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Linux: how can I auto update my clients' software? [closed]
I'm looking for a package to check daily if a new software version is available, if it is, download, extract, and install it.
This is to run on a linux server.
I would prefer to not have too many ...
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Cannot seem to get Ubuntu Kickstart and preseed to cooperate with partitioning
I am trying to set up a minimal installation for some Ubuntu 12.04 workstations where I can pop in a CD-ROM, hit enter a couple times, and have it build me a ready-made system for imaging and ...
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Automating the creation of SQL servers
VMWare has a tool called vFabric Data Directory which allows you to automate building SQL, Postgress and Oracle servers using VMWare. Is there something simular to this that will work for Hyper-V? I ...
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Kickstart. Choose disk for installation and partition it automatically
How can I setup a kickstart configuration file to resolve this problem:
1. First, we choose a disk for installation
2. Second, Anaconda will partition it automatically.
Now, I can choose between sda, ...
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How to Install Skype domain-wide
You know Live Messenger is over and we have to migrate to Skype. I got two choices to do that on 40+ computers under the domain.
Give standard users permission to install software.
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Unable to change schema of a Publication Database using TSQL (Ready-roll): being forced stop replication
I am trying to apply schema changes using T-SQL (using Ready-Roll database source control tool with Octopus Deployment) to a Publication database however it is forcing me stop Replication for the ...
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Unattended Install of Windows using Powershell and Hyper-V
Is this possible? I have a script that gets up to the point of Installing Windows Server 2008. However it gets up literally to the "Click Next......etc etc..." and I want to be able to integrate this ...
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Automating Windows Server on Softlayer
I'm looking automate the launch of Windows Server (2008/2012) VMs on SoftLayer and have them install Node.js and MongoDB. Would powershell be the way or templates or anything else? I know I can launch ...
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What are the benefits of using Puppet and Foreman in deploying virtual machines?
I am new in using virtualization technologies. I have read about Puppet and Foreman. If I am not mistaken, these software are used to automate the process of installing and configuring servers, for ...
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Automation Methods - Templates or Scripting
Background
We setup very large systems which consist of many different types of servers, switches, and routers. These systems are then shipped out to different locations and are turned on ready to ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04: How does one configure the firewall during installation?
I'm following instructions to automate the installation of Ubuntu Server 12.04 using kickstart. It works well for automatically partitioning the drives, selecting languages etc. However, it doesn't ...
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Solaris 11.1 AI client: HTTP connection times out
I am trying to install a client off the current 11.1 automated installation (AI) image. I have not modified any manifests and just run the default config after "installadm create-service" which should ...
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Remote deployment of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 upgrade, not as a fresh install
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions (or know if its even possible) to remote upgrade a fleet of Macs from 10.6.8 to 10.8 remotely. I presume I can push the installESD through ARD, but I want it to ...
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FreeBSD 9 unattended installation: how to perform?
That is, like you do with kickstart on Redhat or autoyast in SuSE or jumpstart in Solaris? The OS docs do not seem to answer that simple question.
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Automatic Site Creation [closed]
I have created a platform that i want users to sign up and a new site is created for them instantly. Users will register and afterwards they will receive a username and password for their personal ...
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How do you answer yes for yum install automatically
In centos how do you answer yes automatically for yum install so that it is an unassisted install?
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Modifiable installer to deploy software remotely [closed]
I'm in the middle of a research to see what is possible whenever software has to be remotely installed. In principle this sounds easy to achieve, however this is not the case. I'm fully aware about ...
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MDT Install Error
I have recently imaged a machine, and I have got this error when it gets to the installing OS stage -
windows could not display the images available for installation
I've never come across this ...
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On Windows how can I prevent login until a software package has been installed?
I have an MSI which is configured for machine level installation because it is a device driver.
I can deploy it via Active Directory and Group Policy just fine. However on a newly booted machine a ...
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Suppress user input when installing ganglia on ubuntu
I'm writing a hadoop configuration script, but I'm running into trouble installing ganglia. The script needs to run all the way through without any human intervention. Unfortunately, but when it ...
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Automate Sql Server 2008 R2 Express install - silently and pre-configured
I want to create a .MSI installation of my app. One of the things that should be installed it's the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, but i want it to be installed silently, pre-configured for all client ...
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Remote reinstallation of Scientific Linux
I am trying to have a server used for a test platform configured such that it can be easily rebooted and reinstalled with our test OS, so that we can consistently get a clean environment to work with.
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Autounattended.xml & GPT partitions
We are trying to setup an unattended install of windows 7 to a gpt partition on a Lenovo U410, which has UEFI bios.
This webpage outlines how to format the disk for GPT. If add the default ...
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Unattended silent install of Java on OS X Lion/Mountain Lion (OS X 10.7, 10.8)
As Java is not installed by defaults on Lion and Mountain Lion systems (OS X 10.7, 10.8) I would like to deploy it to all machines on our network. I understand that I can simply download the .pkg and ...
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freeBSD9.0 autoinstall [closed]
Everybody, Hello! We use Freebsd9.0 for our workstation. Everytime, we start a new machine. We must install freeBSD manually. And what we want just autoinstall it. That is, we insert the installation ...
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Bash installing script that fits all common Linux flavors
I was asked by my boss to make a bash script that could install Apache, PHP and MySQL (AMP) binaries in a Linux box (just some common linux flavors).
