Our development and test efforts for the RH > variations (centos, fedora, etc.) are pretty limited due to resource > constraints. So, you will need to create your own osimage definition for > this. > > Since you are doing a fulldisk install, I would suggest making a copy of one > of your existing centos install images: > > > lsdef -t osimage -l -z -o centos6.4-x86_64-install-all > /tmp/service.def > > Edit the definition file, changing any "install-all" filenames to new > filenames for files you will create. Putting them somewhere like > /install/custom/install/centos might be a good location. Then you can look > at the files xCAT ships for service node images in fedora or redhat: > /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/fedora or /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh, > finding something that will be a good starting point. Copy those files to > your custom directory, rename/edit them as you need to for centos. > > Then edit that /tmp/service.def you created to point to your new custom > files, and change the name of the osimage object to a new name for your > image. Next, create your new xCAT osimage definition: > > cat /tmp/service.def | mkdef -z > lsdef -t osimage -l <your new image name> > > Then you should be able to simply: > > nodeset <node> osimage=<your new image name> > > and see the correct install template file get created in > /install/autoinst/<node> > Finally, network boot the node to start the install process. > > > I assume you are already following this, but the section on installing a > diskfull service node in the Linux Hierarchical Cluster doc is a pretty good > resource for most of this: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Setting_Up_a_Linux_Hierarchical_Cluster#Set_Up_the_Service_Nodes_for_Stateful_.28Diskful.29_Installation > > Linda > > Josh Nielsen ---01/21/2014 11:15:36 AM---Actually genimage looks like it is > for statelite images, which is not what I need. I in fact need to > > From: Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>, > Date: 01/21/2014 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Determine which otherpkgs.pkglist file is being > used > ________________________________ > > > > Actually genimage looks like it is for statelite images, which is not what I > need. I in fact need to create a centos6.4-x86_64-install-service image > since I do not have one (see my centos 6.4 images below). I don't have to > run copycds again do I? How do I create a new osimage definition > specifically with a "service" profile? > > My existing Centos 6.4 images: > > centos6.4-x86_64-install-all (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-install-iscsi (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-install-kvm (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-install-login (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-install-storage (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-install-xen (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-netboot-compute (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-netboot-kvm (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-netboot-xen (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-statelite-compute (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-statelite-kvm (osimage) > centos6.4-x86_64-statelite-xen (osimage) > > -Josh > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Lissa Valletta <lis...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > You should also have a diskfull service node image > centos6.4-x86_64-install-service. Normally the service nodes are diskfull > but they can be diskless. > > > Lissa K. Valletta > 8-3/B10 > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 > (tie 293) 433-3102 > > > > Josh Nielsen ---01/17/2014 07:01:23 PM---Answering more of my questions (I > think): genimage -p [profile] looks like the way to go to make a s > > From: Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>, > Date: 01/17/2014 07:01 PM > Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Determine which otherpkgs.pkglist file is being > used > ________________________________ > > > > Answering more of my questions (I think): genimage -p [profile] looks like > the way to go to make a service specific osimage. Am I on the right track? > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > wrote: > > It is definitely related. After my chdef fixes the entry for xcat-serv1 > looked like this: > > profile=service > provmethod=install > > and after a ""nodeset xcat-serv1 osimage=centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute" > it looked like this: > > profile=compute > provmethod=centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute > > The osimage or something else in a table that "nodeset" parses is changing > the associations of the service node. I guess I need a "service specific" > osimage. Nothing I can see in my xcat tables associates the service node > with the "compute" group as all so I'm guessing it is the osimage doing it. > Lissa mentioned how to create a diskless osimage, but I have a diskful node. > How can I create a diskful osimage for a service node that will not change > the provmethod to "compute" but rather "service"? > > Thanks, > Josh > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > wrote: > > Nevermind, it was the funky "provmethod" value. Would provisioning it with > "nodeset xcat-serv1 osimage=centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute" change the > "provmethod" to the same thing as the osimage? The provmethod needs to > simply be "install". Not sure how it got the same name as the osimage. > > -Josh > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Josh Nielsen <jniel...@hudsonalpha.org> > wrote: > > A node I am deploying seems to be grabbing the wrong otherpkgs.pkglist file. > I have placed pkglist files in /install/custom/install/centos and created > one the service group/profile. In that directory are these files: > > compute.otherpkgs.pkglist > compute.pkglist > compute.tmpl > hinode01.tmpl > service.otherpkgs.pkglist > service.tmpl > > I want to use the "service.otherpkgs.pkglist" file. I deployed a node > xcat-serv1 which belongs to the service group but it did not install the > RPMs I specified in the otherpkgs.pkglist file for 'service'. When I did an > lsdef I saw that the profile was set to "compute" and realized that would be > a problem so I changed it to 'service' as well and tried an "updatenode > xcat-serv1 otherpkgs" but it didn't make a difference. Here is the current > node definition: > > [root@x3650-head01 centos]# lsdef xcat-serv1 > Object name: xcat-serv1 > arch=x86_64 > currchain=boot > currstate=boot > groups=service,ipmi,all > initrd=xcat/osimage/centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute/initrd.img > installnic=mac > kernel=xcat/osimage/centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute/vmlinuz > netboot=xnba > nodetype=osi > os=centos6.4 > > postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,ospkgs,addsiteyum,otherpkgs,syncfiles,ifcfg-eth,fstab,servicenode > primarynic=mac > profile=service > provmethod=centos6.4-x86_64-install-compute > <snipped> > > The "groups" and "profile" look correct now, but I still can't get the right > packages to install. Is there a particular line in the "otherpkgs" > postscript I could use to print a variable with the file name of the file > chosen/matched against? I looked but only found a variable with the actual > parsed packages from whatever file it chose. It looks like it is using the > compute.otherpkgs.pkglist. I can't quite figure out why it wouldn't match > though. > > This page seems to indicate that my directory and nomenclature for the files > is correct: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=Using_Provmethod%3Dinstall,netboot_or_statelite. > And I know the kickstarts from that folder work since they are used during > provisioning. > > It is usually something simple. 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