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Prerequisite:

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Sprint release


  • Install latest sprint release:
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for service in $(echo "on-dhcp-proxy on-http on-tftp on-syslog on-taskgraph");
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npm install $service;
done


  • Install specify version

          Below code use 1.1.0 as an example:

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for service in $(echo "on-dhcp-proxy on-http on-tftp on-syslog on-taskgraph");
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npm install $service@1.1.0;
done


  • Download static images & Start Services
    1.. Create static directory and download static images for PXE boots

       you can follow steps in Line 51 - Line 77 of install_src.sh 


    2.Start services with pm2

             2.1. Create a pm2.yml like below, the ```cwd``` field should locate the where the on-xxx package lives.

             2.2. Run  $sudo pm2 start pm2.yml

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apps:
  - script: index.js
     name: on-taskgraph
     cwd: on-taskgraph
  - script: index.js
     name: on-http
     cwd: on-http
  - script: index.js
     name: on-dhcp-proxy
     cwd: on-dhcp-proxy
  - script: index.js
     name: on-syslog
     cwd: on-syslog
  - script: index.js
     name: on-tftp
     cwd: on-tftp

Latest nightly build

  • Prerequisite : 

          - Install NodeJS 4.0 and dependencies 

  • Install latest nightly build:
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npm install $service@ci-release;
done
  • Start Services
    Start services with the same steps as sprint release.

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Info

If you are looking to run the RackHD OVA image, please email to rackhd@emc.com .  You are also welcome to create your own OVA leveraging this script: https://github.com/RackHD/RackHD/blob/master/packer/build_ova.sh

RackHD OVA deployment out of the CI/CD pipeline will be discontinued as of 10/27/17.  Script capabiltiies will continue to be supported and validated allowing users to generate their own RackHD OVA. 



Warning
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for OVA before RackHD 2.2.0, you can't directly deploy the OVA to a vSphere.

please follow below as a workaround..

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So far, vSphere(ESX server) is NOT supported with customized property (OVF 2.0 format ?). only vCenter can support this OVA (because there's a customized prosperity feature to config IP during deployment.)

reference: https://blogs.vmware.com/vapp/2009/07/commandline-ovf-deployments-.html

Error message will be like below:

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Error: OVF Package is not supported by target:
- Line 155: Unsupported element 'Property'


if you want to deploy to vSphere/ESXi, follow below steps:

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$# 1. Demote  the OVA file name is rackhd-ubuntu-14.04 , example
FNAME=rackhd-ubuntu-14.04


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$# 2. covert OVA to OVF and VMDK
ovftool   ${FNAME}.ova        ${FNAME}.ovf    
#  or using 7zip :  -->     7z x ${FNAME}.ova   
# then there will be 3 files: ${FNAME}-disk1.vmdk             ${FNAME}.mf                   ${FNAME}.ovf


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$# 3. replace the Property XML fields from the .ovf file
sed  -i  "/<Property/,/<\/Property>/c\ "  ${FNAME}.ovf


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$# 4. then deploy with the updated ${FNAME}.ovf file via ESXi vSphere GUI or ovftool command line
      #below is an example of ovftool usage, please replace the ${xx} to your real values.
 ovftool  --skipManifestCheck  --name=${GivenNameOfTheVM} --datastore=${TargetDatastore} --net:"ADMIN"="${AdminBridge}"      ${FNAME}.ovf           vi://user:pwd@${ESXi_IP}


If you deploy using VSphere GUI under Windows, please delete the *.mf file before deployment, because the *.ovf file has been updated, and the sha256 checksum in the *.mf file has changed. the vSphere GUI will report "sha256 checksum mismatched".

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