Custom System Info; Kickstart - Red Hat NETWORK 4.0.5 Reference Manual

Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website
6.4.9. Custom System Info —
RHN Provisioning customers may include completely customizable information about
their systems. Unlike notes, the information here is more formal and may be searched
upon. For instance, you may decide to identify an asset tag for each system. To do this, you
must create an asset key within the Custom System Info page.
Click create new key at the upper-right corner of the page. Enter a descriptive label and
description, such as Asset and Precise location of each system, and click
the Create Key. The key will then show up in the custom info keys list.
Once the key
Custom
the
Section 6.4.2.8.1.5 System Details ⇒ Details ⇒ Custom Info —
6.4.10. Kickstart —
To satisfy the provisioning needs of customers, RHN provides this interface for developing
kickstart profiles that can be used to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on either new or
already-registered systems. This enables systems to be installed automatically to particular
specifications.
Important
If your systems are connected to the central RHN Servers, you will need an external in-
stallation tree for each distribution to be kickstarted. This tree can be hosted anywhere
that is accessible by the target system via HTTP. If the systems are connected through
an RHN Proxy Server, then you may place the installation tree in
on the Proxy. RHN Satellite Servers already have a tree for each Red Hat distribution
and therefore do not require separate trees. Even if the system connects through an RHN
Proxy Server to get to the Satellite, these trees will be available for kickstart. Refer to
Section 6.4.10.9 Kickstart ⇒ Distributions —
tion trees.
6.4.10.1. Kickstart Prerequisites
Although Red Hat Network has taken great pains to ease the provisioning of systems, some
preparation is still required for your infrastructure to handle kickstarts. For instance, before
creating kickstart profiles, you may consider:
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