Rootconf 2017

The objective of this talk is to introduce Razor as a tool for provisioning baremetal servers. Covering the basic components and evaluating the pros and cons of a Razor based provisioning system.

Outline

• Introduction to Baremetal Provisioning [10 mins]

  • IPMI
  • PXE
  • cobbler

• Razor setup and install [5 mins]

  • Razor server
  • Razor client

• Razor functioning and Deep Dive [15 mins]

  • Microkernel
  • Rule based deployment
  • Automated install flows with tags
  • Post provisioners (Puppet/Ansible)

• Endurance User stories [5 mins]

  • Where and How razor is being used in production

• Q&A [5 mins]

Speaker bio

Azhar Hussain is a member of the cloud team at Endurance International Group - responsible for design and engineering of various hosting solutions on top of OpenStack infrastructure as well as baremetal servers.

Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Og8p6KlhsYE90imdNOQjN2EeywjhaV0t7cSBENsG2DU/pub