Test setup: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:47, 19 April 2011

This is how Mrfai does testing (using FAI 3.4.8)

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 required
A host on which I run all tests has a Q4 Core i7 960, 3.2GHz, 6GB RAM, GBit LAN
/etc/default/tmpfs: SHM_SIZE=5g
Set up a software bridge, so kvm can use a tap device (using the script File:Bridge-on.sh)
Install fai packages, create the nfsroot
Using File:Fai-kvm.sh you can start a test client via PXE or from FAI CD

fai-kvm.sh -n pxe

fai-kvm.sh pxe

fai-kvm.sh -n faicd

fai-mirror -m9999  -xXEN,I386,CHROOT,LILO,GRUB,GNOME,GERMAN /dev/shm/m1

fai-cd -m /dev/shm/m1 /files/scratch/fai-cd.iso

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 == A nice test setup ==
-This is how Mrfai does testing.
+This is how Mrfai does testing (using FAI 3.4.8)
 * Set up a Debian mirror in your local LAN (using debmirror(1) and /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/examples/utils/mkdebmirror)
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 == Creating a FAI-CD ISO image ==
-* Create a partitial mirror containing the packages needed
+* Create a partitial mirror containing the packages needed (16s needed)
 <pre>fai-mirror -m9999  -xXEN,I386,CHROOT,LILO,GRUB,GNOME,GERMAN /dev/shm/m1</pre>
-* Create the ISO image (run this as root)
+* Create the ISO image (run this as root, 1.3s needed)
 <pre>fai-cd -m /dev/shm/m1 /files/scratch/fai-cd.iso</pre>