Configure IPA with useful inspection settings

Add configuration to include extra-hardware and mellanox elements, with other useful collectors and kernel settings.
stackhpc · Oct 11, 2024 · 19207e1 · 19207e1
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diff --git a/etc/kayobe/ipa.yml b/etc/kayobe/ipa.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
 # List of additional Diskimage Builder (DIB) elements to use when building IPA
 # images. Default is none.
-#ipa_build_dib_elements_extra:
+ipa_build_dib_elements_extra:
+  - extra-hardware
+  - mellanox
 
 # List of Diskimage Builder (DIB) elements to use when building IPA images.
 # Default is combination of ipa_build_dib_elements_default and
@@ -115,7 +117,10 @@
 #ipa_collectors_default:
 
 # List of additional inspection collectors to run.
-#ipa_collectors_extra:
+ipa_collectors_extra:
+  - "dmi-decode"
+  - "extra-hardware"
+  - "numa-topology"
 
 # List of inspection collectors to run.
 #ipa_collectors:
@@ -133,7 +138,11 @@
 #ipa_kernel_options_default:
 
 # List of additional kernel parameters for Ironic python agent.
-#ipa_kernel_options_extra:
+ipa_kernel_options_extra:
+  # Useful until NTP is configured by default
+  - ipa-insecure=1
+  # Avoid disk benchmark failures on some NVMe drives
+  - nvme_core.multipath=N
 
 # List of kernel parameters for Ironic python agent.
 #ipa_kernel_options:

diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ipa-inspection-settings-133fe91b1d855fa0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ipa-inspection-settings-133fe91b1d855fa0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Configures the Ironic Python Agent with useful settings for inspection,
+    such as the ``extra-hardware`` and ``mellanox`` elements.