TestClusterAutomation [FreeBSD WIKI]

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====== Attendees ======
**Session Chair:** Jon Anderson\\ 
Eric le Blan,
Mathieu Arnold,
Sofian Brabez,
Piete Brooks,
Baptiste Daroussin,
Ed Maste,
Hiroki Sato

====== Whiteboard ======
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====== Interests ======
  * As little intervention as possible!
  * Network testing
  * VM config compatibility
  * %%FreeBSD%% cluster management
  * Post-commit hook testing
  * Pre-commit testing
  * Disposable machines
  * Build-test cluster
    * Make release insufficient
    * Need to improve bootstrap

====== Discussion ======
===== Technologies =====
  * PXE + DHCP
  * iSCSI boot
  * iPXE -> iSCSI disk image
    * Initialize iSCSI connection
  * Foreman
  * Emulab
  * Spacewalk
  * GLPI

===== Misc =====
  * Machine DB
    * Serial numbers
    * MAC addresses

  * Our loader does not speak HTTP
  * Provide ISO image via iPXE

  * PXELINUX integration

  * Testing/CI
  * Phabricator
  * Kuya

===== Building =====
  * Vagrant
  * Poudriere extensions
  * Ready-to-use images
    * Docker
    * Kato Kazuyoshi
    * CBSD
    * Warden
  * VM images
  * Makefs -> iSCSI -> VM / PXE boot
    * VMs
    * Jails
    * Bare metla

====== Requirements / Goals / Use cases ======
  * Test %%FreeBSD%% kernels
  * Test entire installed system (e.g. %%PostgreSQL%% on Linux and %%FreeBSD%%)
    * Compare versions, operating systems, etc.
  * Cluster reproducibility (easy to build a new test cluster)
  * Manage Jenkins and build / Buildbot instances
  * %%FreeBSD%% evaluation
  * Reservation system
    * Package building: priority schedule
  * Poudriere cluster deployment

===== Machine Requirements =====
  * Power control (switched PDU, IPMI)
  * Consoles (serial, IPMI)
    * Conserver
  * Diskfull and diskless machines

====== Actions ======

^ Who ^ Action ^
| bapt | Investigate chain loading %%FreeBSD%% loader from iPXE, PXELINUX |
| jon | Libpdu / pdud (may already exist?) |
| emaste | Investigate UEFI netboot |
| jon | Reservation system |
| sbruno | Finish PXE HTTP |
| bapt | Build base system with Poudriere |
| bz | System reproducibility\\ Diff and clone\\ System info submission for bug reports |
|  | Linux compatible chainloading |
|  | Investigate non-x86 |