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 * '''Launchpad Entry''': UbuntuSpec:cloud-server-n-install-service
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== Summary ==

== Release Note ==

##This section should include a paragraph describing the end-user impact of this change.  It is meant to be included in the release notes of the first release in which it is implemented.  (Not all of these will actually be included in the release notes, at the release manager's discretion; but writing them is a useful exercise.)

##It is mandatory.

== Rationale ==

== User stories ==

== Assumptions ==

== Design ==

Bring up a Ubuntu minimal system via a network installation.

##You can have subsections that better describe specific parts of the issue.

Existing solutions:
 * cobbler
 * fai
 * system imager
 * lp:uec-provisioning

Overview

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== Implementation ==

##This section should describe a plan of action (the "how") to implement the changes discussed. Could include subsections like:

== Test/Demo Plan ==

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##This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.

== Unresolved issues ==

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== BoF agenda and discussion ==

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=== UDS Natty discussion ===
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Installation service projects: cobbler, fai, systemimager, openqrm, theforeman, ubuntu-server-iso-testing.

kirkland: See the code at lp:uec-provisioning. We did quite a bit of work in the Maverick cycle to integrate the code we started in Lucid. It's might be a pretty good starting point for this work.

Design principle:
 * bring up a Ubuntu minimal system via a network installation.
 * options to use existing network services.
 
 * integration with cloud-init (use it to start further configuration management tool or whatever)
 
Existing projects:
 * cobbler: similar projects.
 * fai, systemimager, openqrm, theforeman, 
 * lp:ubuntu-server-iso-testing:  
 * lp:uec-provisioning: multiple components: apt-cache / apt-proxy / apt-cacher-ng / apt-mirror, dhcp, pxe, power mgmt (wlan), web frontend (choose a physical system and assign a profile to it).
   * uec-provisioning-server (recommends)
     * uec-provisioning-common - common files
     * uec-provisioning-dhcpd - dhcpd server and configuration - this assumes there is no other dhcp server on the subnet.
        dnsmasq can provide dhcp, dns and tftp services.
     * uec-provisioning-mirror - local deb mirror (approx)
     * uec-provisioning-tftpd - tftp/pxe server
     * uec-provisioning-webui - web user interface and preseed configuration
         (preseed to be made modular)

database freedom is welcome to support cmdbs
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PDU management through NUTS?
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