Cray System Management Documentation > Cray System Management (CSM) Administration Guide > image management > Create UAN Boot Images

Create UAN Boot Images

Update configuration management Git repository to match the installed version of the User Access Node (UAN) product. Then use that updated configuration to create UAN boot images and a Boot Orchestration Service (BOS) session template.

This is the overall workflow for preparing UAN images for booting UANs:

Clone the UAN configuration Git repository and create a branch based on the branch imported by the UAN installation.
Update the configuration content and push the changes to the newly created branch.
Create a Configuration Framework Service (CFS) configuration for the UANs, specifying the Git configuration and the UAN image to apply the configuration to. More Cray products can also be added to the CFS configuration so that the UANs can install multiple Cray products into the UAN image at the same time.
Configure the UAN image using CFS and generate a newly configured version of the UAN image.
Create a BOS boot session template for the UANs. This template maps the configured image, the CFS configuration to be applied post-boot, and the nodes which will receive the image and configuration.

Once the UAN BOS session template is created, then the UANs will be ready to be booted by a BOS session.

Replace PRODUCT_VERSION and CRAY_EX_HOSTNAME in the example commands in this procedure with the current UAN product version installed (see 1. Get UAN information) and the hostname of the HPE Cray EX system, respectively.

Prerequisites
Limitations
Procedure

Prerequisites

The UAN product stream must be installed.

Limitations

This guide only details how to apply UAN-specific configuration to the UAN image and nodes. Consult the manuals for the individual HPE products (for example, workload managers and the HPE Cray Programming Environment) that must be configured on the UANs.

Procedure

1. Get UAN information

(ncn-mw#) Obtain UAN artifact IDs and other information.

Upon successful installation of the UAN product, the UAN configuration, image recipes, and prebuilt boot images are cataloged in the cray-product-catalog Kubernetes ConfigMap. This information is required for this procedure.

Take note of the Gitea, Git, and Image Management Service (IMS) values (highlighted in the example output below).

kubectl get cm -n services cray-product-catalog -o json | jq -r .data.uan

Example output:

PRODUCT_VERSION:
  configuration:
    clone_url: https://vcs.CRAY_EX_HOSTNAME/vcs/cray/uan-config-management.git # <--- Gitea clone url
    commit: 6658ea9e75f5f0f73f78941202664e9631a63726                   # <--- Git commit id
    import_branch: cray/uan/PRODUCT_VERSION                           # <--- Git branch with configuration
    import_date: 2021-02-02 19:14:18.399670
    ssh_url: git@vcs.CRAY_EX_HOSTNAME:cray/uan-config-management.git
  images:
    cray-shasta-uan-cos-sles15sp1.x86_64-0.1.17:                       # <--- IMS image name
      id: c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b                         # <--- IMS image id
  recipes:
    cray-shasta-uan-cos-sles15sp1.x86_64-0.1.17:                       # <--- IMS recipe name
      id: cbd5cdf6-eac3-47e6-ace4-aa1aecb1359a                         # <--- IMS recipe id

2. UAN image pre-boot configuration

(ncn-mw#) Generate the password hash for the root user.

Replace PASSWORD with the desired root password. Do not omit the -n from the echo command. It is necessary to generate a valid hash.
```
echo -n PASSWORD | openssl passwd -6 -salt $(< /dev/urandom tr -dc ./A-Za-z0-9 | head -c4) --stdin
```

(ncn-mw#) Obtain the HashiCorp Vault root token.

kubectl get secrets -n vault cray-vault-unseal-keys -o jsonpath='{.data.vault-root}' | base64 -d; echo

Write the password hash obtained from the openssl command to the HashiCorp Vault.
1. (ncn-mw#) Open a shell in the Vault pod.
```
kubectl exec -itn vault cray-vault-0 -- sh
```
2. (pod#) Authenticate with Vault.
  
  The vault login command will request the root token found in the earlier step.
```
export VAULT_ADDR=http://cray-vault:8200
vault login
```
3. (pod#) Write the password hash to Vault.
  
  This password hash will be written to the UAN for the root user by CFS.
  
