The Mellanox Spectrum series of ASICs are switch controllers. The firmware packages which presently represent over 10% of the size of an average Centos Stream based ironic-python-agent image. Since this is not something we expect folks to really do, and since it is for a switch device, it doesn't make sense to ship these firmware binaries in the stock IPA ramdisk image. Change-Id: Ic8ecf289f1e03e5ee7f36cc6ded707a25cb138c8 Signed-off-by: Julia Kreger <juliaashleykreger@gmail.com>
ironic-python-agent-ramdisk
Builds a ramdisk with ironic-python-agent.
More information can be found at: https://docs.openstack.org/ironic-python-agent/latest/
Beyond installing the ironic-python-agent, this element does the following:
- Installs the
dhcp-all-interfacesso the node, upon booting, attempts to obtain an IP address on all available network interfaces. - Disables the
iptablesservice on SysV and systemd based systems. - Disables the
ufwservice on Upstart based systems. - Installs packages required for the operation of the ironic-python-agent::
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qemu-utilspartedhdparmutil-linuxgenisoimage
- When installing from source,
python-devandgccare also installed in order to support source based installation of ironic-python-agent and its dependencies. - Install the certificate if any, which is set to the environment
variable
DIB_IPA_CERTfor validating the authenticity by ironic-python-agent. The certificate can be self-signed certificate or CA certificate. - Compresses initramfs with command specified in environment variable
DIB_IPA_COMPRESS_CMD, which is 'gzip' by default. This command should listen for raw data from stdin and write compressed data to stdout. Command can be with arguments. - Configures rescue mode if
DIB_IPA_ENABLE_RESCUEis not set tofalse.
This element outputs three files:
$IMAGE-NAME.initramfs: The deploy ramdisk file containing the ironic-python-agent (IPA) service.$IMAGE-NAME.kernel: The kernel binary file.
Note
The package based install currently only enables the service when using the systemd init system. This can easily be changed if there is an agent package which includes upstart or sysv packaging.
Note
Using the ramdisk will require at least 1.5GB of ram