Cobbler's per-MAC gPXE script passed inst.ks.sendmac, making anaconda send its
interface MACs as X-RHN-Provisioning-MAC-N headers when fetching the kickstart.
The bootapi iPXE script omitted it, so it was not a full drop-in for Cobbler's
gpxe output.
- Emit inst.ks.sendmac immediately before inst.ks= in the boot iPXE template,
matching Cobbler ordering.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JUoARVdmhxKQHyyyp1pxeT
Six new prodnxsr0014-0019 Dell OptiPlex 3070 hosts were registered on the
legacy cobbler server (profile almalinux9-dell_3070) but the fleet had no
matching bootapi catalog entry, so they would fall to the generic almalinux9
autopart-on-sda path.
- Add catalog/optiplex-3070.yaml: auto-nvme, UEFI-aware, fixed ~31G LVM
- Document the entry in catalog/README.md shipped list and per-model table
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JUoARVdmhxKQHyyyp1pxeT
Adds a fast, reproducible install path that unpacks a prebuilt AlmaLinux 9 node
rootfs onto the device (Anaconda liveimg) instead of resolving packages, with
per-host networking still templated after the unpack. Reuses the OptiPlex storage
vars so image and package installs lay disks out identically. Templates-only per
review; the rootfs build lives in the bootapi-images repo.
- kickstart/image.ks.tmpl: liveimg --url={{ .DistroVars.rootfs_tarball }};
%post renders per-host NetworkManager keyfiles from NetBox interface data
(the image is generic and liveimg overwrites /etc), hostname, puppet-initial
PUPPETCA_URL env, and the provisioned callback.
- kickstart/_storage.ks.tmpl: shared storage-block/storage-pre partials
(storage_mode / vg_grow); almalinux9.ks.tmpl now uses them (no behaviour
change).
- catalog/almalinux9-image.yaml (VM autopart) + optiplex-7080-image.yaml
(auto-nvme + vg_grow), rootfs_tarball -> artifactapi rootfs-images repo.
Rootfs tarball built+published by https://git.unkin.net/unkin/bootapi-images
(v* tag). Validated with bootapi validate + shellcheck; no bootapi code change.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
The seed almalinux9 kickstart reconstructed the Cobbler contract from memory
and guessed storage: it installed to sda with autopart and keyboard us. The
real Cobbler server (cobbler.main.unkin.net) provisions the OptiPlex fleet from
three model-specific profiles (almalinux9-dell_3050 / _3060 / _7080) that all
install to NVMe with an explicit LVM layout and differ in disk selection, EFI
handling and whether the VG grows. This folds that real content in, keeping one
shared template driven by per-model catalog data.
Changes:
- Make almalinux9.ks.tmpl storage model-aware via .DistroVars.storage_mode:
fixed-nvme (static nvme0n1, BIOS/MBR), auto-nvme (%pre picks the internal
NVMe, UEFI-aware, --boot-drive), with vg_grow to grow the PV; generic/VM
hosts keep the autopart-on-sda path.
- Port the explicit LVM layout (/boot, root, swap, /home, /var/log) and the
%pre NVMe picker + rootvg wipe from the real Cobbler dell templates.
- Add catalog entries optiplex-3050 (fixed-nvme), optiplex-3060 (auto-nvme) and
optiplex-7080 (auto-nvme + vg_grow), selected by a device's provision_template
custom field set to the OptiPlex device_type slug.
- Correct keyboard us -> au and add the kdump addon + kexec-tools/bind-utils to
match the Cobbler profiles.
- Document the per-model variants and selection in catalog/README.md.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
Initial content for bootapi's git-synced template set: the kickstart and iPXE
templates and the distro catalog (almalinux9, fedora) ported from bootapi's
embedded defaults, plus CI that validates every template/catalog renders for
every distro (bootapi validate) and shellchecks the %post blocks.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015ur3i7D2azsMAWTSVABApv
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