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fuel add nodes without pxe

Asked by Balajee Nagarajan

Are there any ways to add a nodes to an exisiting Mirantis openstack environment without PXE? Am having issues getting pxe to work reliably in my setup (though it did work and I have a 5 node opnestack environment up and running - adding new nodes via PXE is failing).

Can i create a bootable usb to kickstart manually

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Fabrizio Soppelsa (fsoppelsa) said : 		#1

Hello Balajee Nagarajan,

I would try to debug why PXE is not working before, since it could make the things easier. So, ensure you've installed working hardware NICs for the Admin segment, and troubleshoot PXE with a command like ` tcpdump port 69 -v -i ethX` on the Master node, where ethX is the Admin segment NIC. DHCP also should work perfectly, check it's working properly with `dhcpcheck discover --ifaces ethX`

If you want to make a bootstrap ISO, instead, you can create it from "/var/www/nailgun/centos/fuelweb/x86_64/isolinux" content on the Master node. Once booted, the node should be recognized by nailgun as a ready node.

Best regards,
Fabrizio
Mirantis Fuel Team

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Guy Halfon (s-gh) said : 		#2

Hi!

I'm facing PXE boot problems with an IBM x3850 x6, it's failing to pxe boot even though I have several other (x3550) machines on the same network booting fine. I suspect this is due to legacy booting problems (non uefi). I've tryed to create an ISO from the directory you mentioned as described here ( http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/ISOLINUX ), but with no success, It looks like it's missing some configuration as to where the fuel master is.
could you please outline the steps to make this work ?

Thanks,

Guy.

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dinmadz (dmadarang) said : 		#3

Hi Guy and Fabrizio,

Were you able to create a working ISO using the files in /var/www/nailgun/?
Can you share the steps?

Thanks,

Dino

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