cobbler-enlist and the Orchestra installation experience

Registered by Adam Gandelman

This blueprint has been superseded. See the newer blueprint "Cobbler Next Steps" for updated plans.

Last cycle we drafted a tool called cobbler-enlist, which is included in the installer and to be used from preseeds for automatically enrolling a fresh system into Cobbler, Orchestra and Juju. We've laid the groundwork, but we need to define exactly what we expect this work flow to look like, what pieces of information it needs to phone home and how it fits into the larger installation experience.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Robbie Williamson
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Superseded
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
Robbie Williamson

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Thoughts
 * the debconf question in the installer should optionally take a simple ip address of the cobbler server and build a proper cobbler_api url around it
 * the orchestra server could avahi advertise that it exists on the network and the ISO could pick that up
 * ideally, the cobbler-enlist option should be as hands-off as possible (skipping language/keyboard/etc questions)

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