#4450 xcat for ubuntu genimage won't work without an internet connection

[ralph bellofatto]

xcat for ubuntu 14.10 won't pickup an updated kernel image

I'm attempting to pick up a an updated kernel image and i'm following the directions here:

http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/Using_Provmethod%3Dosimagename/#installing-a-new-kernel-in-the-stateless-image

as well as the information provided by:
lsdef -t osimage -lh
regarding the use of the kerneldir and kernelver parameters.

kerneldir:      The directory name where the 3rd-party kernel is stored. It is used for diskless image only.

kernelver:      The version of linux kernel used in the linux image. If the kernel version is not set, the default kernel in rootimgdir will be used

When we use these parameters we get the following error:

bash
nfs-common
openssl
isc-dhcp-client
linux-image-generic
openssh-server
openssh-client
wget
vim
ntp
rsyslog
rsync
busybox-static
gawk
 debootstrap --include=bash,nfs-common,openssl,isc-dhcp-client,openssh-server,openssh-client,wget,vim,ntp,rsyslog,rsync,busybox-static,gawk --verbose --arch ppc64el utopic /install/netboot/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el/compute/rootimg http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/
I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/utopic/Release
apt invocation failed

We appear to have lost internet connectivity, however, we have local
mirrors of the install CD and the ubunto repos, I don't think there is any
reason that we should be going out to http://ports.ubuntu.com. And we
should be able to do genimage without an internet connection.

I suspect I would get the same result on this node if I performed an
ifdown eth2 on the node, where eth2 is the nic port that connects to the
internet on the compute node I'm building this on.

In otherwords, this problem may be due to loosing the internet connection, rather than the kerneldir/kernelver parameters.

Our osimage looks like this:

[root@bgxcat mirrors]# lsdef -t osimage tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute
Object name: tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute
    exlist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.exlist
    imagetype=linux
    kerneldir=/install/mirrors/ubuntu14.10/mirror/ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
    kernelver=3.15.0.24.25
    osarch=ppc64el
    osname=Linux
    osvers=ubuntu14.10
    otherpkglist=/install/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/ubuntu/ppc64el/compute.otherpkg.pkglist
    pkgdir=/install/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el
    pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.pkglist
    postinstall=/install/postscripts/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/compute.postinstall
    postscripts=custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/compute.postscript
    profile=compute
    provmethod=netboot
    rootimgdir=/install/netboot/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el/compute
    synclists=/install/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/ubuntu/ppc64el/compute.synclist

The genimage command we ran on the statefully booted compute node looks as follows:

/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu# cd /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu; ./genimage -a ppc64el -o ubuntu14.10 -p compute -k 3.15.0.24.25 --kerneldir /install/mirrors/ubuntu14.10/mirror/ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports --srcdir /install/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el --pkglist /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.pkglist --otherpkglist /install/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/ubuntu/ppc64el/compute.otherpkg.pkglist --postinstall /install/postscripts/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/compute.postinstall --rootimgdir /install/netboot/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el/compute tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute 2>&1 | tee /tmp/genimage.log

[ralph bellofatto]

When the internet connection was restored the genimage was able to run.

So this problem should read that genimage will NOT run without a connection to the internet.

[ralph bellofatto]

We have our own local mirror copy that i would prefer to have this pointed
to, preferably by something in the osimage configuration.

Otherwise, this requires us to get a ubuntu configured with internet access
before we can configure a network boot.

Ralph Bellofatto
IBM TJ Watson Research
1-914-945-3321
ralphbel@us.ibm.com

From: "zhao er tao" zhaoertao@users.sf.net
To: "[xcat:bugs] " 4450@bugs.xcat.p.re.sf.net
Date: 12/03/2014 12:46 AM
Subject: [xcat:bugs] #4450 xcat for ubuntu genimage won't work without
an internet connection

  2.10: 2.9 --> 2.9.1
  Comment:

This is a restriction that diskless image is depended on internet mirror.
The reason is some packages such as libc-bin only included in internet
mirror and debootstrap only support ONE mirror parameter.
The 2.9 stream had been closed so this defect is moved to 2.9.1.

