Implementing Kickstart - Red Hat NETWORK 3.7 - CLIENT Configuration Manual

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Obviously, the best time to make conﬁguration changes to a system is when that system is ﬁrst being

built. For customers who already use kickstart effectively, the bootstrapping script is an ideal addition

to that process.

Once all of the conﬁguration issues have been resolved, a system may also register with the local Red

Hat Network Servers using the

RPMs. This chapter discusses the proper use of

The

utility uses activation keys to register, entitle, and subscribe systems to speciﬁed

rhnreg_ks

channels in one swift motion. To ﬁnd out more about activation keys, refer to the Red Hat Update

Agent and RHN Website chapters of the Red Hat Network Management Reference Guide.

The following commented kickstart ﬁle is an ideal example of how a system can be conﬁgured from

start to ﬁnish using Red Hat Network.

# Generic 7.2 kickstart for laptops in the Widget Corporation (widgetco)

# Standard kickstart options for a network-based install. For an explanation

# of these options, consult the Red Hat Linux Customization Guide.

lang en_US

langsupport --default en_US en_US

keyboard defkeymap

network --bootproto dhcp

install

url --url ftp://ftp.widgetco.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/i386

zerombr yes

clearpart --all

part /boot

--size 128 --fstype ext3 --ondisk hda

part /

--size 2048 --grow --fstype ext3 --ondisk hda

part /backup --size 1024 --fstype ext3 --ondisk hda

part swap

--size 512 --ondisk hda

bootloader --location mbr

timezone America/New_York

rootpw --iscrypted $1$78Jnap82Hnd0PsjnC8j3sd2Lna/Hx4.

auth --useshadow --enablemd5 --krb5realm .COM --krb5kdc auth.widgetco.com \

--krb5adminserver auth.widgetco.com

mouse --emulthree genericps/2

xconfig --card "S3 Savage/MX" --videoram 8192

--depth 16 --defaultdesktop=GNOME --startxonboot --noprobe \

--hsync 31.5-48.5 --vsync 40-70

reboot

# Define a standard set of packages.

# are found in Base.

# may vary.

%packages

@ Base

@ Utilities

@ GNOME

@ Laptop Support

@ Dialup Support

@ Software Development

@ Graphics and Image Manipulation

utility that comes with the

rhnreg_ks

This is quite a minimal set of packages; your mileage