maas+lxd cluster pxe over fan network

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So I have MAAS setup with an LXD cluster. The cluster has servers on the MAAS node as well as 4 other nodes.
Everything works well on the LXD side, but I want to be able to deploy a vm via MAAS.
I did configure the fan network to have dhcp so I can do the pxeboot, but when the node tries to boot, it is never able to get any image, timing out all attempts and dropping to the ‘shell>’ prompt.
It feels so close. Is this something that is possible? I had unclustered working fine, just wanted to try the clustering out as well.
Running under Ubuntu 24.04 with lxd 6.5-22da890/maas 3.5.8-16381-g.d7e999261

Brian Andrus

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Probably LXD is providing DHCP on that network. Check the LXD networks to ensure this is actually the case

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That seems to be the conundrum. Looks like if I use a lxd fan bridge, I cannot disable the dhcp. Not finding how to create one in MAAS. I suppose I could look into OVN and getting things set, but that seems a bit more complicated than I am ready for.
At least I know I can have separate vm hosts in MAAS and it works. Clustering them was just a rabbit hole I wanted to explore a little. C’est la vie.