[debian-lan-devel] [PATCH] Reserved leases for member client machines

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Afif,

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:12:48AM -0700, Afif Elghraoui wrote:
> على الخميس 15 أيلول 2016 ‫06:24، كتب Andreas B. Mundt:
> >
> > I guess there are not many people (if any) around that test the
> > package, so preparing an upload to experimental makes probably not
> > much sense.
> >
>
> I was suspecting that would be the case.
>
> > I just applied your patch to an 'experimental' branch.  I'll test the
> > modifications as soon as possible, and after that we might want to
> > merge it into master.

[…]

Just a few observations I made so far with the new setup:

 •  In general, I like the simplification of the code:  Less code
    means less to maintain.

Problems:

  • I installed a first workstation, workstation00.  The machine
    installs fine.  However, it ended up as workstation01.  This
    happens because when booting vi PXE, it gets the first IP-Address,
    (10.0.1.100, pxeconfig file  0A000164 is created fine from the
    template), the kernel boots and configures the NIC: it's assigned
    the next IP-Adress: 10.0.1.101  (10.0.1.101, pxeconfig file
    0A000165 is created fine from the template).
  • After installation, the machine boots again into installation
    mode (not sure if this was intended, I thought the idea was to
    switch to local boot after successful installation with 'chboot -o
    <IP>' automatically).
  • Every boot overwrites the pxe-configuration again, if you modify
    it manually, this has no effect.
  • The krb5.keytab has been copied to the installation system but is
    missing on the installed machine (probably not related to the
    modifications, has been an issue before).

Perhaps we should first think about what we want to achieve.  A first
idea:

  We need add a machine to the system.  This is done with 'debian-lan
  add2dhcp'.  Best case:  this is all needed, and nothing more.
  However, a simple way to re-install is also necessary.

Hm, I'm thinking about it.  Any ideas?

Best regards,

     Andi


PS.:  ToDo:  - We have to make the keytab-distribution more robust.
             - For me, automounting the home directory also fails
               currently (even with keytab in place … )