Bootstrap a management cluster

This section describes how to prepare and bootstrap a baremetal-based management cluster. The procedure includes:

• A runbook that describes how to create a seed node that is a temporary server used to run the management cluster bootstrap scripts.

• A step-by-step instruction how to prepare metadata for the bootstrap scripts and how to run them.

• Prepare the seed node
• Configure BIOS on a bare metal host
• Prepare metadata and deploy the management cluster since 2.24.0
• Prepare metadata and deploy the management cluster before 2.24.0
  • Prepare metadata and deploy the management cluster
  • Configure NIC bonding
  • Separate PXE and management networks
  • Configure multiple DHCP ranges using Subnet resources
    • Override the default dnsmasq settings
    • Configure DHCP ranges for dnsmasq
    • Configure DHCP relay on ToR switches