Here is how I currently have my machines connected. Posted here for documentation, and to get it straight in my own head.
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An Ansible Approach to Registering RHEL Systems
I am constantly creating and deleting virtual machines. These virtual machines often are RHEL systems, and need to be registered with Red Hat’s CDN. While In the past I had a Role that was wrapped into other provisioning playbooks to perform this task, I find that there are enough one-offs to make it useful to do this as a stand alone playbook. Here is how I set it up, including my rational.
Continue readingWe Used to Know Changes
Jethro Tull has a long, deep catalog. The Early album “Stand Up” has a track called “We Used to Know” that has very unusual changes. These changes were picked up by The Eagles and used as the basis for “Hotel California.” What gives them their unique sound?
Continue readingPXE Installing RHEL 8 on old hardware with a driver disk
Hardware last longer than Hardware support. My lab has 3 Dell R610s, which have old disk controllers…too old for RHEL 8. Dell is no longer supporting the Hardware, which means that the latest versions of RHEL do not ship with the drivers needed to install.
Continue readingPXE and Kickstart: repos
My last PXE boot attempt got into the Kickstart stage and then failed due to the repo set up. The VM SCreen looked like this.
Continue readingPXE Setup: Debugging Kickstart
Once I re-enabled DHCPD and TFTP, my Machines got through the basics of PXE, but then failed Kickstart. Here’s the debugging:
Continue readingPXE Setup Part the First
PXE is conglomeration of tools used to get a new operating system onto a computer. It is based on two protocols: DHCP and TFPT. I used PXER a long time ago at Penguin and have always wanted to set it up for my home personal use. I’m doing that now for my lab. My goal is to first be able to provision virtual machines, and then to provision physical boxes. I need to do a full install of RHEL 7 and RHEL 8, which means I also need Kickstart to automate the install process. I had it working, but after rebooting the NUC it is running on it broke. Here’s my debugging.
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Updating a Minecraft Mod, Part Two: Exploding Anvils
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