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Feature #10926

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As a user, I would like the option to boot off CD rather than network/image via compute resources (vmware)

Added by Dylan Baars almost 9 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
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Category:
Compute resources - VMware
Target version:
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Triaged:
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Description

With the compute resource for vmware, when creating a new VM through "hosts > new host" in the web interface, I'd like the option to mount a CD (e.g. rhel boot iso) and start a kickstart installation rather than PXE boot or specifying an image to deploy.

So, having chosen to deploy to a vmware compute resource, going to the operating system tab > Provisioning Method would have a new option "Boot CD" (or whatever) after which you can choose a boot CD for it to mount when it first powers on the virtual machine. Another option would be to choose the kickstart file to use. It would be nice to be able to specify other boot options here as well - so custom kickstart options can be entered (not sure how possible this would be!?)

If possible, it would be nice if the kickstart used the details entered on the network page (primary interface options) to configure the network card when booting


Related issues 2 (0 open2 closed)

Related to Boot disk - Feature #3287: Connect boot ISO when creating a new VM and boot from itClosedTimo Goebel10/16/2013Actions
Blocked by Foreman - Feature #12624: add provision method from a pluginClosedTimo Goebel11/27/2015Actions
Actions #1

Updated by Dominic Cleal almost 9 years ago

  • Related to Feature #3287: Connect boot ISO when creating a new VM and boot from it added
Actions #2

Updated by The Foreman Bot over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Ready For Testing
  • Assignee set to Timo Goebel
  • Pull request https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_bootdisk/pull/19 added
Actions #3

Updated by Timo Goebel over 8 years ago

Actions #4

Updated by Dominic Cleal about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Ready For Testing to New
  • Assignee deleted (Timo Goebel)
  • Pull request deleted (https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_bootdisk/pull/19)

Moving PR to ticket #3287 as it's specifically about foreman_bootdisk, this covers general ISO booting.

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