Setting Up A Control File With Oes Components; Fixing An Automatically Created Control File - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

You can boot from media or from an installation source. For more information, see
an Installation Source" on page
A source or server that contains the AutoYaST profile (control file).
For more information, see
8.3 Setting Up a Control File with OES
Components
The control file is an XML file that contains an installation profile for the target computer. This
installation profile contains all the information to complete software installation and configuration
on the target computer.
To create a control file:
You can create the control file manually in a text editor (not recommended).
When you complete an installation, you can click Clone for AutoYaST. If you use this option,
the resulting file is
See Section 8.3.1, "Fixing an Automatically Created Control File," on page
You can create or modify a control file by using the AutoInstallation module in YaST
procedures, see
on page
This system depends on existing modules that are usually used to configure a computer after
OES 2 SP2 is installed on a server.

8.3.1 Fixing an Automatically Created Control File

Review the following issues and solutions to fix the automatically created control file.
Issue 1: If you install all OES Services through AutoYaST, Apache does not run.
Solution: Reboot the server when the installation is complete; or, when you create the profile
or control file, deselect the Print Server pattern in the Primary Functions category. If you have
already created the control file, remove the following section:
- <printer>
<cups_installation config:type="symbol">server< cups_installation>
<default />
<printcap config:type="list" />
<server_hostname />
<spooler>cups</spooler>
</printer>
Issue 2: The Certificate Authorities section of the control file is not created.
Solution: You must insert the CA section manually.
To add this information to the control file:
1. Open YaST as
2. Click Miscellaneous > Autoinstallation.
3. Select Security and Users > CA Management, then click Configure.
4. In the Common Name File field, specify a name for the certificate. For example
YaST_Default_CA(hostname).
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"Setting Up an Installation Source" on page
/root/autoinst.xml
Section 8.3.2, "Using the AutoInstallation Module to Create the Control File,"
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. This file must be edited manually before using it.
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