rhcos.ipxe

#!ipxe
dhcp net0

set release 4.7
set zstream 0
set arch x86_64

set ignition-url https://metadata.platformequinix.com/userdata

#set coreos-url https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/dependencies/rhcos/${release}/${release}.${zstream}
set coreos-url https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/4.7/4.7.0/

#set coreos-img ${coreos-url}/rhcos-${release}.${zstream}-${arch}-metal.${arch}.raw.gz
set coreos-img https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/4.7/4.7.0/rhcos-4.7.0-x86_64-metal.x86_64.raw.gz

set console console=ttyS1,115200n8

# kernel ${coreos-url}/rhcos-${release}.${zstream}-${arch}-installer-kernel-${arch} ${console} ip=dhcp nameserver=1.1.1.1 nomodeset rd.peerdns=0 rd.neednet=1 initrd=rhcos-${release}.${zstream}-${arch}-installer-initramfs.${arch}.img coreos.inst=yes coreos.first_boot=1 coreos.inst.install_dev=sda coreos.inst.image_url=${coreos-img} coreos.inst.ignition_url=${ignition-url} rd.net.timeout.carrier=30 coreos.inst.platform_id=packet coreos.inst.persistent-kargs="console=ttyS1,115200n8"
# kernel https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/pre-release/latest-4.6/rhcos-live-kernel-x86_64 console=ttyS1,115200n8 ip=dhcp nameserver=1.1.1.1 nomodeset rd.peerdns=0 rd.neednet=1 initrd=rhcos-live-initramfs.x86_64.img coreos.inst=yes coreos.first_boot=1 coreos.inst.install_dev=sda coreos.inst.image_url=https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/pre-release/latest-4.6/rhcos-live-rootfs.x86_64.img coreos.inst.ignition_url=https://metadata.packet.net/userdata rd.net.timeout.carrier=30 coreos.inst.platform_id=packet coreos.inst.persistent-kargs="console=ttyS1,115200n8"
kernel https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/4.7/4.7.0/rhcos-live-kernel-x86_64 console=ttyS1,115200n8 initrd=rhcos-live-initramfs.x86_64.img coreos.live.rootfs_url=http://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/4.7/4.7.0/rhcos-live-rootfs.x86_64.img coreos.inst.install_dev=/dev/sda rd.net.timeout.carrier=30 coreos.inst.platform_id=packet

#initrd ${coreos-url}/rhcos-${release}.${zstream}-${arch}-installer-initramfs.${arch}.img
initrd https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/dependencies/rhcos/4.7/4.7.0/rhcos-live-initramfs.x86_64.img

boot

It looks as though sdb is your hard disk and sda is a CD-ROM drive. The root account is locked error is expected on RHCOS unfortunately.

It'd still be useful to try http on the older instance type, if you wouldn't mind. You may have uncovered a bug.

thanks, @bgilbert.

I tried again on the t1.small.x86 device plan with an http rootfs URL in the iPXE configuration. I was able to successfully authenticate using ssh core@... after installation completed and the node rebooted into a blank SOS (serial console) screen. 🎉

(SSH keys were configured in the example.ign file included above, which was generated with these examples https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/authentication/#_using_an_ssh_key and an FCCT to IGN conversion https://coreos.github.io/fcct/getting-started/#getting-fcct.

The Equinix Metal API accepts ignition files in userdata, which is how I've been supplying this:

packet device create --userdata-file example.ign --hostname mj-rhcos-heal-the-world --plan t1.small.x86 -p $PROJECT_ID  -t "rhcos,ipxe,testing,openshift-ipi" -i https://gist.githubusercontent.com/displague/5282172449a83c7b83821f8f8333a072/raw/f7300a5ab652e923dddacb5c9f206864c4c2aceb/rhcos.ipxe    --operating-system custom_ipxe --facility any -T "$(TZ=UTC date -v+1H +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")"

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The /dev/sda vs /dev/sdb problems on t3.small.x86 is something I'll have to check on later. I'm really surprised to find that configuration.

Noting that I have a similar gist open for CentOS Stream https://gist.github.com/displague/cd5938eb7584dd1c1cc76c28a3f9c762