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Restructure boot disks in provisioning #3625
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The PR preview for 0610b4d is available at theforeman-foreman-documentation-preview-pr-3625.surge.sh The following output files are affected by this PR: |
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I have some questions and made some suggestions.
. Configure your host to boot from the external storage device. | ||
. Power on your host. | ||
. The host boots from the ISO. | ||
. The host connects to {ProjectServer} and starts installing the operating system. |
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Question: Is that always Foreman Server or could you also provision using a Smart Proxy Server? I am thinking ProjectServer -> SmartProxy?
If so, then we could change line 13 and 16 to Project
in favor of ProjectServer
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Some hardware does not provide a PXE boot interface. | ||
In {Project}, you can provision a host without PXE boot. | ||
This is also known as PXE-less provisioning and involves generating a boot ISO that hosts can use. | ||
Using this ISO, the host can connect to {ProjectServer}, boot the installation media, and install the operating system. |
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same queston as above.
--primary true \ | ||
--provision true | ||
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. Download the *Full host image* boot disk from {ProjectServer}: |
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Same as above.
What changes are you introducing?
Splitting the boot disk intel into multiple modules and laying out a structure that is easier to follow
Why are you introducing these changes? (Explanation, links to references, issues, etc.)
Anything else to add? (Considerations, potential downsides, alternative solutions you have explored, etc.)
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Please cherry-pick my commits into: N/A