  Replace HASH in the example below with the password hash obtained from the earlier step.
```
vault write secret/uan root_password='HASH'
```
4. (pod#) Read back the password hash to verify that it was stored correctly.
```
vault read secret/uan
```
5. (pod#) Exit from the Vault pod.
```
exit
```

(ncn-mw#) Obtain the password for the crayvcs user from the Kubernetes secret for use in the next command.

kubectl get secret -n services vcs-user-credentials --template={{.data.vcs_password}} | base64 --decode

(ncn-mw#) Clone the UAN configuration management repository.

The repository is in the Version Control Service (VCS)/Gitea service, and its location is reported in the cray-product-catalog Kubernetes ConfigMap in the configuration.clone_url key. The CRAY_EX_HOSTNAME from the clone_url is replaced with api-gw-service-nmn.local in the command that clones the repository.
```
git clone https://api-gw-service-nmn.local/vcs/cray/uan-config-management.git
cd uan-config-management && git checkout cray/uan/PRODUCT_VERSION && git pull
```
(ncn-mw#) Create a branch using the imported branch from the installation to customize the UAN image.

This imported branch will be reported in the cray-product-catalog Kubernetes ConfigMap in the configuration.import_branch key under the UAN section. The format is cray/uan/PRODUCT_VERSION. In this guide, an integration branch is used for examples, but the name can be any valid Git branch name.

Modifying the cray/uan/PRODUCT_VERSION branch that was created by the UAN product installation is not allowed by default.
```
git checkout -b integration && git merge cray/uan/PRODUCT_VERSION
```
(ncn-mw#) Configure a root user in the UAN image.

Add the encrypted password of the root user from /etc/shadow on an Non-Compute Node (NCN) worker to the file group_vars/Application/passwd.yml.

Skip this step if the root user is already configured in the image.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends configuring a root user in the UAN image for troubleshooting purposes. The entry for root user password will resemble the following example:
```
root_passwd: $6$LmQ/PlWlKixK$VL4ueaZ8YoKOV6yYMA9iH0gCl8F4C/3yC.jMIGfOK6F61h6d.iZ6/QB0NLyex1J7AtOsYvqeycmLj2fQcLjfE1
```
(ncn-mw#) Apply any site-specific customizations and modifications to the Ansible configuration for the UANs and commit the changes.

The default Ansible play to configure UANs is site.yml in the base of the uan-config-management repository. The roles that are executed in this play allow for nondefault configuration as required for the system.

Consult the individual Ansible role README.md files in the uan-config-management repository roles directory to configure individual role variables. Roles prefixed with uan_ are specific to UAN configuration and include network interfaces, disk, LDAP, software packages, and message of the day roles.

Variables should be defined and overridden in the Ansible inventory locations of the repository as shown in the following example and not in the Ansible plays and roles defaults. See Ansible Directory Layout.

WARNING: Never place sensitive information such as passwords in the Git repository.

The following example shows how to add a vars.yml file containing site-specific configuration values to the Application group variable location.

These and other Ansible files do not necessarily need to be modified for UAN image creation.
```
vim group_vars/Application/vars.yml
git add group_vars/Application/vars.yml
git commit -m "Add vars.yml customizations"
```
(ncn-mw#) Verify that the System Layout Service (SLS) and the uan_interfaces configuration role refer to the Mountain Node Management Network by the same name.

Skip this step if there are no Mountain cabinets in the HPE Cray EX system.
1. Edit the roles/uan_interfaces/tasks/main.yml file.
  
  Change the line that reads url: http://cray-sls/v1/search/networks?name=MNMN to read url: http://cray-sls/v1/search/networks?name=NMN_MTN.
  
