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Important
RHN Satellite Server users should note that channels imported with
satellite-sync
are made
available automatically and do not require the creation of a separate installation tree. For instance,
if you have imported
rhel-i386-es-3
and the current release is
rhel-i386-es-3-u1
, this option
will appear within the
Distribution
dropdown menu of the
Kickstart Details
page. You need only
select the correct distribution. These trees are available to client systems that kickstart through the
Satellite. While you may be able to access the files from a non-kickstarting client, this functionality is
not supported and may be removed at any time in the future.
To create a new distribution, enter an intuitive label (without spaces) in the
Distribution Label
field.
In the
External Location
field, paste the URL to the base of the installation tree. (You can test this by
appending "README" to the URL in a Web browser, hitting return, and ensuring the distribution’s
readme file appears.)
In the
Autokickstart Boot Image
field, enter the auto-ks kernel image for the distribution. You can
find all of the available packages by searching RPMs for "auto-kickstart". Identify the appropriate
package based upon the distribution to be kickstarted. It should look something like, "auto-kickstart-
ks-rhel-i386-as-3". Then, strip everything preceding the "ks" to derive the boot image. For instance, in
the above example, you would put "ks-rhel-i386-as-3" in the
Autokickstart Boot Image
field. Then
select the matching distribution from the
Base Channel
and
Installer Generation
dropdown menus
and click the
Create
button.
4.4.10.9. File Preservation
The
File Preservation
page collects lists of files to be protected and re-deployed on systems during
kickstart. For instance, if you have many custom configuration files located on a system to be kick-
started, you can enter them here quickly as a list and then associate that list with the kickstart profile
to be used.
To use this feature, click the
create new file preservation list
link at the top and enter a relevant label
and all files and directories to preserved on the resulting page. Make sure you enter absolute paths to
all files and directories. Then click
Create List
.
Important
Although file preservation is useful, it does have limitations. First, each list is limited to a total size of
1 MB. Further, special devices like
/dev/hda1
and
/dev/sda1
are not supported. Finally, only actual
file and directory names may be entered. No regular-expression wildcards can be included.
When finished, you may include the file preservation list in the kickstart profile to be used on systems
containing those files. Refer to Section 4.4.10.3
Creating Kickstarts
for precise steps.
4.4.10.10. Building Bootable Kickstart ISOs
Copy the contents of
/isolinux
from the first CD-ROM of the target distribution. Then edit the
isolinux.cfg
file to default to ’ks’. Change the ’ks’ section to look like this:
label ks
kernel vmlinuz
append text ks={url} initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=16438 \
{ksdevice}
The URL can be obtained from the
Kickstart Details
page. It will look something like this:
Summary of Contents for NETWORK 3.5 - PROVISIONING
Page 1: ...Red Hat Network 3 5 Provisioning Reference Guide...
Page 6: ......
Page 16: ...6 Chapter 1 What is Red Hat Network...
Page 50: ...40 Chapter 3 Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool...
Page 98: ...88 Chapter 4 Red Hat Network Website...
Page 114: ...104 Chapter 6 Red Hat Network Registration Client...
Page 122: ...112 Appendix A Command Line Config Management Tools...
Page 126: ...116 Appendix B RHN API Access...
Page 132: ...122 Glossary...
