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Rex Bare Metal Deployer

Rex::IO::BMD - A bare metal deployer

With Rex::IO::BMD it is possible to do automated deployments of hardware and virtual machines.

Dependencies

To deploy your hardware/vms you need a working dhcpd server and a tfptd server.

Example

You can describe the installation with a simple YAML file.

os: Ubuntu
version: 11.10
url: http://172.16.0.10/ubuntu-11.10.tar.gz

system:
  default_language: de_DE.UTF-8
  languages:
     - de_DE.UTF-8
     - de_DE@euro
  keyboard: de-latin1-nodeadkeys
  timezone: Europe/Berlin

boot:
  loader: grub
  write_to: vda

partitions:
  clear:
     device: vda
     initialize: gpt
  /:
     fstype: ext3
     size: 15000
     ondisk: vda
     primary: 1
     boot: 1
  swap:
     fstype: swap
     size: 1000
     ondisk: vda

network:
  eth0:
     proto: static
     ip: 172.16.10.10
     netmask: 255.255.255.0
     gateway: 172.16.0.10

authentication:
  root:
     uid: 0
     password: f00b4r

packages:
  - grub
  - linux-image-server
  - openssh-server