I-Metal as a Service (MAAS) ihlinzeka ngokuzenzakalelayo okuphelele kwamaseva aphathekayo ukuze isikhungo sedatha sisebenze kahle endaweni. Isofthiwe yomthombo ovulekile futhi isekelwa iCanonical

I-MAAS iphatha amaseva aphathekayo njengemishini ebonakalayo noma izimo emafini. Kunokuba iphathe iseva ngayinye ngayodwa, i-MAAS iphendula insimbi engenalutho ibe isisetshenziswa esinwebekayo esifana nefu

I-MAAS ihlinzeka ngokuphathwa kwenani elikhulu lemishini ebonakalayo ngokudala idamu elilodwa lensiza kuyo.imishini ingase ihlinzekwe ngokuzenzakalelayo futhi isetshenziswe njengokujwayelekile. Uma leyo mishini ingasadingeki, "iyakhululwa"ibuyele echibini. I-MAAS ihlanganisa wonke amathuluzi adingekayo kumuzwa owodwa oshelelayo. Kuhlanganisa:
I-MAAS isebenza nanoma yikuphi ukucushwa kwesistimu futhi inconywe iCanonical njengohlelo oluphathekayo lokuhlinzeka

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Isici
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Incazelo
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Okuzenzakalelayo
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Ukutholwa okuzenzakalelayo nokubhaliswa kwawo wonke amadivayisi kunethiwekhi. I-BMC (IPMI, RedFish, nokunye) kanye ne-PXE (IPv4 ne-IPv6) ezishintshayo

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Ukuthunyelwa okusheshayo
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Ukuthunyelwa kwe-Zero-touch kwe-Ubuntu, i-CentOS, i-Windows, i-Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ne-ESXi. Isebenzisa ukusatshalaliswa kwe-Linux

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Ukucushwa komshini
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Ilungiselela ukuxhumana kwenethiwekhi komshini okunamabhuloho, ama-VLAN, namabhondi. Idala izakhiwo zesistimu yefayela ethuthukisiwe nge-RAID, i-bcache, i-LVM

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Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-DevOps
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Ukuhlanganiswa namathuluzi e-DevOps azenzakalelayo afana neJuju, Chef, Puppet, SALT, Ansible, nabanye

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Ukuphathwa kwephodi
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Iguqula amaseva e-bare-metal abe ama-hypervisors, okuvumela ukudalwa okuzenzakalelayo kwemishini ebonakalayo futhi izethule njengamaseva amasha atholakalayo ukuze asetshenziswe.

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Ukuphathwa kwenethiwekhi
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Ibheka futhi ifake ikhathalogi wonke amakheli e-IP kunethiwekhi (IPAM). I-DHCP etholakala kakhulu (i-active-passive) ne-DNS (esebenzayo/esebenzayo)

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Phatha
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Iza ne-REST API, Web UI, kanye ne-CLI.