Difference between revisions of "Agile testbed"
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* a pre-generated ssh host key (highly recommended!) | * a pre-generated ssh host key (highly recommended!) | ||
* a recipe for automated customization | * a recipe for automated customization | ||
| − | * a [[Obtaining an SSL host certificate|host key for SSL]] | + | * a [[#Obtaining an SSL host certificate|host key for SSL]] |
The name/ip address/mac address triplet of machines '''in the ''testbed'' domain''' should be registered in /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers on '''bleek.nikhef.nl'''. The choice of these is free, but take some care: | The name/ip address/mac address triplet of machines '''in the ''testbed'' domain''' should be registered in /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers on '''bleek.nikhef.nl'''. The choice of these is free, but take some care: | ||
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** With Debian preseeding, this may be automated by either setting <tt>d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Retry network autoconfiguration</tt> or <tt>d-i netcfg/dchp_timeout string 60</tt>. | ** With Debian preseeding, this may be automated by either setting <tt>d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Retry network autoconfiguration</tt> or <tt>d-i netcfg/dchp_timeout string 60</tt>. | ||
* Sometimes, a storage device is re-used (especially when recreating a domain after removing it '''and''' the associated storage). The re-use may cause the partitioner to see an existing LVM definition and fail, complaining that the partition already exists; you can re-use an existing LVM volume by using the argument: <tt>--disk vol=vmachines/blah</tt>. | * Sometimes, a storage device is re-used (especially when recreating a domain after removing it '''and''' the associated storage). The re-use may cause the partitioner to see an existing LVM definition and fail, complaining that the partition already exists; you can re-use an existing LVM volume by using the argument: <tt>--disk vol=vmachines/blah</tt>. | ||
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=== reinstalling a virtual machine === | === reinstalling a virtual machine === | ||