[bugs:#4450] xcat for ubuntu genimage won't work without an internet
connection

Status: open
2.10: 2.9.1
Created: Tue Dec 02, 2014 07:19 PM UTC by ralph bellofatto
Last Updated: Wed Dec 03, 2014 02:00 AM UTC
Owner: nobody

xcat for ubuntu 14.10 won't pickup an updated kernel image

I'm attempting to pick up a an updated kernel image and i'm following the
directions here:

http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/Using_Provmethod%3Dosimagename/#installing-a-new-kernel-in-the-stateless-image

as well as the information provided by:
lsdef -t osimage -lh
regarding the use of the kerneldir and kernelver parameters.

kerneldir: The directory name where the 3rd-party kernel is stored. It
is used for diskless image only.

kernelver: The version of linux kernel used in the linux image. If the
kernel version is not set, the default kernel in rootimgdir will be used

When we use these parameters we get the following error:

bash
nfs-common
openssl
isc-dhcp-client
linux-image-generic
openssh-server
openssh-client
wget
vim
ntp
rsyslog
rsync
busybox-static
gawk
debootstrap
--include=bash,nfs-common,openssl,isc-dhcp-client,openssh-server,openssh-client,wget,vim,ntp,rsyslog,rsync,busybox-static,gawk
--verbose --arch ppc64el
utopic /install/netboot/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el/compute/rootimg
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/
I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/utopic/Release
apt invocation failed

We appear to have lost internet connectivity, however, we have local
mirrors of the install CD and the ubunto repos, I don't think there is any
reason that we should be going out to http://ports.ubuntu.com. And we
should be able to do genimage without an internet connection.

I suspect I would get the same result on this node if I performed an
ifdown eth2 on the node, where eth2 is the nic port that connects to the
internet on the compute node I'm building this on.

In otherwords, this problem may be due to loosing the internet connection,
rather than the kerneldir/kernelver parameters.

Our osimage looks like this:

[root@bgxcat mirrors]# lsdef -t osimage tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute
Object name: tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute
exlist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.exlist
imagetype=linux

kerneldir=/install/mirrors/ubuntu14.10/mirror/ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
kernelver=3.15.0.24.25
osarch=ppc64el
osname=Linux
osvers=ubuntu14.10

otherpkglist=/install/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/ubuntu/ppc64el/compute.otherpkg.pkglist

pkgdir=/install/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el
pkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.pkglist

postinstall=/install/postscripts/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/compute.postinstall

postscripts=custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/compute.postscript
profile=compute
provmethod=netboot
rootimgdir=/install/netboot/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el/compute

synclists=/install/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/ubuntu/ppc64el/compute.synclist

The genimage command we ran on the statefully booted compute node looks as
follows:

/opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu#
cd /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu; ./genimage -a ppc64el -o
ubuntu14.10!
-p compute -k 3.15.0.24.25
--kerneldir /install/mirrors/ubuntu14.10/mirror/ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
--srcdir /install/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el
--pkglist /opt/xcat/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.pkglist
--otherpkglist /install/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/ubuntu/ppc64el/compute.otherpk!

g.pkglist
--postinstall /install/postscripts/custom/tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute/compute.postinstall
--rootimgdir /install/netboot/ubuntu14.10/ppc64el/compute !
tulgpu-0000-netboot-compute 2>&1 | tee /tmp/genimage.log

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[zhao er tao]

This is a restriction that diskless image is depended on internet mirror. The reason is some packages such as libc-bin only included in internet mirror and debootstrap only support ONE mirror parameter.
The 2.9 stream had been closed so this defect is moved to 2.9.1.

[Guang Cheng Li]

The latest 2.9.1 includes this feature, see https://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/Ubuntu_Quick_Start/#use-ubuntu-local-mirror