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Has anyone deployed Harvester on a dedicated server?

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Erstellungsdatum 2024-12-01 15:53:36 in Eco Dedicated Servers

I am trying to deploy Harvester on a dedicated Eco server. I tried booting the ISO installation image as a custom template, but that did not work. Now my server is stuck, I can't boot it or reinstall another image. An intervention is scheduled (verification hard reboot), hopefully that will get it up and running again.

I would assume I need to create the template somewhere else using e.g. Packer. 

Has anyone here had any success installing Harvester? 
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2 Antworten ( Latest reply on 2026-01-13 10:00:00 Von
Michal Cukierman
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Hi,

One thing you could try is using a custom iPXE script https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-dedicated-servers-ipxe-scripts?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0058505

 

Netboot.xyz is a service that provides easy-to-use iPXE scripts. They seem to support Harvester, they have an installation script at https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/blob/master/roles/netbootxyz/templates/menu/harvester.ipxe.j2

You can just use the following iPXE script to try netboot.xyz's iPXE menu and Harvester should be under "Linux Network Installs":


#!ipxe
chain --autofree https://boot.netboot.xyz/menu.ipxe
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This works for me (as a PoC, to be able to verify the hardware/compatibility before automating it).

  1. Boot the node into the iPXE shell and run:

    #!ipxe
chain --autofree https://boot.netboot.xyz/menu.ipxe

  2. Select “Harvester” and start the installation.

  3. When you see the login prompt, log in with:

    rancher / rancher

  4. Kill the existing harvester-installer (in my case it was running on a different TTY).

  5. Start a new installer (the exact command is visible in ps aux after login).

  6. When the TUI appears, proceed with the manual installation. At the end, create a file with the following content:

    scheme_version: 1
install:
  iso_url: https://releases.rancher.com/harvester/master/harvester-master-amd64.iso

  7. Set this file as the additional configuration, because otherwise the ISO image won’t be available.

  8. In the OVH console, change the boot mode to “From Disk.”

  9. Restart and verify that you can log in.
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