Compile and install all by the sources ...
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How to automate driver installation from .exe
I need to create an image which upon its first boot detects the graphics card type and installs the appropriate drivers before taking the next steps. This means I need to automate the installation ...
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a script to create linux virtual machine and run a script there
I'd like to get a script working that would automate the following
create a virtual machine
install a linux distro
run a command inside the distro
shutdown and remove the virtual machine
To create ...
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How do I remotely deploy a software package on Linux system?
I have a software package I wrote in Mono and I want to be able to deploy it to Ubuntu server as part of my move to continuous integration and deployment work flow.
I was wondering if there is a ...
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Automate install of SQL Server 2005 Express Service Packs
Is it possible to perform an unnattended install of service packs (SP4 is the latest) on SQL Server 2005 Express?
The only way I have found is to download the SQLEXPR32.EXE containing SP4 and run it ...
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Windows 7 Bootloader installs to wrong drive when installing from secondary hard drive
I have set up an unattended installation of Windows 7, but my setup causes the bootloader to be installed to the wrong drive. Here is the setup:
Drive 0 (OS Drive): This is the drive that the OS gets ...
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Adding e1000e module to SLES 9sp4 install CD?
Even though SLES 9.0sp4 is ancient (we are finally soon transitioning to the current version of SLES), we still need to be able to install it. Problem is that some new equipment we want to install it ...
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Removing non-present hardware with Devcon?
I'm automating the removal of a USB printer from machines with Windows XP SP3.
To do this, I'm using Microsoft's Devcon Utility.
Running the command:
devcon findall *hp*
Returns:
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Determine the name of a feature in an MSI to install from the command line
I am trying to install an application (SalesLogix 7.2 Admin Tools and Servers) from an MSI package, but only want to install a particular feature. How can I determine the feature name so I can try ...
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How to create a RHEL/CentOS boot media that automatically loads kickstart from the network?
I've build a local network where using DHCP, kickstart templating and local mirrors I can automate the installation of any RedHat-type operating system. It still requires me to go to the machine (or ...
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How to automate the building of a VM machine [closed]
How could I automate the building of a VM machine with required software?
My idea is that I have a webpage which interfaces to a VM server (either ESX or Hyper-V), I choose what OS I want and what ...
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juju on local server + wrapping my own application server custom built wtih charm
I'm interested in juju before starting with it i would like to ask a few questions.
Can juju be only be used with ubuntu? is it possible to use it with CentOS?
I have my own application server which ...
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How to make my very own ubuntu minimal install?
I have made a complete application solution built on top of ubuntu.
Now that I have this ready; i'm looking to make my very own install of ubuntu (the smallest footprint possible with only the very ...
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Ubuntu preseed install fails: VFS: Cannot open root device “(null)” or unknown-block
I'm attempting to do an Ubuntu 11.10 server install using a preseed file for the first time.
I created my preseed file by starting with the example file and just uncommenting/choosing what seemed ...
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Bash script to install PostgreSQL
I'm trying to write a bash script to install PostgreSQL server on a Debian 6 VPS. I keep wiping the server and I'm like to write something to auto-install it.
#!/bin/bash
export ...
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changing python runtime maximum recursion limit
I am trying to install supervisord on a ubuntu ec2 server. When running easy_install I get the following error:
> easy_install supervisor
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RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
I ...
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Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) with a raw Windows 2008R2 ISO
I am new to WAIK, and am trying to figure out how to build a WIM image from the Windows 2008 R2 ISO media.
So far I have been unsuccessful in finding this information.
Is this possible, and if so, ...
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What is the best way to install .NET 3.5 on all machines on the network?
I am a developer and I would like to upgrade a client's application to .NET 3.5. This means .NET 3.5 needs to be installed on every computer on the network that is going to use this application.
The ...
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Remote network SLES install error on ia64
Does anyone have any experience installing SLES though lanboot on ia64?
I have done plenty of network SLES installs for i386 and x86_64, even PowerPC, but for some reason ia64 is stumping me.
I have ...
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Provisioning environment(PXE) for windows xp, 7, server 2003, 2008 and RHEL 5
I am working for a small shop where we want to provision all the hosts from one single location. Right now, we use Legacy RIS on Win server 2003 to deploy hosts via PXE boot. Though this method works, ...
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re-making windows-7 iso results in no ethernet controller driver
I am making an unattended installation of Windows 7. I've gotten a bug down to this:
I start with a regular Win-7 Ultimate iso. If I install this manually on a VirtualBox virtual machine, everything ...
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fully automated install of virtualbox tools in windows 7
I'm making an unattended install of windows. Part of it is installing virtualbox guest additions, which is run by the installer due to the following entry in Autounattend.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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how-to deploy files to several nodes on network automatically?
need to push(deploy) few batch files to the machines on a network. All nodes are running Windows.
The batch files contain some commands to initialize an env on each node.
what ways can this be ...
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What does /v/qn parameter do for windows silent installers?
This page says to do a silent install you pass in the parameters /s /v/qn. It mentions what /s does - silent install - but not what /v/qn does.
So what does it do? Why the weird format? (on one ...
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Kickstart PXE boot ubuntu 10.04
I am trying to do a fully automated install of Ubuntu 10.04
My pxelinux.cfg/default file looks like this -
label linux
kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
ipappend 2
append ...