  The following excerpt of the relevant section of the file shows the result of the change.
```
- name: Get Mountain NMN Services Network info from SLS
  local_action:
    module: uri
      url: http://cray-sls/v1/search/networks?name=NMN_MTN
    method: GET
  register: sls_mnmn_svcs
  ignore_errors: yes
```
2. Stage and commit the network name change.
```
git add roles/uan_interfaces/tasks/main.yml
git commit -m "Add Mountain cabinet support"
```
(ncn-mw#) Push the changes to the repository using the proper credentials, including the password obtained previously.
```
git push --set-upstream origin integration
```
Enter the appropriate credentials when prompted:
```
Username for 'https://api-gw-service-nmn.local': crayvcs
Password for 'https://crayvcs@api-gw-service-nmn.local':
```
(ncn-mw#) Capture the most recent commit for reference in setting up a CFS configuration and navigate to the parent directory.
```
git rev-parse --verify HEAD
```
ecece54b1eb65d484444c4a5ca0b244b329f4667 is an example commit that could be returned.
(ncn-mw#) Navigate back to the parent directory.
```
cd ..
```

The configuration parameters have been stored in a branch in the UAN Git repository. The next phase of the process is initiating the Configuration Framework Service (CFS) to customize the image.

3. Configure UAN images

Create a JSON input file for generating a CFS configuration for the UAN.

Gather the Git repository clone URL, commit, and top-level play for each configuration layer (that is, Cray product). Add them to the CFS configuration for the UAN, if wanted.

For the commit value for the UAN layer, use the Git commit value obtained in the previous step.

See the product manuals for further information on configuring other Cray products, as this procedure documents only the configuration of the UAN. More layers can be added to be configured in a single CFS session.

The following configuration example can be used for preboot image customization as well as post-boot node configuration. This example contains only a single layer. However, configuration layers for other products may be specified in the list after this layer, if desired.
```
{
  "layers": [
    {
      "name": "uan-integration-PRODUCT_VERSION",
      "clone_url": "https://api-gw-service-nmn.local/vcs/cray/uan-config-management.git",
      "playbook": "site.yml",
      "commit": "ecece54b1eb65d484444c4a5ca0b244b329f4667"
    }        
  ]
}
```

(ncn-mw#) Add the configuration to CFS using the JSON input file.

In the following example, the JSON file created in the previous step is named uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION.json. Only the details for the UAN layer are shown.

cray cfs v3 configurations update uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION \
                  --file ./uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION.json \
                  --format json

Example output:

This output uses the example single-layer configuration from earlier. If layers were added for additional products, then they will also appear in the output.

{
  "last_updated": "2021-07-28T03:26:00:37Z",
  "layers": [
    {
      "clone_url": "https://api-gw-service-nmn.local/vcs/cray/uan-config-management.git",
      "commit": "ecece54b1eb65d484444c4a5ca0b244b329f4667",
      "name": "uan-integration-PRODUCT_VERSION",
      "playbook": "site.yml"
    }
  ],
  "name": "uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION"
}

(ncn-mw#) Modify the UAN image to include the 1.4.0 Day Zero RPMs.

Expand the 1.4.0 Day Zero Patch tarball if it has not been done already.

tar -xvf shasta-1.4.0-p2.tar

Example output:

1.4.0-p2/
1.4.0-p2/csm/
1.4.0-p2/csm/csm-0.8.22-0.9.0.patch.gz
1.4.0-p2/csm/csm-0.8.22-0.9.0.patch.gz.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/uan/
1.4.0-p2/uan/uan-2.0.0-uan-2.0.0.patch.gz
1.4.0-p2/uan/uan-2.0.0-uan-2.0.0.patch.gz.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/rpms/
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-dvs-compute-2.12_4.0.102-7.0.1.0_8.1__g30d29e7a.x86_64.rpm
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-dvs-devel-2.12_4.0.102-7.0.1.0_8.1__g30d29e7a.x86_64.rpm
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-dvs-kmp-cray_shasta_c-2.12_4.0.102_k4.12.14_197.78_9.1.58-7.0.1.0_8.1__g30d29e7a.x86_64.rpm
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-network-config-1.1.7-20210318094806_b409053-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm
1.4.0-p2/rpms/slingshot-network-config-1.1.7-20210318093253_83fab52-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm
1.4.0-p2/rpms/slingshot-network-config-full-1.1.7-20210318093253_83fab52-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-dvs-compute-2.12_4.0.102-7.0.1.0_8.1__g30d29e7a.x86_64.rpm.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-dvs-devel-2.12_4.0.102-7.0.1.0_8.1__g30d29e7a.x86_64.rpm.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-dvs-kmp-cray_shasta_c-2.12_4.0.102_k4.12.14_197.78_9.1.58-7.0.1.0_8.1__g30d29e7a.x86_64.rpm.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/rpms/cray-network-config-1.1.7-20210318094806_b409053-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/rpms/slingshot-network-config-1.1.7-20210318093253_83fab52-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm.md5sum
1.4.0-p2/rpms/slingshot-network-config-full-1.1.7-20210318093253_83fab52-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm.md5sum

