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Corey Osman, 12/27/2011 10:43 PM

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h1. How to Provision a VMware ESXi server using foreman
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Although puppet will not run under ESX server we can still use foreman to kickstart the server using PXE.
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h2. Summary of what you need to do:
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# Copy iso contents of ESXi to your media directory
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# Copy the esx boot files to your tftp directory
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# Create a ESX Installation Medium in Foreman
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# Create a ESX operating system in foreman
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# Create a ESX partition table (optional) template
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# Create a ESX kickstart template in foreman
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# Create a ESX pxe or gpxe template for ESX in foreman
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h3. Copy iso contents of ESXi to your media directory (example only)
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mkdir /mnt/iso1
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mkdir -p /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/  
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mount -o loop esxi-iso-file.iso /mnt/iso1  (example for RHEL based distros)
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rsync -avz /mnt/iso1/ /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/
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h3. Copy the esx boot files to your tftp directory  (must have all of these)
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/mboot.c32 /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/vmkboot.gz /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/vmkernel.gz /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/sys.vgz /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/cim.vgz /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/ienviron.vgz /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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cp /var/www/html/repos/vmware/esxi4.1/install.vgz /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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h3. Create the installation medium based on where you put your esx4.1 iso contents
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# Create new medium
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# vmware
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# path: http://192.168.1.88/repos/vmware/esxi$version/  (example only)
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# OS: ESXi4.1  (can define later after making operating system)
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h3. Create a ESX operating system in foreman (Example only)
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# More-->Operating Systems-->New
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# Name: ESXi
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# Major: 4
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# Minor 1
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# OS Family: Redhat (there is no vmware yet)
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# Arch: x86_64
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# Choose any partition tables if you defined any (can do later)
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# Choose the vmware installation media (can do later) 
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 h3. Create a Partition table in Foreman (optional)
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# Name: esxi4.1 (name whatever you need to)
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# Operating System: ESXi 4.1
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# Layout:  (Something like the following)
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part '/boot'  --fstype=ext3 --size=1100  --ondisk=mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
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part 'none'  --fstype=vmkcore --size=110  --ondisk=mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
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part 'datastore1'  --fstype=vmfs3 --size=9004 --grow  --ondisk=mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
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virtualdisk 'esxconsole' --size=8004 --onvmfs='datastore1'
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part 'swap'  --fstype=swap --size=1000 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
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part '/var/log'  --fstype=ext3 --size=2000 --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
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part '/'  --fstype=ext3 --size=5000 --grow --onvirtualdisk='esxconsole'
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h3. Create a ESX kickstart template in foreman
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# More-->provisioning Templates-->new
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# Type: provision
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# Name: esxi
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# Use something like the following for the template:
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accepteula
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# Canonical drive names:
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#clearpart --drives=mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
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# Uncomment to use first detected disk:
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#clearpart --firstdisk
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# Uncomment the esxlocation line and comment out the clearpart
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# and physical partitions to do a non-destructive reinstall.
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#esxlocation --uuid=881475a6-700a-4b33-aa24-048909df6c14
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install url <%25= @mediapath %25>
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rootpw --iscrypted <%25= root_pass %25>
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# required for kickstart
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autopart --firstdisk --overwritevmfs
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# required for kickstart (foreman doesn't do static IPs yet so will need a way to get around this)
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# if this option is missing the installer will use dhcp
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#network --addvmportgroup=true --device=vmnic0 --vlanid=127 --bootproto=static --ip=10.0.x.3 --netmask=255.255.255.0 
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#--gateway=10.0.x.x --nameserver=10.0.x.1,10.0.x.2 --hostname <%25= @host %25>
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<%25 if @dynamic -%25>
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%25include /tmp/diskpart.cfg
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<%25 else -%25>
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<%25= @host.diskLayout %25>
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<%25 end -%25>
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reboot
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#%25post
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#/usr/bin/sleep 90
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# Setup ALUA
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#/usr/sbin/esxcli nmp satp setdefaultpsp --satp VMW_SATP_ALUA --psp VMW_PSP_RR
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# Create vSwitch0, VMMotion1 and the Service Console port group
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1
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# Associate vnics to vswitch
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic2 vSwitch1
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic3 vSwitch1
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch0
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -A 10.0.x vSwitch1
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -A 10.0.x vSwitch1
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# configure the VLAN ids if any
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -p 10.0.x -v 30 vSwitch1
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -p 10.0.x -v 23 vSwitch1
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -A VMkernel vSwitch0
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# configure the VLAN ids if any
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -p VMkernel -v 12 vSwitch0
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -D "VM Network" vSwitch0
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# Add a virtual switch
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -A "Management Network"  vSwitch0
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# configure the VLAN ids if any
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vswitch -p "Management Network" -v 12 vSwitch0
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# Add VM Kernel Interface
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-vmknic -a -i 10.0.x.x -n 255.255.255.0 "VMkernel"
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#/usr/sbin/esxcfg-route 10.0.x.x
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# Enable Vmotion on Vkernel
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#/usr/bin/vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set vmk0
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# Inform the build system that we are done.
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echo "Informing Foreman that we are built"
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wget -q -O /dev/null --no-check-certificate <%25= foreman_url %25>
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h3. Create a ESX pxe or gpxe template for ESX in foreman
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# More-->provisioning Templates-->new
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# Type: pxelinux or gpxe (untested with gpxe)
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# Name: esxi-pxe
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Do not change anything other than the name and location (boot/vmware) of the template.
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All the files are required and must be in this exact order and with "---" separating each file
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The files referenced below should be referenced from the root of your tftpboot folder  /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/vmware/
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default ESXi4u1HP-x86_64
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LABEL ESXi4u1HP-x86_64
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        kernel /boot/vmware/mboot.c32
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        MENU LABEL ESXi4u1HP-x86_64        
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        append boot/vmware/vmkboot.gz ks=<%25= foreman_url("provision")%25> --- boot/vmware/vmkernel.gz --- boot/vmware/sys.vgz --- boot/vmware/cim.vgz --- boot/vmware/ienviron.vgz --- boot/vmware/install.vgz
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