Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of KickstartInstallation

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10/06/09 18:03:52 (2 months ago)
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  • KickstartInstallation

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     1[[TOC]] 
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    13== Introduction ==  
    24Kickstart is a method for automated installation of Red Hat and Fedora like linux distros. It contains installation steps that would normally be performed manually during a typical installation.   
    2224 
    2325=== User accounts ===  
    24 Three non-root user accounts jpr, ppr, and ssp are created in post-install step. A user will be forced to change password after first login.   
     26 * The post-install step will create three non-root user accounts viz. jpr, ppr, and ssp. Non-root users will be forced to change their password after first successful login. The passwords included in the kickstart file are in encrypted format. The root password is encrypted using md-5 based password algorithm and non-root account passwords are encrypted using crypt (standard unix password algorithm). You may change the password and encryption method. For more info, see:   
     27{{{ 
     28openssl passwd -help 
     29man crypt  
     30}}}   
    2531 
    26 === NTP ===  
     32=== NTP configuration on VMs === 
     33The VMware knowledge base has an [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427 article on timekeeping best practices for linux]. The CentOS wiki provides [http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/VMWare_Server CentOS specific instructions] for timekeeping in VMware guests. Following is a summary of NTP conf in the kickstart file.  
    2734 
    28 == How to start kickstart install == 
     35 * The kickstart file includes divider option and clock source as specified in the VMware documentation:  
     36{{{ 
     37divider=10  
     38clocksource=acpi_pm 
     39}}} 
     40 
     41 * I had included patch for ntp.conf file and step-tickers configuration in the kickstart file, but it didn't fix the timekeeping issue. Current configuration does not include any NTP conf patch except ks8-ntp-test.cfg kickstart file.   
     42 
     43== Starting a kickstart install == 
    2944For a HTTP based method, save your kickstart file in a web accessible location. The kickstart installation can be started using following command:  
    3045{{{