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Re: Feedback from Fuel 4.1 install by new user

 

Yes Roman, #1-#3 looks like interesting stuff for QA-team.

Nastya.



On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Dmitriy Novakovskiy <
dnovakovskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm working on it :). It's not easy when someone is playing with a number
> of tools and is not (yet?) interesting in contributing bug reports to a
> single specific one
>
> ---
> Regards,
> Dmitriy
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Roman Alekseenkov <
> ralekseenkov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dmitry,
>>
>> Can you convince your prospect to file these bugs?
>>
>> Nastya,
>>
>> #1-#3 sound like usability issues. Should be tested/addressed on our end.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Roman
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Dmitriy Novakovskiy <
>> dnovakovskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Just checked w/ the guy - items 1-3 happened while he was installing
>>> Fuel master from dvd. 1 and 2 are actually surprising.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> 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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>>>>
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