Download the rootfs image specified in the UAN product catalog.

Replace IMAGE_ID in the following export command with the IMS image ID recorded earlier in 1. Get UAN information.

UAN_IMAGE_ID=IMAGE_ID
cray artifacts get boot-images ${UAN_IMAGE_ID}/rootfs ${UAN_IMAGE_ID}.squashfs
ls -A ${UAN_IMAGE_ID}.squashfs

Example output:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5G Mar 17 19:35 f3ba09d7-e3c2-4b80-9d86-0ee2c48c2214.squashfs

Mount the SquashFS file and copy its contents to a different directory.

mkdir mnt
mkdir UAN-1.4.0-day-zero
mount -t squashfs ${UAN_IMAGE_ID}.squashfs mnt -o ro,loop
cp -a mnt UAN-1.4.0-day-zero
umount mnt
rmdir mnt

Copy the new RPMs into the new image directory.

cp 1.4.0-p2/rpms/* UAN-1.4.0-day-zero/
cd UAN-1.4.0-day-zero/

chroot into the new image directory.
```
chroot . bash
```

Update, erase, and install RPMs in the new image directory.

rpm -Uv cray-dvs-*.rpm
rpm -e cray-network-config
rpm -e slingshot-network-config-full
rpm -e slingshot-network-config
rpm -iv slingshot-network-config-full-1.1.7-20210318093253_83fab52-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm \
                slingshot-network-config-1.1.7-20210318093253_83fab52-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm \
                cray-network-config-1.1.7-20210318094806_b409053-sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm

Generate a new initrd to match the updated image.

Run the /tmp/images.sh script. Then wait for this script to complete before continuing.
```
/tmp/images.sh
```
The output of this script will contain error messages. These error messages can be ignored as long as the following message appears at the end: dracut: *** Creating initramfs image file
Copy the /boot/initrd and /boot/vmlinuz files out of the chroot environment and into a temporary location on the file system of the node.
Exit the chroot environment and delete the packages.
```
exit
rm *.rpm
cd ..
```
Verify that there is only one subdirectory in the lib/modules directory of the image.

The existence of more than one subdirectory indicates a mismatch between the kernel of the image and the DVS RPMs that were installed in the previous step.
```
la UAN-1.4.0-day-zero/lib/modules/
```
Example output:
```
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   49 Feb 25 17:50 ./
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4.0K Feb 25 17:52 ../
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Mar 17 19:49 4.12.14-197.78_9.1.58-cray_shasta_c/
```

Squash the new image directory.

mksquashfs UAN-1.4.0-day-zero UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.squashfs

Example output:

Parallel mksquashfs: Using 64 processors
Creating 4.0 filesystem on UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.squashfs, block size 131072.

[...]

Create a new IMS image registration and save the id field in an environment variable.

cray ims images create --name UAN-1.4.0-day-zero --format toml

Example output:

name = "UAN-1.4.0-day-zero"
created = "2021-03-17T20:23:05.576754+00:00"
id = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e"

Keep track of the new image id:

export NEW_IMAGE_ID=ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e

Upload the new image, initrd, and kernel to S3 using the ID from the previous step.

Upload the image.

cray artifacts create boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/rootfs UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.squashfs --format toml

Example output:

artifact = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.rootfs"
Key = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.rootfs"

Upload the initrd.

cray artifacts create boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/initrd initrd --format toml

Example output:

artifact = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.initrd"
Key = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.initrd"

Upload the kernel.

cray artifacts create boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/kernel vmlinuz --format toml

Example output:

artifact = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.kernel"
Key = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.kernel"

Get the S3 generated etag value for each uploaded artifact.

