Automated installation

Mark is working on an automated installation system for Ubuntu server, using the Ubuntu installer and preseeding.

Outstanding issues

• Automatically select the right cluster and use its corresponding preseed file
• Partitioning
• Server kernel by default
• No console on /dev/tty?
• Static IPs with info from DHCP
• NTP servers
• sysctl.conf
  • LVS
  • net.core.somaxconn
• mcelog
• security.ubuntu.com
• Adaptec SATA controller
• SSH keys repository
• Grub PXE booting

Edgy

• Keyboard selection preseeding
• Console logging
• Testing if Dapper also still works

Links

Ubuntu

• https://www-s.acm.uiuc.edu/wiki/space/ubuntu-cluster
• http://ftp.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/installer-i386/current/doc/manual/en/ch04s06.html
• http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/index.php/Installing_Ubuntu_Linux_with_FAI
• http://dev.laptop.org/~krstic/dapper.seeds/