ironic-python-agent/releasenotes/notes/allows-bootloader-install-failure-to-be-ignored-b99667b13afa9759.yaml
Julia Kreger 7a83773fbc Option to enable bootloader config failure bypass
Some hardware is very well intentioned. However this intention
can result in the UEFI NVRAM table being full which prevents us
from adding new records to the table. We can't be sure what to
delete, so in this case some operators just need the ability to
tell ironic "it is okay if this fails, it will still work."

The added ``ignore_bootloader_failure`` option adds
this capability which can be set per-node either in the agent
configuation via the ramdisk image, or in the pxe_append_params
configuration parameter for the node itself with a
``ipa-ignore-bootloader-failure`` option in order to prevent
the failure from being raised.

Change-Id: If3c83fb2ea2025fce092d495a64f32077c70d2d6
Story: 2008386
Task: 41309
2020-12-10 06:42:48 -08:00

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Adds an configuration option which can be encoded into the ramdisk itself
or the PXE parameters being provided to instruct the agent to ignore
bootloader installation or configuration failures. This functionality is
useful to work around well-intentioned hardware which is auto-populating
all possible device into the UEFI nvram firmware in order to try and help
ensure the machine boots. Except, this can also mean any
explict configuration attempt will fail. Operators needing this bypass
can use the ``ipa-ignore-bootloader-failure`` configuration option on the
PXE command line or utilize the ``ignore_bootloader_failure`` option
for the Ramdisk configuration.
In a future version of ironic, this setting may be able to be overriden
by ironic node level configuration.