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[Dmitriy Novakovskiy <dnovakovskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just checked w/ the guy - items 1-3 happened while he was installing Fuel
master from dvd. 1 and 2 are actually surprising.

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Regards,
Dmitriy


On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Mike Scherbakov
<mscherbakov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Thanks Dmitry,
> good source of info for QA to try things out in mentioned directions, and
> file bugs with detailed description.
>
> Anyone's contribution into this is very welcome.
>
> > *Seems like root passwords are non-randomized for daughter
> installations (e.g. openstack controller), these should be randomized / at
> least non-default or let me change what 'default' root password for systems
> should be*
> There is blueprint to address this:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/fuel/+spec/password-for-console-login.
> Actually it is not that dangerous: there is possible access to the system
> only via console, so you have to have physical access / remote KVM (which
> is usually under password) to servers.
>
> > *Installs should work WITHOUT DNS/internet,*
> was designed to be so, and I believe it does work... QA to assure us in
> this. I believe we should even have system test for it.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Meg McRoberts <mmcroberts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Great info, Dmitriy!  And yes, we need a straight-forward Installation
>> Guide for bare-metal that guides
>> the user through the basic, common steps; we also need a User Guide that
>> is simple and straightforward
>> for information about general maintenance/admin tasks after installation.
>>
>> These guides can link to sections in other docs that include more
>> background information and advanced
>> methods.  I hope to implement this for 5.0.
>>
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/fuel/+spec/fuel-docs-restructure
>>
>> meg
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Dmitriy Novakovskiy <
>> dnovakovskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I recently got the below list of points from one of prospects who played
>>> w/ Fuel 4.1.
>>> The description is pretty vague and triggers questions (even from me),
>>> but I really don't have time now to go deep and ask for details.
>>>
>>> So, if any points here seem interesting/worth of investigation - please
>>> reach out to me, I'll share the contact information for someone to reach
>>> out to this person.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Here is a breakdown of what seems to be insufficient error checking:
>>>> 1.       If there is a DHCP server on the network, system doesn't
>>>> gracefully exit, and requires a re-install from scratch 2.       If there
>>>> is no internet access (with dns) / dns not on network, " 3.       Install
>>>> should do EVERYTHING on the first go, or at least tell me its necessary to
>>>> keep the cdrom in the drive, and to boot from hard disk. Rebooting twice
>>>> and resuming from cdrom only causes it to blow itself away again
>>>> 4.       Seems like root passwords are non-randomized for daughter
>>>> installations (e.g. openstack controller), these should be randomized / at
>>>> least non-default or let me change what 'default' root password for systems
>>>> should be 5.       Fuel doesn't use HTTPS 6.       Installs should work
>>>> WITHOUT DNS/internet, or should be clearly stated in start up guide.  In
>>>> fact, a 'quick start' guide for bare metal folks would be extremely useful.
>>>> Finally, the 'default' network setup seems to foobar overlapping ranges,
>>>> and never offers to correct them. This is confusing, and causes the user to
>>>> have to figure out where it is. Will provide more feedback as I get further
>>>> in. The initial installation of Controller seems to work great once
>>>> everything is up.*
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Regards,
>>> Dmitriy
>>>
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