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How to install Fedora CoreOS on OVH/SoYouStart/Kimsufi

• get the kernel and initrd from https://getfedora.org/en/coreos/download/ -> "bare metal" -> PXE and put them on a webserver.
• connect to the OVH/SoYouStart/Kimsufi API and create a ipxe script under https://eu.api.kimsufi.com/console/#/me/ipxeScript#POST or equivalent, see coreos.ipxe below
• create a basic ignition yaml file, convert it to ignition using the fcct tool as described here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/producing-ign/
• Put this resulting file (config.ign) in the same webroot as kernel & initrd
• (see https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/fcct-config/ for more details, and https://github.com/keithy/ign-tool/wiki/plug:goss for some more examples.
• boot your server from this netboot, and ping it to follow the process. If you can observe the webserver's logs you will se your server's IP pulling kernel and initrd with "iPXE" user agent, then it will start pinging, and retrieve the config.ign a bit later (with "curl" user agent). This is the moment when you should set your server back to "Boot from Hard Disk".
• After some time the server will stop pinging for a while (reboot), and then hopefully start pinging again within 1-3 minutes.
• You should now be able to connect with your ssh key.

config.yaml

variant: fcos
version: 1.0.0
passwd:
  users:
    - name: core
      ssh_authorized_keys:
        - your ssh pubkey here (complete, in one line)
storage:
  files:
    - path: /etc/resolv.conf
      contents:
        inline: |
          nameserver 213.186.33.99

coreos.ipxe

#!ipxe

set base http://mydomain/coreos
set kernel kernel
set initrd initrd.img

kernel ${base}/${kernel} initrd=${initrd} ip=dhcp rd.neednet=1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0 coreos.inst.install_dev=/dev/sda coreos.inst.stream=stable coreos.inst.ignition_url=${base}/config.ign
initrd ${base}/${initrd}

boot