Display S3 values for uploaded image.

cray artifacts describe boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/rootfs --format toml

Example output:

[artifact]
AcceptRanges = "bytes"
LastModified = "2021-05-05T00:25:21+00:00"
ContentLength = 1647050752
ETag = "\"db5582fd817c8a8dc084e1b8b4f0ea3b-197\""  <---
ContentType = "binary/octet-stream"

[artifact.Metadata]
md5sum = "cb6a8934ad3c483e740c648238800e93"

Note that when adding the etag to the IMS manifest below, remove the quotation marks from the etag value. So, for the above artifact, the etag would be db5582fd817c8a8dc084e1b8b4f0ea3b-197.

Display S3 values for uploaded initrd.

cray artifacts describe boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/initrd

Display S3 values for uploaded kernel.

cray artifacts describe boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/kernel

Obtain the md5sum of the SquashFS image, initrd, and kernel.

md5sum UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.squashfs initrd vmlinuz

Example output:

cb6a8934ad3c483e740c648238800e93  UAN-1.4.0-day-zero.squashfs
3fd8a72a49a409f70140fabe11bdac25  initrd
5edcf3fd42ab1eccfbf1e52008dac5b9  vmlinuz

Print out all the IMS details about the current UAN image.

Use the IMS image ID from 1. Get UAN information.

cray ims images describe c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b --format toml

Example output:

created = "2021-03-24T18:00:24.464755+00:00"
id = "c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b"
name = "cray-shasta-uan-cos-sles15sp1.x86_64-0.1.32"

[link]
etag = "d4e09fb028d5d99e4a0d4d9b9d930e13"
path = "s3://boot-images/c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b/manifest.json"
type = "s3"

Use the path of the manifest.json file to download that JSON to a local file.

cray artifacts get boot-images c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b/manifest.json uan-manifest.json
cat uan-manifest.json

Example output:

{
    "artifacts": [
        {
            "link": {
                "etag": "6d04c3a4546888ee740d7149eaecea68",
                "path": "s3://boot-images/c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b/rootfs",
                "type": "s3"
            },
            "md5": "a159b94238fc5bfe80045889226b33a3",
            "type": "application/vnd.cray.image.rootfs.squashfs"
        },
        {
            "link": {
                "etag": "6d04c3a4546888ee740d7149eaecea68",
                "path": "s3://boot-images/c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b/kernel",
                "type": "s3"
            },
            "md5": "175f0c1363c9e3a4840b08570a923bc5",
            "type": "application/vnd.cray.image.kernel"
        },
        {
            "link": {
                "etag": "6d04c3a4546888ee740d7149eaecea68",
                "path": "s3://boot-images/c880251d-b275-463f-8279-e6033f61578b/initrd",
                "type": "s3"
            },
            "md5": "0094629e4da25226c75b113760eeabf7",
            "type": "application/vnd.cray.image.initrd"
        }
    ],
    "created" : "20210317153136",
    "version": "1.0"
}

Alternatively, a manifest.json can be created from scratch.

Replace the path, md5, and etag values of the initrd, kernel, and rootfs with the values obtained in substeps above.
Update the value for the created field in the manifest with the output of the following command:
```
date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S'
```
Verify that the modified JSON file is still valid.
```
cat manifest.json | jq
```

Upload the updated manifest.json file.

cray artifacts create boot-images ${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/manifest.json uan-manifest.json

Update the IMS image to use the new uan-manifest.json file.

cray ims images update ${NEW_IMAGE_ID} \
        --link-type s3 --link-path s3://boot-images/${NEW_IMAGE_ID}/manifest.json \
        --link-etag 6d04c3a4546888ee740d7149eaecea68 --format toml

Example output:

created = "2021-03-17T20:23:05.576754+00:00"
id = "ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e"
name = "UAN-1.4.0-day-zero"

[link]
etag = "6d04c3a4546888ee740d7149eaecea68"
path = "s3://boot-images/ac31e971-f990-4b5f-821d-c0c18daefb6e/manifest.json"
type = "s3"

4. Customize UAN image using CFS

(ncn-mw#) Create a CFS session to perform preboot image customization of the UAN image.

cray cfs v3 sessions create --name uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION \
    --configuration-name uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION \
    --target-definition image \
    --target-group Application $NEW_IMAGE_ID
    --format json

(ncn-mw#) Wait for the CFS configuration session for the image customization to complete.

