Questions tagged [kickstart]
Kickstart is the method of automated installation of Linux Systems based on Red Hat or their clones (CentOS, Scientific Linux, Unbreakable Linux, ...)
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Using Packer for Kickstart Centos8-Stream Linux
So I'm working with Packer to construct base images for our various environments. It's my first time doing Packer, so, a lot of learning by fire.
I've got the packer configuration able to talk to my ...
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OEL8 kickstart install on ESXi - hangs at “Reached target Basic System” - why?
I am trying to install OEL8 on ESXi 7 with a kickstart file. I have the ks.cfg hosted on an http server on the local subnet. The ks.cfg settings are taken from a manually installed OEL VM's anaconda-...
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PXE Booting with Kickstart and copying in files
In my kickstart file I am trying to figure out how to copy over a long shell script to be excuted on the first boot of the system. What is the preferred approach, copying it in during the kickstart ...
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KVM/QEMU CentOS 8 kickstarted VMs have broken networking, are unreachable
I can't understand why the VMs I create using virt-install & kickstart do not have networking that can be accessed reliably from foreign hosts. The VMs I created using virt-manager can be logged ...
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IPXE boot on amd based architecture with NVME
We have a quite big infrastructure and now we started to use AMD based servers instead of the intel ones with 1 nvme only for os.
We are using ipxe to kickstart the servers but for some reason with ...
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Ubuntu Kickstart - LVM Partitioning using two HDD's not working and fdisk -l output makes no sense on successful single disk deploy
I have read so many kickstart configs and pressed recipes that my head is spinning, and I just need some help or clarification regarding this. Before I go too much into the config, the gist is that I ...
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Centos 8 Kickstart installation ignoring custom partioning
I am installing Centos 8 on a hard drive that already has a Centos 7 installation. I created a kickstart file by performing the installation manually. When I try to use the kickstart file it fails ...
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Users created in Kickstart unable to authenticate
Thanks to the answers to this question, I've been happily generating Kickstart files for Scientific Linux 6 and 7 for the past 5 years. However, we're now starting to build out some test systems with ...
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CentOS 8 KVM under CentOS 7 — Kickstart Network Install Fails
We have CentOS 8 KVM running under CentOS 7. Everything seems to be working well for us once the KVM is up and running. We are using kickstart to bootstrap the KVM. We are having problems ...
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Centos7 PXE Network Install with Kickstart Script - How to copy across folders / files from network during install?
I have a PXE server for network installations (configured similar to, e.g. https://www.linuxtechi.com/configure-pxe-installation-server-centos-7/) and am using a Kickstart script to automatically ...
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Kickstart create users and add to groups
I'm doing a CentOS 8 automated install. I've previously had no problem creating a single user and adding it to a group like so:
user --name=othername --password=big_long_hash --iscrypted --groups=...
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PXE kickstart install of CentOS 8 wants files that don't exist on DVD
I'm trying to use the CentOS-8-x86_64-1905-dvd1.iso as the http source for my PXE/kickstart install.
I'm struggling to understand why the installer is looking of squashfs.img and a directory named ...
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pass an anaconda boot option to a kickstart file in rhel7 initial install
Is there a way to pass an anaconda boot option to a kickstart file, where it could be used as a variable.
Say anaconda boot cmd is
xxxx ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=xxx.xxx.xxx.1
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Where to store configuration files available in kickstart into custom Centos ISO
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Centos 7
Kickstart
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According to RH documentation :
--nochroot:
Allows you to specify commands that you would like to run outside of the chroot environment.
The following ...
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Creating a script for Kickstarting servers; issue with created softraid 1 server based on CentOS 7
First off; I am sorry if my title is incorrect, but I didn't want to "clutter" it too much.
I am creating a bash script which is used to install various servers based on CentOS 6 and CentOS 7 with ...
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Bonding Fails in Kickstart %pre Section
I am trying to setup a bonded network from the %pre section of a CentOS 7 kickstart. I can prove the the following bonded network works:
network --device=mynetwork --bondslaves=eth0,eth1 --bootproto ...
