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== A nice test setup == | == A nice test setup == | ||
This is how Mrfai does testing | This is how Mrfai does testing | ||
* Set up a Debian mirror in your local LAN (using debmirror(1) and /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/examples/utils/mkdebmirror) | * Set up a Debian mirror in your local LAN (using debmirror(1) and /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/examples/utils/mkdebmirror) | ||
* 2GB RAM for this mirror should be fine, GBit LAN is | * 2GB RAM for this mirror should be fine, GBit LAN is nice | ||
* The host on which I run all tests has a | * The host on which I run all tests has a quad-core Core i7-3770T, 2.5GHz, 32GB RAM, GBit LAN | ||
* /etc/ | * my /tmp entry in etc/fstab: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=85%,mode=1777 0 0 | ||
* Set up a software bridge, so kvm can use a tap device (using the script [ | * Set up a software bridge, so kvm can use a tap device (using the script [https://github.com/faiproject/fai/blob/master/dev-utils/fai-mk-network fai-mk-network]) | ||
* Install fai packages, create the nfsroot | * Install fai packages, create the nfsroot | ||
* Using [ | * Using [https://github.com/faiproject/fai/blob/master/dev-utils/fai-kvm fai-kvm] you can boot a test client via PXE or from FAI CD | ||
<pre>fai-kvm | <pre>fai-kvm -n pxe</pre> | ||
<pre>fai-kvm | <pre>fai-kvm pxe</pre> | ||
<pre>fai-kvm | <pre>fai-kvm -n cd faicd64-small_5.7.iso</pre> | ||
* Since a lot of things run in RAM this setup is very fast! A simple installation takes about 30 to 90 seconds. | |||
== Creating a FAI-CD ISO image == | == Creating a FAI-CD ISO image == | ||
* Create a partitial mirror containing the packages needed (16s needed) | * Create a partitial mirror containing the packages needed (16s needed) | ||
<pre>fai-mirror -m9999 -xXEN,I386,CHROOT | <pre>fai-mirror -m9999 -xXEN,I386,CHROOT,GRUB,GNOME,GERMAN /tmp/m1</pre> | ||
* Create the ISO image (run this as root) | |||
<pre>fai-cd -m /tmp/m1 /files/scratch/fai-cd.iso</pre> | |||
* | * Run the CD in a VM | ||
<pre>fai-cd | <pre>fai-kvm -n cd /files/scratch/fai-cd.iso</pre> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:27, 11 September 2018
A nice test setup
This is how Mrfai does testing
- Set up a Debian mirror in your local LAN (using debmirror(1) and /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/examples/utils/mkdebmirror)
- 2GB RAM for this mirror should be fine, GBit LAN is nice
- The host on which I run all tests has a quad-core Core i7-3770T, 2.5GHz, 32GB RAM, GBit LAN
- my /tmp entry in etc/fstab: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=85%,mode=1777 0 0
- Set up a software bridge, so kvm can use a tap device (using the script fai-mk-network)
- Install fai packages, create the nfsroot
- Using fai-kvm you can boot a test client via PXE or from FAI CD
fai-kvm -n pxe
fai-kvm pxe
fai-kvm -n cd faicd64-small_5.7.iso
- Since a lot of things run in RAM this setup is very fast! A simple installation takes about 30 to 90 seconds.
Creating a FAI-CD ISO image
- Create a partitial mirror containing the packages needed (16s needed)
fai-mirror -m9999 -xXEN,I386,CHROOT,GRUB,GNOME,GERMAN /tmp/m1
- Create the ISO image (run this as root)
fai-cd -m /tmp/m1 /files/scratch/fai-cd.iso
- Run the CD in a VM
fai-kvm -n cd /files/scratch/fai-cd.iso