MAAS installation (deb/2.9/ui)

Install MAAS Beta from packages

You can install a 2.9 stable Beta version of MAAS from the Beta PPA this way:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:maas/2.9
sudo apt-get update

Installation scenarios

The recommended way to set up an initial MAAS environment is to put everything on one machine:

sudo apt-get -y install maas

Executing this command leads you to a list of dependent packages to be installed, and a summary prompt that lets you choose whether to continue with the install:

Choosing “Y” proceeds with a standard apt package install.

Distributed environment

For a more distributed environment, you can place the region controller on one machine:

sudo apt install maas-region-controller

and the rack controller (see Rack controller for details) on another:

sudo apt install maas-rack-controller
sudo maas-rack register

These two steps will lead you through two similar apt install sequences.

Creating a MAAS user

Finally, you will need to create a MAAS administrator user to access the web UI:

sudo maas createadmin --username=$PROFILE --email=$EMAIL_ADDRESS

For example, the process might go like this:

The username can be anything. You will also be prompted to supply a password for the user. The command option --password=$PASSWORD can be used to specify one but, depending on your environment, this may pose a security risk.

Finally, the createadmin option asks for an SSH key:

If you have an SSH key associated with your launchpad or github accounts, you can enter the username here to include the key. For launchpad, just enter lp:username, and for github, enter gp:username at the prompt. In both cases, the actual username has to be supplied after the lp: or gh: prefix.

If you don't have a key associated with either of these services, you will have an opportunity to paste your public key into the MAAS SSH key list, after you've started MAAS for the first time as part of the welcome screens.

Next steps

Once you have installed your MAAS environment (region + rack controller) and any possible extra rack controllers(s), you are ready to begin your Configuration journey.