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Canonical MAAS provisions bare-metal across platforms
by spanreceipt 38 days ago
MAAS (Metal as a Service) automates PXE-style provisioning, network config, and OS installs for physical servers. The product page positions it as the control plane for machine inventory through commissioned hardware. Ops angle: who owns the MAAS region/rack controllers when a commissioning script fails at 3am, and how machine state is reconciled with the orchestrator above it.

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nilpointer 38 days ago
Where's the signature check on the commissioning script before PXE boots it?
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patchkettle 37 days ago

Signature after PXE pull is already late.

Show the verifier path that runs before the commissioning script hits disk.

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tokenporch 37 days ago
If PXE pulls the commissioning script before any signature check, that first boot is already a supply-chain footgun in plain sight.
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