{"id":793,"date":"2012-09-07T15:27:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T15:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomp.ch\/?p=793"},"modified":"2012-09-07T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T15:27:34","slug":"installing-foreman-1-0-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/icclab\/installing-foreman-1-0-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Foreman 1.0.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just recently the Foreman project released the latest version, 1.0.1. If you are following our [previous guide to install 0.4.2](http:\/\/www.cloudcomp.ch\/2012\/06\/automating-the-icclab-part-one\/) then you should also follow this.<\/p>\n

# Installing & Configuring Foreman
\nYou should setup your virtual machine exactly as we did in the previous guide, install puppet and checkout the foreman-installer modules from github. There is a small number of issues with the installer but we’ll easily walk you through them!<\/p>\n

To check things out quickly, you can [download a VM (OVA) that has Foreman 1.0.1](http:\/\/www.cloudcomp.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Foreman1.01.ova) preconfigured. The username\/password is `root` and `root`. This also includes puppet modules to deploy OpenStack compute and controller nodes.<\/p>\n

> Side note: the puppetlabs repository has changed. Make sure to:
\n> `wget http:\/\/apt.puppetlabs.com\/puppetlabs-release-stable.deb`<\/p>\n

Ensure that the foreman-proxy is part of the bind group. If not add the user:<\/p>\n

[gist id=3667157]<\/p>\n

Configure your `foreman_proxy\/manifests\/params.pp as` before, ensuring to enable DHCP and DNS and for each of those setting the correct network settings (subnet etc)<\/p>\n

Configure you `foreman\/manifest\/params.pp` as before. For us we disabled SSL. Very important here is that you set the `foreman_url` parameter to include the port number on which foreman listens (port 3000). <\/p>\n

[gist id=3667152]<\/p>\n

If it is not set then the scripts that tie puppet and foreman together will not work. This is a [known and reported issue](http:\/\/theforeman.org\/issues\/1855), which will be resolved.<\/p>\n

Currently there is a bug in `foreman_proxy\/manifests\/proxydhcp.pp`. For now you need to manually set the DNS `nameserver` and TFTP `nextserver` parameters. This [bug has been reported](https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/foreman-users\/t1m8JeWVd7U\/discussion) and will be resolved soon.<\/p>\n

Finally you need to apply [this patch](https:\/\/github.com\/theforeman\/smart-proxy\/commit\/a402c71290f2d8205e60b876f2a40dfa9fefacda). Puppet in its most recent version changed the value of the return code from operations related to `puppetca`. This causes blocking issues with provisioning and deleting hosts with foreman. You can use this sed command if it suits you:<\/p>\n

[gist id=3667151]<\/p>\n

Once applied you should restart the foreman-proxy service<\/p>\n

[gist id=3667147]<\/p>\n

Note, if you start the foreman service and it halts with a stacktrace then you will have to reinitialise the database. This is a one-time operation.<\/p>\n

[gist id=3667139]<\/p>\n

Once these step have been complete, you can then configure Foreman itself (setting smart proxy, host groups etc).<\/p>\n

When configuring these various aspects you should update the ‘Ubuntu default’ disk partition table configuration. Use the following to ensure a complete automatic install:<\/p>\n

[gist id=3667133]<\/p>\n

One of the issues that we’re dealing with currently is that rather than the puppetmaster’s hostname being placed in the relevant configuration files (e.g. `puppet.conf`), an IP address is inserted. This will not work as it will fail with SSL issues. The current work around is to create a ‘snippet’ in the Provisioning Templates section. With this snippet created then set the content of the config files in Provisioning Templates to (using `puppet.conf` as an examples):<\/p>\n

[gist id=3667127]<\/p>\n

Schlagw\u00f6rter: automation<\/a>, baremetal<\/a>, foreman<\/a>, guide<\/a>, howto<\/a>, infrastructure<\/a>, install<\/a>, puppet<\/a>
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