SNAPS-Boot

SNAPS-Boot is the fundamental building block for the SNAPS^TM Program we are developing at CableLabs. It performs a Linux install and network setup for a bare metal machine.

If you're working with Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) or just building your own cloud, then this is where you want to start.

TIP: SNAPS-OpenStack is where you should go next.

Getting started

To get started, you'll want to read the SNAPS-Boot install guide. The fun really begins with the installation steps. That's where you'll be able to clone this repo and commence building:

git clone https://github.com/cablelabs/snaps-boot.git

If you're new to git and GitHub, be sure to check out the Pro Git book. GitHub Help is also outstanding.

Known issues

There is an issue with the Ubuntu installer attempting to use only the first interface as enumerated alphabetically by the network device renaming code in the kernel. This can be a problem when re-imaging the pod nodes.

The workaround is to connect a monitor to each node and set up the network interface by hand or to reconfigure the PXE section of the hosts.yaml file to indicate the interface that the Ubuntu installer is trying to use.

Contributing

SNAPS-Boot was originally built by CableLabs and Aricent, but we could use your help! Check out our contributing guidelines to get started.

Other important stuff

We use an Apache 2.0 License for SNAPS-Boot.

Questions? Just send us an email at snaps@cablelabs.com or join the conversation: .