Deploy an OS using MAAS

To deploy an operating system using MAAS:

1. Encode the user data to base64 and send it to MAAS:

   $ decapod -u http://10.10.0.2:9999 cloud-config \
     7f080dab-d803-4339-9c69-e647f7d6e200 ansible_ssh_keyfile.pem.pub \
     | base64 -w 0 > user_data.txt
   

2. Deploy an OS using the required MAAS version.

   Note

   MAAS 2.0 has non-backward-compatible API changes.

   • MAAS 2.0:

     1. Obtain system_id of the machine to deploy:

        $ maas mymaas nodes read
        

     2. Deploy the OS:

        $ maas mymaas machine deploy {system_id} user_data={base64-encoded of user-data}
        

        Where mymaas is the profile name of the MAAS command line.

   • MAAS prior to 2.0:

     1. Obtain system_id of the machine to deploy:

        $ maas prof nodes list
        

     2. Deploy the OS:

        $ maas mymaas node start {system_id} user_data={base64-encoded of user-data} distro_series={distro series. Eg. trusty}
        

        Where mymaas is the profile name of the MAAS command line.