Feature #14288: Lock discovered host into discovery via PXE configuration - Discovery - Foreman

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Feature #14288

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Lock discovered host into discovery via PXE configuration

Added by Imri Zvik about 9 years ago. Updated almost 9 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Imri Zvik

Category:

Discovery plugin

Difficulty:

Triaged:

Bugzilla link:

Pull request:

https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_discovery/pull/265

Fixed in Releases:

Found in Releases:

Red Hat JIRA:

Description

Usecase:
In our network, and probably in other networks with legacy hosts, the default PXE entry is bootlocal. The idea is that we don't want legacy hosts to accidentally go into discovery without explicit decision. So our racking procedure includes selecting the discovery mode via a PXE menu. After that, we want the host to stick to discovery, even if rebooted, until provisioned.
We patched our local installation to lock a host into discovery when it boots in discovery mode, by generating a PXE configuration.
We think this might be useful for others too. I am opening this ticket for discussion, and if accepted, I will open a PR for it.