Canonical MAAS离线安装及MAAS SNAP包离线获取方法咨询

Hey there, let's work through your offline MAAS installation and snap download issue together!

First off, I feel your pain about the RPM packages—Canonical's MAAS doesn't officially support RPM-based distributions right now, so using the snap package is indeed the most reliable path for offline installs. Here's how you can get the MAAS snap offline and set it up:

Step 1: Download the MAAS snap on a network-connected machine #

You'll need a machine with the same architecture (x86_64/arm64) as your offline target, and snapd installed (it's pre-installed on most Ubuntu releases, or you can install it via your distro's package manager if needed).

• To download the latest stable MAAS snap, run:

  snap download maas
  

  This will generate two files: a .snap package file (the actual MAAS software) and a .assert file (used to verify the snap's authenticity).
• If you need a specific version or channel (like beta/edge), first check available options with:

  snap info maas
  

  Then download with the desired channel/revision, for example:

  snap download maas --channel=stable
  # Or specify a revision number
  snap download maas --revision=1234
  

Step 2: Transfer files to your offline machine #

Copy both the .snap and .assert files to your offline system using a USB drive, external storage, or any offline transfer method you prefer.

Step 3: Install MAAS offline on your target machine #

Since you already have snapd enabled on the offline machine, run these commands in order:

1. First, validate the snap using the assertion file:

   snap ack maas_*.assert
   

2. Then install the snap package:

   snap install maas_*.snap
   

Once installed, you can proceed to initialize MAAS as you would normally (setting up the region controller, etc.). Just keep in mind that if you need boot resources, images, or firmware for your MAAS deployment, you'll need to pre-download those on a networked machine too and transfer them over—let me know if you need help with that part as well!

备注：内容来源于stack exchange，提问作者gone t'pub