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Ubuntu 16.04. Netinstall kickstart fails
i'm trying to install a server via pxe with ubuntu 16.04. server. So what does fine is the PXE Boot
label install (x86_64 - Ubuntu 16.04)
menu label Installer (x86_64 - Ubuntu 16.04)
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kickstart installation is not starting on redhat linux (AWS)
I want to make a kickstart installation of centos 7 however, the VM starts but route me to a manual textuel installation (which succeeds).
I run this commad to start the installation
virt-install -...
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Execute half of the %post section of a kickstart in a nochroot environment and the other half in a chroot environment
I am trying to execute a script that performs certain security configurations on my recently installed system. Much of the script refers to files starting with / as the base directory which presents ...
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Have a kickstart file run an independent script file from its %post section
If I wanted to run a shell script that was its own file from my RHEL7 kickstart's %post section, where would I need to put that extra file and what would be the path I would use to run it? For example,...
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Kickstart CentOS 7 with pre-defined static IP and hostname (%pre) and used in KS, possible?
I don't know if this is possible, but going to ask anyways.
I am trying to Kickstart newer servers of us with CentOS 7. So far I got most working, however for some reason if I use variables in the %...
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Unable to open input kickstart file curl#37
Getting the below error while installing from ks.cfg
unable to open input kickstart file curl#37 Couldn't open file /tmp/swappart
Here am trying to include /tmp/swappart file from pre section under ...
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Kickstart CentOS 7 with software RAID 1, but no LVM needed
I am going to Kickstart a CentOS 7.x installation with software RAID 1 remotely for the first time. So I am kinda inexperienced at this and wondering what I need to make this work correctly.
A CentOS ...
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GRUB installing CentOS 7 on CentOS 6 machine with kickstart
I am wondering if someone can provide some help. I am trying to do an automated install (with kickstart file) with CentOS 7 on a CentOS 6 server.
However I have failed multiple times so far. I did ...
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RHEL 7.6 - Bootable USB created with kickstart only works on the system it was created on
[Edit] I got it to work using this thread:
https://access.redhat.com/discussions/1422213
The actual script was simlar to this:
mkdir "/var/tmp/RHEL-7.6 Server.x86_64"
# cd "/run/media/jradtke/...
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Can I use variables when referring to volume groups and logical volumes in a kickstart file?
I have variables set up in the %pre section that look like this:
%pre
VOLGROUP=$(lvdisplay |grep VG | awk '{print $3}' |head -1)
vgchange -a y $VOLGROUP
ROOTVOL=$(lvdisplay |grep root | grep Path | ...
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Kickstart install: what disk name should I tell Anaconda to use? (Installer running from USB thumb drive.)
I'm running the CentOS 7.6 installer from a USB thumb drive using a kickstart file. I'm installing to a system that has only one disk.
In the bash shell of the installer, my system's hard drive shows ...
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Using a kickstart file with liveinst
I have a kickstart file that I generated while doing a manual, graphical install. I'm trying to use this kickstart file while booted to CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1810.iso and running
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How do I resize a logical volume to the size of the filesystem within it?
Target system is CentOS 6.x but resizing operations will be done in %pre section of CentOS 7.6 kickstart.
I have already run resize2fs -M /dev/mapper/centos-home successfully.
If I mount the volume,...
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Is it possible to check the available space of a Linux logical volume without mounting it?
I have a project that requires me to shrink the root and home volumes on an existing CentOS 6 install to make room for a CentOS 7 install on a customer's bare metal host. Yes, I know what a bad idea ...
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Firewall rules not working in post script of kickstart
I am installing centos with kickstart and during installation in post script it suppose to update device over tftp.
in my script i trigger that device which ultimately copy firmware from my system(...
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Preserve existing volume during Kickstart install
So, I've got a server running Scientific Linux 6.9 that I want to install 7 on. Upgrades are apparently not supported, so I need to do a clean install, which is fine.
