Using MAAS, you can add new nodes in an unattended way called enlistment or manually, when enlistment does not work.
MAAS enlistment uses a combination of DHCP with TFTP and PXE technologies.
Note
To boot a node over PXE, enable netboot
or network boot
in BIOS.
For KVM virtual machines, specify the boot device as network
in the VM configuration file and add the node manually.
You need to configure the Virsh
power type and provide access
to the KVM host as described in
BMC Power Types.
To ignore the already deployed machines and avoid issues with the
wait_for_ready
Salt state failure, you may need to set
ignore_deployed_machines
to true
in the Reclass model:
parameters:
maas:
region:
ignore_deployed_machines: true
To add a new node manually:
In the MAAS web UI, open the Nodes page.
Click the Add hardware drop-down menu at the top-right corner and select Add machine.
Set Machine name, Domain, Architecture, Minimum Kernel, Zone, MAC Address, Power type.
Note
See Configure power management for more details on power types.
Click Save machine.
MAAS will add the new machine to the list of nodes with the status Comissioning.
See also