Then record the ID of the IMS image created by CFS.

The following command will produce output while the process is running. If the CFS session completes successfully, an IMS image ID will appear in the output.
```
cray cfs v3 sessions describe uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION --format json | jq
```

5. Identify UAN xnames

(ncn-mw#) Retrieve the component names (xnames) of the UANs from the Hardware State Manager (HSM).

cray hsm state components list --role Application --subrole UAN --format json | jq -r .Components[].ID

Example output:

x3000c0s19b0n0
x3000c0s24b0n0
x3000c0s20b0n0
x3000c0s22b0n0

6. Prepare UAN boot session templates

Determine the correct value for the ifmap option in the kernel_parameters string for the type of UAN.
- Use ifmap=net0:nmn0,lan0:hsn0,lan1:hsn1 if the UANs are:
  - Either HPE DL325 or DL385 nodes that have a single OCP PCIe card installed.
  - Gigabyte nodes that do not have additional PCIe network cards installed other than the built-in LOM ports.
- Use ifmap=net2:nmn0,lan0:hsn0,lan1:hsn1 if the UANs are:
  - Either HPE DL325 or DL385 nodes which have a second OCP PCIe card installed, regardless of if it is being used or not.
  - Gigabyte nodes that have a PCIe network card installed in addition to the built-in LOM ports, regardless of if it is being used or not.

(ncn-mw#) Construct a JSON BOS boot session template for the UAN.

Populate the template with the following information:
- The value of the ifmap option for the kernel_parameters string that was determined in the previous step.
- For the node_list in the boot set, use the xnames of the UANs found in 5. Identify UAN xnames.
- The path field in the boot set should contain the customized image IMS ID (result_id) from 4. Customize UAN image using CFS.
- The cfs.configuration field should be set to the name of the CFS configuration used in 4. Customize UAN image using CFS.

Verify that the session template matches the format and structure in the following example:

{
  "boot_sets": {
    "uan": {
      "kernel_parameters": "console=ttyS0,115200 bad_page=panic crashkernel=360M hugepagelist=2m-2g intel_iommu=off intel_pstate=disable iommu=pt ip=nmn0:dhcp numa_interleave_omit=headless numa_zonelist_order=node oops=panic pageblock_order=14 pcie_ports=native printk.synchronous=y quiet rd.neednet=1 rd.retry=10 rd.shell turbo_boost_limit=999 ifmap=net2:nmn0,lan0:hsn0,lan1:hsn1 spire_join_token=${SPIRE_JOIN_TOKEN}",
      "node_list": [
        "#... List of Application Nodes from cray hsm state command ..."
      ],
      "path": "s3://boot-images/IMS_IMAGE_ID/manifest.json",
      "rootfs_provider": "cpss3",
      "rootfs_provider_passthrough": "dvs:api-gw-service-nmn.local:300:nmn0",
      "type": "s3"
    }
  },
  "cfs": {
    "configuration": "uan-config-PRODUCT_VERSION"
  },
  "enable_cfs": true
}

Save the template with a descriptive name, such as uan-sessiontemplate-PRODUCT_VERSION.json.

(ncn-mw#) Register the session template with BOS.

The following command uses the JSON session template file to save a session template in BOS. This step allows administrators to boot UANs by referring to the session template name.
```
cray bos v2 sessiontemplates create \
        --file uan-sessiontemplate-PRODUCT_VERSION.json \
        uan-sessiontemplate-PRODUCT_VERSION
```

Perform Boot UANs to boot the UANs with the new image and BOS session template.