I installed the SL6 server using ...
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How to Open Telnet Console in post section of Kickstart [closed]
I want to configure external VxWork based device in post section of kickstart file, this accept telnet based commands. I found following
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
send -- "terminal length 0\r"
expect "*?...
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Networking configuration during Kickstart
We have recently run into an issue where ipconfig is no longer able to pick up networking during the post install portion of our anaconda kickstart file.
This is preventing our boxes from installing ...
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Do SELinux management commands operate on the kernel or the filesystem?
We're installing RPMs into a CentOS 7 system using Anaconda + Kickstart, which does a chroot into the target system's environment and installs all of the RPMs we specify in our Kickstart config file. ...
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How can additional routes be added to anaconda kickstart?
I frequently build centos7 servers and have a few special networking requirements.
For example, I may want to use nameservers or repositories in private ranges that can't be reached via my normal ...
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Kickstart, universal install script and default passwords
I'd like to make an universal automated install script using Kickstart, which would be placed on a CD and used in conjunction with standard DVD installer, i.e. the user of this script would need to ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 installer: any way to save setup info for a preseed?
Is there a way to save my setup selections from a regular CDROM install for use as a preseed or kickstart file? I'm experimenting with booting hosts from PXE to standardize Ubuntu installations and ...
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CentOS7 Kickstart issue
I've prepared a ks.cfg file and validated it with ksvalidator, however it doesn't seem to do what I wish it was doing.
For example - it keeps going into graphical mode despite specifying text option. ...
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How to assure the same MAC address is used to bond interfaces using anaconda kickstart installer?
I observerd that the bond0 interface I create at install time may randomly use the MAC address of the first or second interface.
This is causing problems because it means that the ARP information of ...
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How can I configure anaconda kickstart to assure its installs all updates from start?
I am using anaconda kickstart installer to provision fedora 28 baremetals but I found that by default i does not install all updates.
I do want to avoid having to run a an yum -q -y update during the ...
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How to make rpm install from user avoid curl SSL errors?
I am trying install a RPM from an url directly from anaconda kickstart (CentOS7) %post phase but I encountered an interesting error:
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+ rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-...
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Can I unsilence kickstart step Performing post-installation setup tasks?
While anaconda kickstart installer runs the "Performing post-installation setup tasks" tasks are not visible on console and their outcome is only saved to ks-post.log file.
I do want to also display ...
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How to point rhel kickstart iso source to local DVD
Somehow because of driver issue. I am unable get iso source over network.
Just wondering if I can point it to a DVD media for the iso installation.
Instead of "url --url http://server/path" maybe "...
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How to install CentOS 7 on VM with kickstart file ks.cfg without Network (offline mode)
I am trying to install CentOS 7 on my VM using Kickstart Configuration file ks.cfg.
All I need is to install CentOS 7 on my VM without using network (offline).
I have created a ks.cfg file with ...
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CentOS 7 kickstart hangs
I'm trying to install CentOS 7 using kickstart.
I created a bootable USB key containing a modified ISO. I'm not able to launch a regular installation with the inst.ks parameter. I precise that the ...
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CentOS 7 kickstart arguments
How to pass arguments to a kickstart installation procedure on CentOS 7?
I need to install multiple servers that have similar configuration except some differences that I would like to pass to ...
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centos kickstart still has 60 second wait for automatic boot
Is there any kickstart or boot option I can use to tell CentOS7 to automatically boot.
Currently I'm still getting below 60 second wait before the kickstart install to proceed.
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Error: XFS filesystem is not valid as a default fs type
Ultimate goal: Create an automated installation disk for CentOS, using a kickstart config file stored on an internal website.
What I've done: Created a script that
downloads an ISO
unpacks it
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How to add a DUD driver to CentOS/RHEL 7 media (without network)?
I'm working on making an offline installer for something I currently build using PXE and RHEL 7. The servers concerned (Dell 14G) need an addition driver loaded for the RAID controller. In the PXE ...
