Using RPM (recommended)¶
Note
Supported only on RHEL 7.5 for POWER9
Note
In a herarchical environment xCAT-openbmc-py
must be installed on both Management and Service nodes. On Service node xCAT-openbmc-py
can be installed directly by following instructions in Install xCAT-openbmc-py on MN, or xCAT-openbmc-py
can be installed on Service node from Management node by following instructions in Install xCAT-openbmc-py on SN from MN
Install xCAT-openbmc-py on MN¶
The following repositories should be configured on your Management Node.
- RHEL 7.5 OS repository
- RHEL 7.5 Extras repository
- RHEL 7 EPEL repository (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL)
- Fedora28 repository (for
gevent
andgreenlet
)
Configure RHEL 7.5 OS repository
Configure RHEL 7.5 Extras repository
Configure EPEL repository
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Create a local Fedora28 repository and configure the MN to the FC28 Repo
Here’s an example to configure the Fedora 28 repository at
/install/repos/fc28
Make the target repository directory on the MN:
mkdir -p /install/repos/fc28/ppc64le/Packages
Download the rpms:
cd /install/repos/fc28/ppc64le/Packages wget https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora-secondary/releases/28/Everything/ppc64le/os/Packages/p/python2-gevent-1.2.2-2.fc28.ppc64le.rpm wget https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora-secondary/releases/28/Everything/ppc64le/os/Packages/p/python2-greenlet-0.4.13-2.fc28.ppc64le.rpm
Create a repository in that directory:
cd /install/repos/fc28/ppc64le/ createrepo .
Create a repo file
/etc/yum.repos.d/fc28.repo
and set its contents:[fc28] name=Fedora28 yum repository for gevent and greenlet baseurl=file:///install/repos/fc28/ppc64le/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Install
xCAT-openbmc-py
:yum install xCAT-openbmc-py
Install xCAT-openbmc-py on SN from MN¶
Attention
Instructions below assume Service node has access to the Internet. If not, a local EPEL repository would need to be configured on the Management node, similar to the RHEL Extras repository.
Copy
Packages
directory containinggevent
andgreenlet
rpms from/install/repos/fc28/ppc64le
to the directory pointed to byotherpkgdir
attribute of the osimage.# Display the directory of otherpkgdir lsdef -t osimage rhels7.5-ppc64le-install-service -i otherpkgdir -c # Create Packages directory mkdir /install/post/otherpkgs/rhels7.5-alternate/ppc64le/xcat/Packages # Copy rpms cp /install/repos/fc28/ppc64le/Packages/*.rpm /install/post/otherpkgs/rhels7.5-alternate/ppc64le/xcat/Packages
Configure
otherpkglist
attribute of the osimagechdef -t osimage rhels7.5-ppc64le-install-service otherpkglist=/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/service.rhels7.ppc64le.otherpkgs.pkglist
Add the following entries to the contents of
/opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/rh/service.rhels7.ppc64le.otherpkgs.pkglist
... xcat/Packages/python2-gevent xcat/Packages/python2-greenlet xcat/xcat-core/xCAT-openbmc-py
Choose one of the 3 methods below to complete the installation
Install on diskful SN using updatenode¶
If SN was installed without xCAT-openbmc-py
package, updatenode
can be used to install that package.
Sync EPEL repository and key file
rsync -v /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo root@<SN>:/etc/yum.repos.d/ rsync -v /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7 root@<SN>:/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
Update packages on SN
updatenode <SN> -S
Install on diskful SN using rinstall¶
Configure
synclists
attribute of osimagechdef -t osimage rhels7.5-ppc64le-install-service synclists=/install/custom/netboot/compute.synclist
Add the following to the contents of
/install/custom/netboot/compute.synclist
... /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo -> /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7 -> /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Install SN
rinstall <SN> osimage=rhels7.5-ppc64le-install-service
Install on diskless SN using rinstall¶
Add EPEL online repository https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/ppc64le to
pkgdir
attribute of osimage:chdef -t osimage -o rhels7.5-ppc64le-netboot-service -p pkgdir=https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/ppc64le
Install diskless SN
genimage rhels7.5-ppc64le-netboot-service packimage rhels7.5-ppc64le-netboot-service rinstall <SN> osimage=rhels7.5-ppc64le-netboot-service