iSCSI integration in Warewulf
a project by ncuralli
Updated 10 months ago. 3 hacker ♥️. 3 followers.

Description

This Hackweek project aims to enhance Warewulf’s capabilities by adding iSCSI support, enabling both remote boot and flexible mounting of iSCSI devices within the filesystem. The project, which already handles NFS, DHCP, and iPXE, will be extended to offer iSCSI services as well, centralizing all necessary services for provisioning and booting cluster nodes.

Goals

  • iSCSI Boot Option: Enable nodes to boot directly from iSCSI volumes
  • Mounting iSCSI Volumes within the Filesystem: Implement support for mounting iSCSI devices at various points within the filesystem

Resources

https://warewulf.org/

Steps

  • add generic framework to handle remote ressource/filesystems to wwctl [ ]
  • add iSCSI handling to wwctl configure [ ]
  • add iSCSI to dracut files [ ]
  • test it [ ]

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Looking for hackers with the skills:

pxe golang bare-metal iscsi ipxe initrd

This project is part of:

Hack Week 24

Activity

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  • 10 months ago: ncuralli added keyword "golang" to this project.
  • 10 months ago: ncuralli added keyword "bare-metal" to this project.
  • 10 months ago: ncuralli added keyword "iscsi" to this project.
  • 10 months ago: ncuralli added keyword "ipxe" to this project.
  • 10 months ago: ncuralli added keyword "initrd" to this project.
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