MAAS is Metal As A Service, a service that lets you treat physical servers like virtual machines – instances – in the cloud. No need to manage servers individually: MAAS turns your bare metal into an elastic, cloud-like resource.
Quick questions you might have:
- What is MAAS – and what does it really do for me?
- Can you show me an example datacentre using MAAS?
- How does MAAS work, in detail?
- What concepts might I need to understand before starting?
- Can I just install it and try it for myself?
Part of the machine list from Metaphorical General Hospital, our example datacentre.
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- Commissioning and hardware testing scripts
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| PATH | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| /docs/pods | /docs/intro-to-vm-hosting |
| /docs/manage-composable-machines | /docs/intro-to-vm-hosting |
| /docs/kvm-introduction | /docs/intro-to-vm-hosting |
| /docs/manage-kvm-intro | /docs/intro-to-vm-hosting |
| /docs/add-a-kvm-host | /docs/add-a-vm-host |
| /docs/manage-kvm-add-host | /docs/add-a-vm-host |
| /docs/manage-kvm-storage | /docs/vm-host-storage-pools |
| /docs/kvm-host-storage-pools | /docs/vm-host-storage-pools |
| /docs/kvm-host-networking | /docs/vm-host-networking |
| /docs/manage-kvm-host-networking | /docs/vm-host-networking |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| /docs/language-details-contributing-to-juju-docs | /docs/language-details-contributing-to-maas-docs |
| /docs/contributing-build | /docs/building-the-docs |
| /docs/contributing-en-GB | /docs/language-details-contributing-to-juju-docs |
| /docs/contributing-git | /docs/working-with-git-and-github |
| /docs/contributing-writing | /docs/writing-guide |
| /docs/installconfig-block | /docs/block-devices |
| /docs/installconfig-checklist | /docs/installation-and-configuration-checklist |
| /docs/installconfig-images-import | /docs/select-and-import-images |
| /docs/installconfig-images-mirror | /docs/local-image-mirror |
| /docs/installconfig-images-vmware | /docs/vmware-images |
| /docs/installconfig-images | /docs/images |
| /docs/installconfig-install | /docs/install-from-a-snap |
| /docs/installation | /docs/install-from-a-snap |
| /docs/installconfig-iso-install | /docs/install-from-iso |
| /docs/installconfig-lxd-install | /docs/install-with-lxd |
| /docs/installconfig-network-dev-discovery | /docs/network-discovery |
| /docs/installconfig-network-dhcp | /docs/dhcp |
| /docs/installconfig-network-ipranges | /docs/ip-ranges |
| /docs/installconfig-network-ipv6 | /docs/ipv6 |
| /docs/installconfig-network-ntp | /docs/ntp |
| /docs/installconfig-network-proxy | /docs/proxy |
| /docs/installconfig-network-ssl | /docs/ssl |
| /docs/installconfig-network-stp | /docs/stp |
| /docs/installconfig-network-subnet-management | /docs/subnet-management |
| /docs/installconfig-networking-config | /docs/networking |
| /docs/configure-networking | /docs/networking |
| /docs/installconfig-networking | /docs/networking |
| /docs/installconfig-package-install | /docs/install-from-packages |
| /docs/installconfig-partitions | /docs/partitions |
| /docs/installconfig-rack | /docs/rack-controller |
| /docs/installconfig-region | /docs/region-controller |
| /docs/installconfig-snap-install | /docs/install-from-a-snap |
| /docs/installconfig-storage-erasure | /docs/disk-erasure |
| /docs/installconfig-storage | /docs/storage |
| /docs/installconfig-syslog | /docs/syslog |
