#theforeman

yes

the smart proxy managing the ms dns is on linux, on the same host as foreman. I created a keytab and checked kerberos configuration. it just worked

but if I don't have kerberos & AD

then I have no idea :(

^^

my setup is pretty standard, one ad that has dhcp/dns,

well I should try to setup the proxy on a linux host

quite complicated to make it work on windows

deviantony: that'w what I've done for the DNS part. For DHCP I had no choice but to use the windows smart proxy

thing is my dhcp is on linux

same for tftp

it simplify things

but my DNS servers are on windows

:(

deviantony: we're managing our foreman zones with bind and have automatic zone transfers set up towards the internal (windows) nameservers

ok now using a foreman-proxy on a linux box, the provisioning still fails at the DNS step

here are the logs from the foreman server: http://pastebin.com/ySJx2Lad

but if I look at the proxy logs

D, [2015-06-17T11:38:07.634701 #17980] DEBUG -- : nsupdate: executed - update add 159.6.10.10.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR test.domain

seems to be ok

there seems to be a request timeout from the foreman box to the smart proxy

ok the timeout occurs when nsupdate tries to send the request to the dns server

Morning, is it possible to provision a new vCenter VM from a template without a DHCP and DNS server?

I have added my template to my vCenter resource, but when I create a new host it isn't listed

vassie: i believe so, you can use the bootdisk option too

vassie: normally you would need to assign in the compute resource images

hi

simble: hi

im unable to install foreman on centOS 7

Could you help pls

simble: we can probably try but you need to provide more information, what exactly is the error, how are you installing it, etc

The server is running CentOS 7. Im installing it via comand line, using yum -y install foreman-installer gives this error: No package foreman-installer available

simble: try yum update and then try again, worked for me.

simble: Foreman does not come on the default repos

simble: try 'yum -y install epel-release http://yum.theforeman.org/releases/1.8/el7/x86_...;

It is up to date,,, I already run yum -y install epel-release http://yum.theforeman.org/releases/1.8/el7/x86_...;

simble: yum clean all && yum install -y foreman-installer

trying out agoldboi suggestion

ohadlevy: I've already done that (assign images), but it is not listed when creating a new host

vassie: much sure the image is associated with the os/arch you are deploying?

ohadlevy: Yes, I select Architecture as x86_64, same as my image, but Operating system is greyed out

I have no TFTP, DHCP and DNS if it makes a difference

I've deleted the image and readded it but it still doesn't show up when creating a new host

I haven't setup provisioning as I have issues creating new DHCP/DNS servers on customer networks

I think I need to have a rethink of my design :S

hello

yeaye finally succeed to setup provisioning

:o))

got a troubling issue though, during provisioning foreman set up only the PTR entry in my DNS server

not the normal entry

is it the normal behaviour?

deviantony: have you set the proxy in the domain defintition in foreman?

lazyfrosch: ah!

nope.

deviantony: yeah linking the domain with the proxy creates the A record, linking the subnet with the proxy creates PTR records

;)

Does anyone know if there is a way to select a certain host in vmware cluster to be used when provisioning a new VM on vmware? Right now Foreman chooses a host either randomly or based on chosen datastore, I need to change it to a specific, non-loaded host.

yeaye the A record is created !

nice

now the VM is booted, it tries to create the system

but it requires my input on the name servers configuration

is this a bad preseed config?

or did I miss something else?

i guess it's related to this line in the provisioning template

d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string <%= [@host.subnet.dns_primary,@host.subnet.dns_secon... n.blank?}.join(' ') %>

does anybody has a nice provisioning template for ubuntu server 14.04?

the one included with foreman should work fine

Do I need to step through the provisioning setup to provision new VMs from a vCenter template? I have issues creating DHCP and DNS servers on our customer network, I would like to clone a new VM from a template and configure the Puppet agent to talk to the required smart proxy

deviantony: the Foreman templates are fine, DNS data should come from DHCP, please check your dhcpd settings

I am trying to provision a new VM from an image without SSH as my new VM will not have direct access to my foreman server, only a smart proxy, Foreman has cloned the new VM, however it hasn't renamed it and it is waiting for it to come online so, however I have no DHCP, so the static IP I assigned in Foreman has not been set in the VM

lazyfrosch: thx I'll have a look

Foreman says it is waiting for the new host to come online, but that isn't going to happen on the IP it thinks the new VM has

I've followed the "Image provisioning without SSH" section but it isn't working

My Forman server is a Puppet and Puppet CA server and my smart proxy is just a Puppet server, do I need anything else for VM provisioning without SSH?