Hi,

The OS which we want to mirror the randisk for is not supported by
ironic-python-agent-builder and diskimage-builder.（It references
Fedora and CentOS a lot for the rpm packages building. So somewhat it
can be treated as a redhat family distro）

So we need to compare the workload of manual production or adding new
OS support for ironic-python-agent-builder. We are new to this field,
is there any recommended reference for making manual ramdisk（possible
interim measures） or adding os support for
ironic-python-agent-builder（Definitely a better solution in the long
run）

Appreciate any kind of guidance or help.

Han

Jay Faulkner <jay@gr-oss.io> 于2023年2月18日周六 02:28写道：
>
> Hey,
>
> I strongly suggest using ironic-python-agent-builder to create your ramdisks and then mirror them separately. Customizing the image comes with several benefits:
> * Ability to customize cleaning of bespoke hardware using hardware managers + custom tooling https://docs.openstack.org/ironic-python-agent/latest/contributor/hardware_managers.html
> * Ability to choose the distribution you use (note: we only test a couple in CI)
> * Ability to add in extra pieces specific to your environment, such as credentials. I've even been in a case where I needed to inject an iptables configuration in order to receive security approval for a deployment.
>
> There is a giant downside to building your own images: the images in the linked locations in tarballs.opendev.org are only published when those specific commits were passing CI. This gives you a stronger behavior guarantee than you get when you build your own.
>
> As for mirroring; our opendev partners may have anintegration they might offer but frankly, if I were doing it myself, I'd probably use a tool such as httrack to sync the files down periodically.
>
> Good luck, let me know if you have any additional questions.
>
> -
> Jay Faulkner
> Ironic PTL
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 9:56 AM 任亮 <renliang@uniontech.com> wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> The.kernel and.initramfs images contained in ramdisk are used to use bare metal services.
>> The open source address provides centos ramdisk mirroring.
>> https://tarballs.opendev.org/openstack/ironic-python-agent/dib/files/
>> https://tarballs.opendev.org/openstack/ironic-python-agent-builder/dib/files/
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>> I want to build our own ramdisk mirror, and I would like to ask whether there is a way to manually make ramdisk mirror. If so, how to add the ironic python agent service to it? Or use the ironic-python-agent-builder tool to support other system construction methods.
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