FAQ
Version 17 (Ohad Levy, 09/16/2009 09:03 am)
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| 3 | 12 | Ohad Levy | h1. I'm not using Storeconfigs, how can I still use Foreman? |
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| 5 | 17 | Ohad Levy | See [[Puppet Facts]] |
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| 7 | 1 | h1. I'm using Storeconfigs, how can I populate various settings in Foreman that are required for hands free (unattended) installations? |
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| 9 | 17 | Ohad Levy | See [[Puppet Facts]] |
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| 11 | 5 | Ohad Levy | h1. How do I use unattended installations (Kickstart, jumpstart, preseed)? |
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| 13 | 1 | see [[Unattended installations]] |
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| 15 | 12 | Ohad Levy | h1. How do I use Foreman with Puppet external nodes? |
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| 17 | 1 | see [[External Nodes]] |
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| 19 | 1 | h1. Where is the DB?! |
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| 21 | 12 | Ohad Levy | By default, Foreman will use sqlite3 as a database, its configuration can be found at |
| 22 | 1 | <pre>config/database.yml</pre> |
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| 23 | 1 | By default, the database can be found at the db subdirectory. |
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| 24 | 12 | Ohad Levy | Foreman is a rails application, therefor, anything that is supported under RAILS (sqlite, mysql, postsql, oracle etc) can be used. |
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| 26 | 5 | Ohad Levy | h1. What about other operating systems? |
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| 28 | 12 | Ohad Levy | Foreman currently supports RedHat/Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu and Solaris Jumpstart |
| 29 | 1 | it has been successfully tested on CentOS 3,4,5 Fedora 10-11, Ubuntu 9.04 and Solaris 8-10 on Sparc. |
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| 31 | 12 | Ohad Levy | If you have any other operating system you would like to see added to Foreman, please contact us and we would be happy to add it. |
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| 33 | 1 | for Jumpstart support, as Solaris doesn't support nativity accessing the profile data dynamically, its required to create some workarounds |
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| 34 | 1 | example for those are found at the *extras/jumpstart* directory. |
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| 35 | 1 | You may find the dynamic profile and dynamic finish at the following URL's: |
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| 36 | 12 | Ohad Levy | <pre><code>http://Foremanhost:3000/unattended/jumpstart_profile |
| 37 | 12 | Ohad Levy | http://Foremanhost:3000/unattended/jumpstart_finish</code></pre> |
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| 39 | 1 | It is also required to add vendor options to your dhcp server if you plan to boot from network on the sparc platform. |
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| 41 | 14 | Ohad Levy | h1. Will Foreman manage non OpenSource services (e.g. DNS/DHCP etc) ? |
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| 43 | 14 | Ohad Levy | Yes! we understand that many enterprises relay on non opensource infrastrucutre as well |
| 44 | 14 | Ohad Levy | Currently it is plan to support MS DNS and DHCP services (its actually easier than ISC DHCP and BIND). |
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| 46 | 14 | Ohad Levy | If you have any additional requirements, please enter a feature request. |
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| 49 | 14 | Ohad Levy | h1. Whats planned for the next major release? |
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| 51 | 14 | Ohad Levy | The next major release of The Foreman will include DNS and DHCP management, this should allow: |
| 52 | 14 | Ohad Levy | * Subnet management (e.g. install servers in different subnets with no effort) |
| 53 | 14 | Ohad Levy | * IP address management, Foreman will suggest you free IP Addresses, and basically allow you to relay on it to manage your IP address assignments. |
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| 55 | 14 | Ohad Levy | Additionally, we plan to add support for: |
| 56 | 14 | Ohad Levy | * Puppet reports |
| 57 | 14 | Ohad Levy | * User Authentication |
| 58 | 14 | Ohad Levy | * Audit Log |
| 59 | 14 | Ohad Levy | *.. |
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| 61 | 14 | Ohad Levy | If you want additional features, please open a new feature request! |
