compute_create

#!/bin/bash

# Create a network bootable compute node in virtualbox
#
# use native VBoxManage because Vagrant doesn't work
# well with nodes that are meant to boot off the network.
#
# node is constrained to boot on the internal "compute" network

nodename="$1"

# Ensure that the $HOME/iso directory exists
if [[ ! -d "$HOME/iso" ]]; then 
  mkdir ~/iso
fi

# Download the ipxe.iso boot image if it doesn't already exist
if [[ ! -f "$HOME/iso/ipxe.iso" ]]; then
  echo "Downloading the network boot ipxe.iso file"
  crul -o ~/iso/ipxe.iso http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.iso
fi

VBoxManage createvm --name "$nodename" --register

VBoxManage modifyvm "$nodename" --memory 4096 --nic1 intnet --intnet1 compute  --nictype1=82540EM --rtcuseutc on

VBoxManage storagectl "$nodename" --name IDE --add ide --controller PIIX4 --bootable on
VBoxManage storageattach "$nodename" --storagectl IDE --type dvddrive --device 0 --port 1 --medium ~/iso/ipxe.iso