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[Robbie Williamson <robbie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Reposting to the maas-devel list.

On 08/21/2012 10:55 PM, Nida, Adrian M. wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu Server Team,
> 
> I am trying to run some simulations for my dissertation and have
> gotten the green light to bring up a private cloud to do just that.
> Because of my status I do not have access to the institution's DHCP
> server.  Also, because of their Network Access Controls (NAC), I
> cannot simply use a $10 router to hide my items behind (as someone in
> #ubuntu-server recommended).
> 
> Now, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS  says MAAS can work in a
> network with an existing DHCP server.  It even says it will "look at
> both of these ways to run MAAS,"  but then it doesn't mention
> anything that addresses my situation.
> 
> My Google-Fu lead me to this bug report
> https://answers.launchpad.net/maas/+question/194427.  There's a link
> to wordpress entry, which is set to private and requires a username
> and password to access (and I don't know it).
> 
> Google also lead me to this forum post
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1991270.  However, it hasn't
> been answered.
> 
> So, I would like to please request a link to any documentation that
> does cover this type of an environment.  If there isn't any, would
> one of you please be so kind as to point me in the direction I should
> start poking around to try it out?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Adrian -- PhD Candidate / Senior Systems Engineer MUSC -- OBIS MSC
> 200 Charleston, SC 29425
> 


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