Is it possible to use MAAS only for installation of OS. Once installed what is the best way to detach it from MAAS so it becomes an independent server/machine.
I have a use case where we need to deploy OS on the machines and then have them boot independently and not require MAAS to functions, without too much hacking.
Thanks
so, @irathore, it’s an interesting idea. what specifically are you hoping to accomplish by detaching it? are you trying to use MAAS to provision desktops or something?
Sorry, I did not get notified of your response earlier.
You are correct, I have server farms that we push OS to. MAAS seems to do a great job, but I want the deployed machines not to depend on MAAS for its operation. These are mostly systems we use as KVM servers (But desktop are definitely in my radar, same workflow) . I was thinking:
I was trying to find out what does “Delete Machine” do but the docs are silent on it.
@irathore, AFAIK, this is not a feature we currently support, because we don’t routinely envision using MAAS this way. i remember that more than one person has asked about this. some people might even be using MAAS this way, but if they are, at least I am not aware of it.
the only way it might get in our roadmap is if it’s added to the feature requests. it might even work better if you are a supported customer and make the request through your support rep, but i really can’t say this is currently a core target for what MAAS does as a bare-metal provisioning tool, as I understand it.
others in the MAAS engineering and support teams, please feel free to counter my opinion if you have different information or ideas.
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