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Kamran: /* To Do */

2010-02-22T05:50:05Z

To Do

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	* The logwatch.pl and create-kickstart.sh should be able to read a single configuration file, specifying map-files, etc. This will make sure that I do not have to change all the programs internally to use different file.		* The logwatch.pl and create-kickstart.sh should be able to read a single configuration file, specifying map-files, etc. This will make sure that I do not have to change all the programs internally to use different file.

2010-02-22T05:49:47Z

Day 5. A lot of progress! Complete log monitoring program + Kickstart creator

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	I have (almost) perfected the logwatch program. Now I need a total of three files to provision nodes.		I have (almost) perfected the logwatch program. Now I need a total of three files to provision nodes.

2010-02-22T05:49:30Z

My own log monitoring tool

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	swatch was still unable to execute my script.		swatch was still unable to execute my script.

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	I think I was wasting my time on log readers. So I decided to use the perl Tail module directly and write my own tool.		I think I was wasting my time on log readers. So I decided to use the perl Tail module directly and write my own tool.

2010-02-22T05:48:57Z

Digging deep in the TFTP trenches + log-monitoring tools

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	Will work on this next day.		Will work on this next day.

-	= Digging deep in the TFTP trenches + log-monitoring tools =	+	== Digging deep in the TFTP trenches + log-monitoring tools ==

	I created a file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/00-13-72-81-3a-3d , with the following contents:		I created a file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/00-13-72-81-3a-3d , with the following contents:

2010-02-22T05:48:43Z

Basic Kickstart

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	Please note, this is close to what we want. Read the next section.		Please note, this is close to what we want. Read the next section.

-	= Basic Kickstart =	+	== Basic Kickstart ==

	We want nodes to install through kickstart, automatically.		We want nodes to install through kickstart, automatically.

2010-02-22T05:48:14Z

PXE boot. Simplified Howto

2010-02-20T12:08:54Z

Day 5. A lot of progress! Complete log monitoring program + Kickstart creator

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	[root@storage tmp]#		[root@storage tmp]#
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		+	* The logwatch.pl and create-kickstart.sh should be able to read a single configuration file, specifying map-files, etc. This will make sure that I do not have to change all the programs internally to use different file.
		+	* Have normal ":" delimited MAC addresses in the map file, instead of having it "-" delimited. The logwatch.pl and the create-kickstart.sh files should be able to convert the ":", to "-" on the fly.
		+	* The logwatch.pl and create-kickstart.sh files should take extra parameters on the command line to overwrite various user configurable parameters.
		+	* Ability to have multiple repositories available to provision nodes. Means, we should be able to provision RHEL 5.2 and RHEL 5.3 nodes simultaneously. (This is rather silly, because cobbler does this all bt default. If such functionality is required, then better use cobbler!) .

2010-02-20T12:02:44Z

Day 5. A lot of progress! Complete log monitoring program + Kickstart creator

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	# network --device eth1 --noipv6 --nodns --bootproto static --onboot=no		# network --device eth1 --noipv6 --nodns --bootproto static --onboot=no

-	~~# root password is globbing / changing automatically. Something to do with $ signs.~~
	rootpw --iscrypted $(cat ${ROOTPASSWORDFILE})		rootpw --iscrypted $(cat ${ROOTPASSWORDFILE})
	key --skip		key --skip

2010-02-20T12:01:45Z

Day 5. A lot of progress! Complete log monitoring program + Kickstart creator

2010-02-17T15:39:47Z

Scenario

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	storage.homedomain.com : Install server		storage.homedomain.com : Install server
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	kvm.homedomain.com : Physical host to host kvm virtual machines. Will be used as test server to be installed using PXE from the install server.		kvm.homedomain.com : Physical host to host kvm virtual machines. Will be used as test server to be installed using PXE from the install server.
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	xen.homedomain.com : Physical host to host xen virtual machines. Will be used as test server to be installed using PXE from the install server.		xen.homedomain.com : Physical host to host xen virtual machines. Will be used as test server to be installed using PXE from the install server.