Kickstart

Menu config file example

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

default vesamenu.c32
Menu Background sm_bk.png
Menu Title Boot Menu

label install
   menu label ^Ubuntu-10.04
   kernel ubuntu-installer10/amd64/linux
   append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer10/amd64/initrd.gz ks=http://10.10.4.58/ks10.cfg

label install
   menu label ^Ubuntu-12.04
   menu default
   kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
   append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz ks=http://10.10.4.58/ks12.cfg

LABEL Centos-5.8
    MENU LABEL ^Centos-5.8
    KERNEL centos58/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=centos58/initrd.img ramdisk_size=100000 ip=dhcp ksdevice=bootif ks=http://10.10.23.201/ks/ks.cfg
    IPAPPEND 2

LABEL Centos-6
    MENU LABEL ^Centos-6
    KERNEL centos6/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=centos6/initrd.img ip=dhcp ksdevice=bootif ks=http://10.10.23.201/ks/ks_co6.cfg

LABEL Centos-6-p1
    MENU LABEL ^Centos-6 p1p1
    KERNEL centos6/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=centos6/initrd.img ip=dhcp ksdevice=bootif ks=http://10.10.23.201/ks/ks_co6p1.cfg

LABEL Centos-6-em1
    MENU LABEL ^Centos-6 em1
    KERNEL centos6/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=centos6/initrd.img ip=dhcp ksdevice=bootif ks=http://10.10.23.201/ks/ks_co6em1.cfg

label expert
   menu label ^Expert install
   kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
   append priority=low vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz --

label cli-expert
   menu label Command-^line expert install
   kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
   append tasks=standard pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false priority=low vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz --

label rescue
   menu label ^Rescue mode
   kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
   append vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz rescue/enable=true -- quiet

label Local_drive
   localboot 0
   menu label ^Local Drive

prompt 0
timeout 60

Kickstart config file example:

/srv/kickstart/cs6ks.cfg

#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
install
key --skip
lang en_US.UTF-8
# Forces the cmdline installer to be used (debugging)
#cmdline
# System authorization information
auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
# Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel
#ignoredisk --only-use=sda,sdc,sdd
# Use text mode install
text
# Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --disable
# System keyboard
keyboard us
# System language
#lang en_US
# Installation logging level
logging --level=info
# Use network installation
url --url=http://10.10.23.201/centos/6/os/x86_64/
# Network information
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on
# Reboot after installation
reboot
#Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1...1

# SELinux configuration
selinux --disabled
# Do not configure the X Window System
skipx
# System timezone
timezone  America/Los_Angeles
# Install OS instead of upgrade
install
# Disk partitioning information
part /boot --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" --ondisk=sda --size=500

# Web servers use 8G of swap
#part swap --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="swap" --ondisk=sda --size=8000
# Changing swap for testing
part swap --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="swap" --ondisk=sda --size=1000
# The rest goes to root
part / --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" --grow --ondisk=sda --size=1

# Use WF Repo
repo --name=sm_base --baseurl=http://10.10.23.201/centos/6/os/x86_64/
repo --name=sm_updates --baseurl=http://10.10.23.201/centos/6/updates/x86_64/

%packages
@core
ntp
openssh-clients
openssh-server
strace
oprofile
screen
sysstat
lynx
-bluez-gnome
-bluez-libs
-bluez-utils
-ccid
-coolkey
-conman
-cups
-dosfstools
-ifd-egate
-irda-utils
-NetworkManager
-oddjob
-oddjob-libs
-pcsc-lite
-pcsc-lite-libs
-ppp
-redhat-lsb
-rp-pppoe
-stunnel
-wpa_supplicant
-ypbind
-yp-tool

%post --log=/root/my-post-log
# Remove all i386/i686 packages, we only want x86_64 packages.
rpm -e $(rpm -qa --queryformat='%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' | grep '\.i[3456]86$')

# XFS support
yum -y install kmod-xfs xfs*

# Disable services typically not needed.
for service in iptables ip6tables rpcgssd rpcidmapd iscsi iscsid ; do
        echo "Disabling some unneeded services."
        chkconfig $service off
        echo "Services disabled."
done

echo "exclude=kernel* *.i?86" >> /etc/yum.conf
rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/*
wget http://vmks.corp.example.com/sm6.repo
mv sm6.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/sm.repo
ntpdate -u ntp1
ntpdate -u ntp1
ntpdate -u ntp1
/etc/init.d/ntpd start
chkconfig ntpd on

# Converting from DHCP to static IPs
KSDEVICE=`LANG=C /sbin/route -n | awk '/^0.0.0.0/ { print $8 }'`
IP=`LANG=C /sbin/ifconfig $KSDEVICE | /bin/awk '/inet/ && !/inet6/{sub(/addr:/, ""); print $2}'`
HOSTNAME=`LANG=C /usr/bin/host $IP | /bin/awk '{sub(/\.$/, ""); print $5}' |cut -d"." -f1`
NETMASK=`LANG=C /sbin/ifconfig $KSDEVICE | /bin/awk '/inet/ && !/inet6/ {sub(/Mask:/, ""); print $4}'`
NETWORK=`LANG=C /bin/ipcalc $IP -n $NETMASK | /bin/cut -d\= -f2`
GATEWAY=`LANG=C echo $NETWORK | awk -F'.' '{print $1"."$2"."$3"."$4+1}'`
HWADDR=`LANG=C /sbin/ifconfig $KSDEVICE | /bin/awk '/HWaddr/ { print $5 }'`

cat << EOF > /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME
GATEWAY=$GATEWAY
EOF

cat << EOF > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$KSDEVICE
DEVICE=$KSDEVICE
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=$IP
NETMASK=$NETMASK
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=$HWADDR
EOF

# chef-client

if [ ! -e /etc/chef ]; then
        mkdir /etc/chef
fi

cat > /etc/chef/client.rb << EOCLRB
log_level        :info
log_location     STDOUT
chef_server_url  "http://chefserver:4000"
validation_client_name "chef-validator"
# Using default node name (fqdn)
EOCLRB
chmod 600 /etc/chef/client.rb

cat > /etc/chef/validation.pem << EOVALPEM
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIE...Wg==

-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
EOVALPEM
chmod 600 /etc/chef/validation.pem

# Install Chef packages
yum -y install rubygem-chef
chkconfig chef-client on
yum -y update