• build a “crash cloud” which can be used for experiments.
• mikedlr wants to learn a bit about how hscloud works.
• mikedlr wants to learn if it's possible to make hscloud easier to hack on
• mikedlr wants to make hscloud a bit easier to hack on
• mikedlr (and q3k) want there to be more people who can look after hscloud
• mikedlr (at the suggestion of q3k) wants there to be a crash cloud that can be tested on
• mikedlr wants to make an hscloud administrator teaching materials which make it easy to become an admin

See also

https://issues.hackerspace.pl/issues/76

• get a server we can run this on
• * able to run multiple virtuals
• * with admin right to install virtualization etc
• *
• process:
  • get connected to the switch next to the servers via SSH, with a socks proxy (-d)
  • identify machines that might be free
  • see in NetBox what machines are appropriate - exist don't have role
  • login to machines by going to their management address - check they are powered down but can be powered up
• upgrade bios if required - dangerous and probably avoid
• get NixOS on a USB pen drive or
• set up NixOS image on a SMB server so that it can be mounted as virtual CD
• install NixOS
• get a router we can configure to integrate with this
• set up VMs with external network access
• get a k8s cluster running on the VMs as a copy of existing hscloud
• experiment / hack

• discuss this initially: - Done - got some suggestions from q3k and radex. - make a small crash cloud not a duplicate of hscloud since most services can't split between kubernetes anyway.

https://code.hackerspace.pl/hswaw/hscloud/src/branch/master/cluster/doc/admin.md

* to setup ** get a machine and install Nixos on it (any configuration it says) ** add machine configuration to cluster/machines directory **

* Hscloud is a social concept - the idea that we are able to run a cloud for all the hackers. * Hscloud is implemented on kubernetes on metal

* todo list on redmine (which) * hscloud page