6.2.2. Package Installation on Ubuntu¶

6.2.2.1.1. NICs¶

Ubuntu 14.04

Start with an Ubuntu trusty(14.04) instance with 2 nics:

• eth0 for the ‘public’ network - providing access to RackHD APIs, and providing routed (layer3) access to out of band network for machines under management
• eth1 for dhcp/pxe to boot/configure the machines

edit the network:

• eth0 - assign IP address as appropriate for the environment, or you can use DHCP

• eth1 static ( 172.31.128.0/22 )

  this is the ‘default’. it can be changed, but more than one file needs to be changed.)

Ubuntu 16.04

Start with an Ubuntu xenial(16.04) instance with 2 nics:

• ens160 for the ‘public’ network - providing access to RackHD APIs, and providing routed (layer3) access to out of band network for machines under management
• ens192 for dhcp/pxe to boot/configure the machines

edit the network:

• ens160 - assign IP address as appropriate for the environment, or you can use DHCP

• ens192 static ( 172.31.128.0/22 )

  this is the ‘default’. it can be changed, but more than one file needs to be changed.)

6.2.2.1.2. NodeJS 4.x¶

If Node.js is not installed

If Node.js is installed via apt, but is older than version 4.x, do this first (apt-get installs v0.10 by default)

sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy

Add the NodeSource key and repository (instructions copied from https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#manual-installation):

curl --silent https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
VERSION=node_4.x
DISTRO="$(lsb_release -s -c)"
echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/$VERSION $DISTRO main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/$VERSION $DISTRO main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs

Ensure Node.js is at version 4.x, example:

$ node -v
v4.4.5

6.2.2.2.1. Install/Configure with Ansible Playbook¶

(1). install git and ansible

sudo apt-get install  git
sudo apt-get install  ansible

(2). clone RackHD code

git clone https://github.com/RackHD/RackHD.git

The services files in /etc/init/ all need a conf file to exist in /etc/default/{service} Touch those files to allow the upstart scripts to start automatically.

for service in $(echo "on-dhcp-proxy on-http on-tftp on-syslog on-taskgraph");
do sudo touch /etc/default/$service;
done

(3). Run the ansible playbooks

These will install the prerequisite packages, install the RackHD debian packages, and copy default configuration files

cd RackHD/packer/ansible
ansible-playbook -c local -i "local," rackhd_package.yml

(4). Verify RackHD services

All the services are started and have logs in /var/log/rackhd. Verify with service on-[something] status

Notes：isc-dhcp-server is installed through ansible playbook, but sometimes it won’t start on Ubuntu boot (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2068111), check if DHCP service is started:

sudo service --status-all

If isc-dhcp-server is not running, run below to start DHCP service:

sudo service isc-dhcp-server start

6.2.2.2.2. Install/Configure with Step by Step Guide¶

(1). Install the prerequisite packages:

sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server
sudo apt-get install mongodb
sudo apt-get install snmp
sudo apt-get install ipmitool

sudo apt-get install ansible
sudo apt-get install apt-mirror
sudo apt-get install amtterm

sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server

Note: MongoDB versions 2.4.9 (on Ubuntu 14.04), 2.6.10 (on Ubuntu 16.04) and 3.4.9 (on both Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04) are verified with RackHD. For more details on how to install MongDB 3.4.9, please refer to: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

(2). Set up the RackHD bintray repository for use within this instance of Ubuntu

echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/rackhd/debian trusty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
sudo apt-get update

(3). Install RackHD debian package

The services files in /etc/init/ all need a conf file to exist in /etc/default/{service} Touch those files to allow the upstart scripts to start automatically.

for service in $(echo "on-dhcp-proxy on-http on-tftp on-syslog on-taskgraph");
do sudo touch /etc/default/$service;
done

Install the RackHD Packages. Note: these packages are rebuilt on every commit to master and are not explicitly versioned, but intended as a means to install or update to the latest code most conveniently.

sudo apt-get install on-dhcp-proxy on-http on-taskgraph
sudo apt-get install on-tftp on-syslog

(4). Basic RackHD Configuration

DHCP

Update dhcpd.conf per your network configuration

# RackHD added lines
deny duplicates;

ignore-client-uids true;

subnet 172.31.128.0 netmask 255.255.240.0 {
  range 172.31.128.2 172.31.143.254;
  # Use this option to signal to the PXE client that we are doing proxy DHCP
  option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
}

Notes：sometimes isc-dhcp-server won’t start on Ubuntu boot (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2068111), check if DHCP service is started:

sudo service --status-all

If isc-dhcp-server is not running, run below to start DHCP service:

sudo service isc-dhcp-server start

RACKHD APPLICATIONS

Create the required file /opt/monorail/config.json , you can use the demonstration configuration file at https://github.com/RackHD/RackHD/blob/master/packer/ansible/roles/monorail/files/config.json as a reference.

RACKHD BINARY SUPPORT FILES

Downloaded binary files from bintray.com/rackhd/binary and placed them using https://github.com/RackHD/RackHD/blob/master/packer/ansible/roles/images/tasks/main.yml as a guide.

#!/bin/bash

mkdir -p /var/renasar/on-tftp/static/tftp
cd /var/renasar/on-tftp/static/tftp

for file in $(echo "\
monorail.ipxe \
monorail-undionly.kpxe \
monorail-efi64-snponly.efi \
monorail-efi32-snponly.efi");do
wget "https://dl.bintray.com/rackhd/binary/ipxe/$file"
done

mkdir -p /var/renasar/on-http/static/http/common
cd /var/renasar/on-http/static/http/common

for file in $(echo "\
discovery.docker.tar.xz \
initrd-1.2.0-rancher \
vmlinuz-1.2.0-rancher");do
wget "https://dl.bintray.com/rackhd/binary/builds/$file"
done

All the services are started and have logs in /var/log/rackhd. Verify with service on-[something] status