Deploying servers using the xClarity Controller

This procedure will leverage the Virtual USB function on appropriately licensed xClarity Controllers to aid in deployment, which is particularly useful when doing deployment over a routed network with minimal external configuration.

Ensure net attributes contain the networking configuration¶

For static IP deployments, it is important that confluent be given the prefix length and the gateway.

# nodeattrib d1 net.ipv4_address=192.168.16.35/24 net.ipv4_gateway=192.168.16.254
d1: 192.168.16.35/24
d1: 192.168.16.254

Set the desired profile to be pending¶

# nodeattrib d1-d4 deployment.pendingprofile=rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d1: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d2: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d3: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d4: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default

Create an identity image¶

The identity image contains credentials, network configuration, and information about the deployment server.

# confetty set /noderange/d1-d4/deployment/ident_image=create
created: nodes/d2/deployment/ident_image
created: nodes/d4/deployment/ident_image
created: nodes/d3/deployment/ident_image
created: nodes/d1/deployment/ident_image

Upload the identity image to the xClarity Controller¶

# noderun d1-d4 nodemedia {node} upload /var/lib/confluent/private/identity_images/{node}.img
d1: d1: initializing:   0%
d2: d2: initializing:   0%
d4: d4: initializing:   0%
d3: d3: initializing:   0%
d1: d1: upload: 100%
d2: d2: upload: 100%
d4: d4: upload: 100%
d3: d3: upload: 100%
d4: d4: complete: 100%
d3: d3: complete: 100%
d1: d1: complete: 100%
d2: d2: complete: 100%
d4: d4: d4.img
d3: d3: d3.img
d2: d2: d2.img
d1: d1: d1.img

Attach the boot image for the desired profile¶

# nodemedia d1-d4 attach http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img
d1: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d1: d1.img
d2: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d2: d2.img
d3: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d3: d3.img
d4: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d4: d4.img

Boot nodes to usb to commence deployment¶

# nodeboot d1-d usb
d1: usb
d1: reset
d2: usb
d2: reset
d3: usb
d3: reset
d4: usb
d4: reset

Deployment should proceed to completion¶

From this point forward, deployment should proceed automatically, similar to how it would progress with a network based deployment.