This is a simple project to provide MAAS with KVM POD capability in a LXD container.
- LXD must be installed and working. LXD Install Guide
- KVM must be installed and working. KVM Install Guide
- If running LXC version 3.0 or above, ensure that you have an LXD storage pool named "default" set up; this project assumes it is.
If using a version of lxd that supports storage pools (>2.0), ensure that the pool name in 'root-device' matches what you have in lxc storage list
Run the make-maas.sh and name your MAAS container.
./make-maas.sh maas
This applies the included profile to a container, tries to get it's IP address and adds a dnsmasq entry to LXD so that containers which PXE will be sent to MAAS. Note that DNS/DHCP is still done via LXD. If you are using the default NAT configuration you'll be able to spin up KVM's inside this LXD container through MAAS. If you're using a bridged network setup you'll need to handle network configuration to address how you want DHCP/DNS/PXE to be routed.
The install can take some time as it has to install several packages. When it is complete you can access your MAAS node at http://MAASIP:5240/MAAS
See the MAAS Documentation for up to date information. A few quick comments
- An admin user has been setup, password/login are admin/admin
- You can use MAAS PODS, but one is not automatically added currently with this
script. To do so run
create-vm-pod.sh $container-nameafter MAAS is up and has been configured with images. This will create a pod and an initial VM.
Once PODs are configured you can create them directly from the MAAS interface. MAAS will also compose a pod for juju when juju requests a machine. However automatic machine creation is currently not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1740935 on stable branches, it appears version 2.6 in development it is currently working.
For more information on using Juju with MAAS see Using a MAAS cloud in the juju documentation.