[Maas-devel] Lifecycle of a node - documentation - 1st draft

[Jeroen Vermeulen]

Separate note, so separate email.  From the lifecycle document:

«Manually adding a node

«You can also manually add a node, as an anonymous user (without being 
logged in to the MAAS). You can do this by booting up the ubuntu 
installer from the node itself, using the server CD or a USB stick.»


Two things in software engineering are hard, they say: cache 
invalidation and naming things.  Is there some clearer term than 
“manual” for this?  It's hard to come up with terms that don't depend on 
one's point of view.  I could imagine the manual process losing its 
menial nature, e.g. if we choose implement the same process using 
network boots, so that a node would enlist itself after you just hook it 
up and turn it on.  Then suddenly, the Add Node procedure might be the 
one that looked “manual”!

Terms like “local” and “remote” are also very sensitive to perspective… 
can you come up with something that nobody could misinterpret?


Jeroen