ReleaseEngineering/PuppetAgain/Base Images

Base images are OS/hardware-specific. In some cases, we can leverage existing installers; in others, we must use snapshots of installed systems. In either case, the idea is to get a minimal system set up to run puppetize.sh, which will take care of getting a certificate and running puppet in a loop until it succeeds.

See Puppetization Process for how a base image becomes a running instance.

CentOS 6.2 with Kickstart

The bulk of a kickstart script is available in setup. Run 'make' to create the script. The top section will need a few site-specific modifications. Most of the action is in the %post section, which:

• looks for PUPPET_PASS on the kernel command line, and stores it in /root/deploypass
• installs minimal packages
  • Using a possibly site-specific yum-repo location (under http://repos/repos/)
• installs puppetize.sh and sets it to run on boot.

The same script supports both i386 and x86_64 ISAs; the determining factor is the kernel used to run the installer.

Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269) - Mountain Lion

The current base image is built from installing 10.7 Lion via the recovery boot option (cmd + R) and then upgrading to 10.8 Mountain Lion through the App Store. You will need to log in to the apple developer site and redeem OS X Mountain Lion under your credentials

• Using a R5 Mac Mini, boot into OS X Lion Recovery mode

Hold down command + R during the boot process

• Once in recovery mode; launch the disk utility and remove any software raid configuration
• Erase all disks. This partitions and formats all disks
• Close disk utility and launch lion osx recovery from the menu
• Go get coffee and take a nap
• Once the recovery is complete, the system will reboot

At this point the system will have a fresh install of 10.7 OS X Lion

• walk through the setup screen and create a default user
  • default user should be 'administrator' using the current releng root/admin kickstart password
• skip all of the apple account registration screens
• At the login screen, use the 'administrator' credentials that were entered earlier
• Launch the App store using your apple developer credentials
• Search 'os x mountain lion'
• Click download under OS X Mountain Lion
  • Make sure to sign out of the app store once the download is complete
• Once the download is complete, launch the OS X Mountain Lion installer and proceed through the setup process
• Once installed, the system will reboot

The system is now upgraded and running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

• At the login screen, use the 'administrator' credentials that were entered earlier
• Open System Preferences -> Sharing
  • Disable:
    • Remote Management
  • Enable:
    • Screen Sharing and Remote Login
• Open System Preferences -> Enery Saver
  • Move Computer sleep slider to Never
  • Move Disply sleep slider to Never
  • Disable:
    • put hard disks to sleep when possible
    • Allow power button to put computer to sleep
  • Enable:
    • Wake for network access
• Capture the image for Deploy Studio
• Integrate into the workflows to image 10.8 systems

Mac OS X Server 10.7.2 (11C74) - Lion

• Install OS X 10.7.2 on an r4 or r5 mini
• walk through the setup screen and create a default user
  • default user should be 'administrator' using the current releng root/admin kickstart password
• skip all of the apple account registration screens
• At the login screen, use the 'administrator' credentials that were entered earlier
• Open System Preferences -> Sharing
  • Enable Screen Sharing and Remote Login
• Open System Preferences -> Enery Saver
  • Move Computer sleep slider to Never
  • Move Display sleep slider to Never
• Capture the image for Deploy Studio
• Integrate into the workflows to image 10.7.2 systems

Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Snow Leopard

• Install OS X 10.6.4 on an r4 mini from disk.
• walk through the setup screen and create a default user
  • default user should be 'administrator' using the current releng root/admin kickstart password
• skip all of the apple account registration screens
• At the login screen, use the 'administrator' credentials that were entered earlier
• Open System Preferences -> Sharing
  • Enable Screen Sharing and Remote Login
• Open System Preferences -> Enery Saver
  • Move Computer sleep slider to Never
  • Move Display sleep slider to Never
• Apply the 10.6.8 update.
• Capture the image for Deploy Studio
• Integrate into the workflows to image 10.8.6 systems