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@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@ # Ansible roles for OpenSLX +Small collection of ansible roles to build a dracut-based initramfs for network boot. +The roles currently support both Ubuntu 16.04.2 and CentOS 7.3. +Currently, it only matches these distribution families but does not check for these exact versions! +### setup-dev-tools +Installs basic development packages for the detected distribution: + + Ubuntu: build-essential, cmake, git + CentOS: "@development tools", cmake, git + +### dracut-initramfs-builder +Builds the dracut-based initramfs using the dnbd3-rootfs module (see [systemd-init](http://git.openslx.org/openslx-ng/systemd-init.git/)): +* Install needed dependencies to build dracut for the detected distribution +* Checkout git repository for systemd-init +* Build the initramfs for the running kernel +* Extract both initramfs and kernel out of the virtual machine + +Depends on *setup-dev-tools* role (see dracut-initramfs-builder/meta/main.yml). + +## Usage +Use the provided 'build-dracut-initramfs.yml' playbook for the ansible provisioner in your packer template. |