bladerunner/docs/node-provisioning.rst

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Node Provisioning
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First boot
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What needs to happen when a node first boots up?
- It needs to find the network.
- The TPM must be provisioned.
- Storage should be provisioned.
- Ansible should be run to set up any software.
Questions
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1. What should boot look like after the first PXE boot?
- PXE boot and run ansible each time?
- Install an image to the eMMC (or SD card), booting from that in
the future and using the NVMe drive for storage?
- Install an image to the NVMe drive and boot off that in the
future?
2. What can we do with the TPM?
- It needs to be registered on first boot.
3. What should be done in the initramfs vs cloud-init?
4. What sort of clustering software should we use?
- Some sort of container management?
- Kubernetes?