3:30 p.m.
I seem to have replied to Will rather than the list via my phone :)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather
than a preseed?
Date: 2014-09-25 20:53
From: Alastair Munro <alastair(a)alastair-munro.com>
To: Will Dennis <>
Hi
I suspect kickstart support in ubuntu is immature at present. It should
get better. As with all things cobbler you need the time and patience to
experiment and test things out. I went with debian installer because we
need to support ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04. Ubuntu ks only turned up in
14.04. However i managed to reuse most of my centos snippets for ubuntu
by just embedding them in a copy of the post seed file. So the change to
d-i was not so painful and not too much reworking required.
For the cobbler system definitions for ubuntu i had to put default
gateways in the interface rather than the global networking, and it
needs the nameserver fields to be filled in too (rather than just
putting a resolv.conf inplace which gets overwritten by resolver). Other
than that it works the same as fedora/centos.
--
Alastair Munro
-----Original Message-----
From: Will Dennis <wdennis(a)nec-labs.com>
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Cc: "alastair(a)alastair-munro.com" <alastair(a)alastair-munro.com>
Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:40
Subject: RE: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather
than a preseed?
Thanks, Alastair. Guess I'll be learning Debian Installer syntax then
;)
Would be cool in the future if Cobbler could support either d-i or
kickstart for breed "ubuntu", since there is support now, and I'd wager
most Cobbler users are more familiar with kickstart...
Best,
Will
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Subject: Re: [cobbler] Can deploy Ubuntu using a kickstart file rather
than a preseed?
Debian/ubuntu uses debian installer. All lines start d-i. See this that
I wrote:
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Using%20template%20scripts%20for%...
[2]
Use the cobbler sample.seed and then replace the pre and post seed
files with your own, with embedded snippets.
I have not played round with lvm or partitioning on ubuntu/debian, but
I was able to use all the snippets I wrote for centos with ubuntu (with
some slight tweaks). These snippets are now multi platform!
The ubuntu guides tell you about debian installer and what the various
lines do. I didn't have to tweak the sample.seed much.
Alastair
On 2014-09-25 16 [3]:39, Will Dennis wrote:
Hi all,
Went looking for an automated way to install a bunch of Ubuntu
(14.04)
nodes I had to bring up, and happily found that Ubuntu now supports
Kickstart (albeit in a non-complete way...)
https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/ch04s06.html#ki
[4]
ckstart
[1]
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility [5] [2]
I created a USB installer, and authored a kickstart file (via the
Ubuntu app "system-config-kickstart"), placed it in the root of the
USB key, and then in /syslinux/txt.cfg I added "ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg" to
the end of the "append" line for the default install.
Booted my test
node from the USB key, and the kickstart worked like a champ.
Now, since I've been using Cobbler to install RedHat-family nodes, I
thought I'd try to add a Ubuntu OS choice. So I added the install
ISO
to Cobbler via the 'cobbler import' command, and also did a
'cobbler
reposync' to add the local repo. Tried PXE-booting my test node,
my
Ubuntu 14.04 OS choice shows up in the menu, and can be installed
(but
for some reason stops at the "Partition disks" setup
screen...)
When I checked out the "kickstart" file for the profile, I was
surprised to find that it was actually a Debian preseed file instead
of a kickstart... Since I don't understand preseed files, and
wanted
to use my (working) kickstart file, I imported my kickstart file into
/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts and then made a copy of the Ubuntu 14.04
profile, and changed the kickstart file to be mine instead of
"sample.seed". Upon PXE booting the test node and selecting my new
profile, it errored out with the following message:
"The installer failed to process the preconfiguration file from
http://<cobbler-svr-ip>/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/<profile_name [3]>.
The
file may be corrupt."
So, is there a way to support using kickstart files against Ubuntu
nodes, instead of preseed files? If so, any docs anywhere?
Also, is there a way to search the list archives (such as Gmane,
etc.)
for keywords such as "Ubuntu kickstart" - I'm sure this
has been
discussed before on the list, but couldn't (quickly) find
anything...
Thanks,
Will
Links:
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[1]
https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/ch04s06.html#ki
[4]
[5]
[3]
http://%3ccobbler-svr-ip%3e/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/%3cprofile_name
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[1] tel:20142
[2]
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Using%20template%20scripts%20for%...
[3] tel:2014092516
[4]
https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/amd64/ch04s06.html#ki
[5] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility
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