Photon Installation¶
A mirror should be setup firstly before installation. For PhotonOS, there is only one way to setup mirror currently.
- Local ISO mirror: Download PhotonOS ISO image, mount ISO image in a local server as the repository, http service for this repository is provided so that a node could access without proxy.
mkdir ~/iso && cd !/iso
# Download iso file
wget https://bintray.com/vmware/photon/download_file?file_path=photon-1.0-62c543d.iso
# Create mirror folder
mkdir -p /var/mirrors/photon
# Replace {on-http-dir} with your own
mkdir -p {on-http-dir}/static/http/mirrors
# Mount iso
sudo mount photon-1.0-62c543d.iso /var/mirrors/photon
# Replace {on-http-dir} with your own
sudo ln -s /var/mirrors/photon {on-http-dir}/static/http/mirrors/
Call API to Install OS¶
Get payload example:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RackHD/RackHD/master/example/samples/install_photon_os_payload_minimal.json
Remember to replace version
and repo
with your own, see fileServerAddress
and fileServerPort
in /opt/monorail/config.json
Create workflow, replace the 9090
port if you are using other ports You can configure the port in /opt/monorail/config.json
-> httpEndPoints
-> northbound-api-router
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @install_photon_os_payload_minimal.json 127.0.0.1:9090/api/current/nodes/{node-id}/workflows?name=Graph.InstallPhotonOS | jq '.'
Note
For more detail about payload file please refer to Non-Windows OS Installation Workflow Payload