From 0a64fea18160e3cacdf026ae1edd9fafcdc5581f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Vielmetti Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:37:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [WIP} Packet platform docs Work in progress to identify documentation needed for Packet as a linuxkit provider. --- docs/platform-packet.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/platform-packet.md b/docs/platform-packet.md index f34e22e79..74d5035c8 100644 --- a/docs/platform-packet.md +++ b/docs/platform-packet.md @@ -1,13 +1,32 @@ -# LinuxKit with bare metal on packet.net +# LinuxKit with bare metal on Packet -TBD +Packet is a bare metal hosting provider. + +You will need to have created a Packet account and a project to +put this new machine into. You will also need to create an API key +with appropriate permissions to + +Linuxkit on Packet boots via iPXE. This requires that you have +an HTTP server on which you can store your images. At the moment +there is no equivalent to "linuxkit push" to upload these images, +so you will have to host them yourself. ## Boot +`linuxkit run packet -api-key PACKET_API_KEY -base-url http://path-to-my-pxe-boot-server ...` + +Servers take several minutes to provision. + ## Console +Prepare an SSH public key? + ## Disks +Elastic storage, pointer to. + ## Networking +Make sure that the interfaces come up bonded? + ## Integration services and Metadata