MetroAE supports the bootstrap of NSGv components while deploying them. There are two supported methods for bootstrap.
- MetroAE Bootstrap
- External ISO
MetroAE can perform all of the tasks necessary to bootstrap NSGvs. A global and per NSGv configuration will be applied to the VSD. An ISO file is then generated and downloaded for each NSGv. MetroAE applies each ISO to the corresponding NSGv for bootstrapping during the predeploy role.
To use MetroAE bootstrapping, specify the bootstrap_method parameter to be zfb_metro in the nsgvs.yml deployment file for each NSGv to be bootstrapped by MetroAE. When using this mode, parameters within the NSGv Zero-Factor Bootstrap section of the deployment file must be filled out to provide the required information for the per-NSGv VSD configuration. In addition, a second deployment file nsgv_bootstrap.yml containing the global VSD configuration is required to be provided. This file contains the global VSD configuration related to bootstrapping such as defining the proxy user, NSG template and VSC infrastructure profile.
An NSGv may be bootstrapped using a provided 3rd-party ISO file. In this mode, MetroAE assumes any required VSD configuration is already in place. In the nsgvs.yml deployment file, specify the bootstrap_method parameter to be zfb_external for each NSGv using this mode. The parameters iso_path and iso_file are required to provide the path and filename of the ISO file on the MetroAE host. During the predeploy phase of the NSGv, the provided ISO will be used for bootstrapping.
If you would like to use an activation link for bootstrapping the NSGv, MetroAE will spin up with NSGv without configuring it for bootstrap. Bootstrap configuration will be left to the user. To use an activation link as the bootstrap method, you can specify the bootstrap_method parameter to be activation_link in the nsgvs.yml deployment file. You will not need the nsgv_bootstrap.yml deployment file if you specify activation link as your bootstrap method.
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