CoreOS installation notes

I managed to get things working with COREOS, by following the directions in the WIKI. Its really important (in vmware) to 'turn on' promiscuous mode, and to 'enable' the permissions on your vswitch. Things won't work without it.

Also important to get the COREOS working (initial install is available via:) http://alpha.release.core-os.net/amd64-usr/current/

Choose appropriate image for your VM. You will need to press the 'e' key when first booting, and add the following: coreos.autologin To the kernel parameters section. Then you can either add your ssh key, or simply create a password for logging in. I just increased the 'boot timeout' option in vmware to 1000 milliseconds, and pressed 'e' and added that parameter to the 'kernel' line at the end.

Also for deploying the OVA ignore the stupid vmware instructions. I just downloaded the ova, deployed it via the GUI, and did the above. Everything seems to work fine. I did expand the disk a bit, since they only provision 8gigs or so.