nkabir / provision

Digital Rebar Platform is a simple and powerful Golang executable that provides a complete API-driven DHCP/PXE/TFTP provisioning system.

Digital Rebar Provision

simple, fast and open API-driven server provisioning.

Digital Rebar Provision (DRP) is a APLv2 simple Golang executable that provides a simple yet complete API-driven DHCP/PXE/TFTP provisioning and workflow system.

DRP is designed to be a complete data center provisioning, content scaffolding and infrastructure workflow platform with a cloud native architecture that completely replaces Cobbler, Foreman, MaaS or similar technologies. DRP offers a single golang binary (less than 30MB) with no dependencies capable of installation on a laptop, RPi or switch supporting both bare metal and virtualized infrastructure.

Key Features:

Open Core Capabilities:

• API-driven infrastructure-as-code automation
• Multi-boot workflows using composable and reusable building blocks
• Event driven actions via Websockets API
• Extensible Plug-in Model for public, vendor and internal enhancements
• Supports ALL orchestration tools including Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Bosh, Terraform, etc

Via Commercial Plugins:

• RAID, IPMI, and BIOS Configuration (via commercial plugins)
• Cloud-like pooling capabilities
• Classification engine for automated workflow
• High Availability modes (via commercial plugin)
• Multi-site federated management architecture (via commercial plugin)
• more ...

Community Resources from https://rebar.digital

• Chat/messaging via the Digital Rebar #community channel is our preferred communication method. If you do not have a Slack invite to our channel, you can Request a Slack Invite
• Issues and Features
• Full Documentation (Github /doc sources are updatable via pull request).
• Videos on the DR Provision Playlist provide both specific and general background information.

Install & Quick Start

Note

We HIGHLY recommend using the latest version of the documentation, as it contains the most up to date information. Use the version selector in the lower right corner of your browser.

Our Stable Quick Start has fast play-with-it steps. Don't worry, they are very simple and take 10 to 20 minutes.

Want the Latest Quick Start? You'll have access to the newest features in tested work for the next release. This is NOT the bleeding edge!

Regular Install for more details on the install steps. These include production options. (Previous Version Docs)

Components & Extensions

Digital Rebar Provision is composable by design. Much of our advanced funtionality is exposed in :ref:`rs_content_packages` that are added into the system as content and plugins which have documentation embedded in the extension.

Table of Contents

Reading on Github? Visit Generated Docs for a generated ToC.

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   doc/quickstart
   doc/install
   doc/setup/index
   doc/features
   doc/server
   doc/configuring
   doc/release
   doc/upgrade
   doc/workflows
   doc/deployment
   doc/operation
   doc/performance/intro
   doc/os-support
   doc/os-support/linuxkit
   doc/ui
   doc/ux/portalux
   doc/Swagger
   doc/cli
   doc/api
   doc/dev/dev-server
   doc/dev/dev-cli
   doc/dev/dev-docs
   doc/faq-troubleshooting
   doc/arch
   doc/content-packages
   CONTRIBUTING
   Trademark
   LICENSE

License

DigitalRebar Provision code is available from multiple authors under the Apache 2 license.

Digital Rebar Provision documentation is available from multiple authors under the Creative Commons license with Attribution.

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