| /docs/installconfig-upgrade-postgres | /docs/upgrade-2-3-to-2-4-from-ubuntu-16-04 |
| /docs/installconfig-upgrade-to-2 | /docs/upgrade-from-1-9-to-2-x |
| /docs/installconfig-upgrade | /docs/upgrading-maas |
| /docs/installconfig-vmfs-datastores | /docs/vmware-vmfs-datastores |
| /docs/installconfig-webui-conf-journey | /docs/configuration-journey |
| /docs/installconfig-webui | /docs/web-ui |
| /docs/intro-communication | /docs/maas-communication |
| /docs/maas-communcation | /docs/maas-communication |
| /docs/intro-concepts-zones | /docs/zone-examples |
| /docs/intro-concepts | /docs/concepts-and-terms |
| /docs/intro-controllers | /docs/introduction-to-controllers |
| /docs/intro-explore | /docs/explore-maas |
| /docs/intro-new | /docs/whats-new-in-maas-2-7 |
| /docs/intro-requirements | /docs/what-is-maas |
| /docs/intro-what-is-maas | /docs/what-is-maas |
| /docs/maas-security | /docs/security |
| /docs/manage-account | /docs/user-accounts |
| /docs/manage-audit-events | /docs/audit-event-logs |
| /docs/manage-backup | /docs/backup |
| /docs/manage-cli-advanced | /docs/advanced-cli-tasks |
| /docs/manage-cli-common | /docs/common-cli-tasks |
| /docs/manage-cli-comp-hw | /docs/cli-composable-machines-management |
| /docs/manage-cli-dhcp-snippets | /docs/cli-dhcp-snippet-management |
| /docs/manage-cli-images | /docs/cli-image-management |
| /docs/manage-cli-interfaces | /docs/cli-interface-management |
| /docs/manage-cli-kernels | /docs/cli-kernel-management |
| /docs/manage-cli-resource-pools | /docs/cli-resource-pool-management |
| /docs/manage-cli-tags | /docs/cli-tag-management |
| /docs/manage-cli | /docs/maas-cli |
| /docs/manage-ha-postgresql | /docs/postgresql-ha-hot-standby |
| /docs/manage-ha | /docs/high-availability |
| /docs/manage-kvm-create-vms | /docs/creating-and-deleting-new-vms |
| /docs/manage-libmaas | /docs/api-client |
| /docs/manage-maas-security | /docs/security |
| /docs/manage-pods-webui | /docs/manage-composable-machines |
| /docs/manage-prometheus-metrics | /docs/prometheus-metrics |
| /docs/manage-repos | /docs/package-repositories |
| /docs/manage-rsd-add | /docs/add-an-rsd-host |
| /docs/manage-rsd-create | /docs/creating-and-deleting-machines |
| /docs/manage-rsd-intro | /docs/intel-rack-scale-design-rsd-introduction |
| /docs/manage-rsd-storage | /docs/rsd-storage |
| /docs/manage-search | /docs/interactive-search |
| /docs/manage-zones | /docs/availability-zones |
| /docs/metadata.y | /docs/documentation-index |
| /docs/nodes-add | /docs/add-nodes |
| /docs/nodes-commission | /docs/commission-nodes |
| /docs/nodes-comp-hw | /docs/intro-to-vm-hosting |
| /docs/nodes-custom | /docs/custom-node-setup-preseed |
| /docs/nodes-deploy | /docs/deploy-nodes |
| /docs/nodes-hw-testing | /docs/hardware-testing |
| /docs/nodes-kernel-options | /docs/kernel-boot-options |
| /docs/nodes-kernels | /docs/ubuntu-kernels |
| /docs/nodes-overview | /docs/machine-overview |
| /docs/node-overview | /docs/machine-overview |
| /docs/nodes-power-types | /docs/bmc-power-types |
| /docs/nodes-resource-pools | /docs/resource-pools |
| /docs/nodes-scripts-cli | /docs/cli-testing-scripts |
| /docs/nodes-scripts | /docs/commissioning-and-hardware-testing-scripts |
| /docs/syslog | /docs/logging |
| /docs/nodes-tags | /docs/tags |
| /docs/release-notes-all | /docs/historical-release-notes |
| /docs/release-notes | /docs/maas-2-7-release-notes |
| /docs/troubleshoot-faq | /docs/troubleshooting |
| /docs/troubleshoot-getting-help | /docs/getting-help |