OpenSLX-NextGen¶

• Table of contents
• OpenSLX-NextGen
  • Overview
  • Subprojects

Main project page for the next generation of OpenSLX based on:

• HashiCorp's packer to generate clean reference system installations
• Redhat's ansible to provision these with their usecase-specific software stack and form the stage4
• Redhat's dracut framework to generate the stage3's initramfs

Overview¶

Short recap for the current next-gen stage3/stage4 generation concepts:

• Create base system images with packer. See: packer-templates
• Stage3: Build the initramfs in that image using dracut and our custom dracut module. See: dnbd3-rootfs
• Stage4: Provision the base images with ansible to install and configure the software stack needed for the different usecases (bwLehrpool, bwHPC, ...). See: ansible-roles

Refer to the subprojects for more detailed information about each stage.

Subprojects¶

• Stage3 - Dracut-based initramfs
• Stage4 - Packer & Ansible