<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Jake G. <dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:25 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal OS image support<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Yes. that should be the initramfs; please update the wiki (or let me<br>know and I will).<br><br>-Rob<br><br>On 22 August 2013 20:23, Jake G. <<a
ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>> From: Robert Collins <<a ymailto="mailto:robertc@robertcollins.net" href="mailto:robertc@robertcollins.net">robertc@robertcollins.net</a>><br>> To: Jake G. <<a ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:43 PM<br>><br>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Baremetal OS image support<br>><br>> On 21 August 2013 21:37, Jake G. <<a ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> Hi Rob,<br>>> Thank you for the info. I look forward to those images.<br>>><br>>> I am using this document for baremetal deployment, which has
the -k in it<br>>> -><br>>> <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal</a><br>>> This seem to be the only documentation available for how to implement the<br>>> baremetal feature. Would you know of a better doc?<br>><br>> That page was a little stale; I've done a super-minimal update to it.<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>> Rob<br>><br>> --<br>> Robert Collins <<a ymailto="mailto:rbtcollins@hp.com" href="mailto:rbtcollins@hp.com">rbtcollins@hp.com</a>><br>> Distinguished Technologist<br>> HP Converged Cloud<br>><br>> ________________________________<br>><br>> Thanks for the update.<br>><br>> However there is a line in the documentation:<br>><br>> glance image-create --name deploy-initrd --public --disk-format ari <<br>> my-deploy-ramdisk<br>><br>> That I am not sure about. After creating the images
using diskbuilder, I<br>> have no file named "my-deploy-ramdisk"<br>> I do have my-deploy-ramdisk.initramfs and my-deploy-ramdisk.kernel.<br>> If I were to guess, I should use the my-deploy-ramdisk.initramfs file for<br>> this command?<br>><br>> Thanks<br>> Jake<br>><br>><br>><br>><br></div><div class="y_msg_container"><hr size="1"><br><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></div><div class="y_msg_container">Thanks for the clarification. I updated the wiki for you.</div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container">One thing that is missing from the wiki is how to properly prepare the hardware that you want to enroll into openstack.</div><div class="y_msg_container">1. Does it need to have an OS already installed?</div><div class="y_msg_container">2. Does it need some sort of PXE driver or similiar?</div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container">I am at the point of enrolling
my hardware but its just an empty box with no IP and no OS.</div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container">Thank you</div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>