August 2005 - openSUSE Autoinstall - openSUSE Mailing Lists

"Re: [suse-autoinstall] Tracking an error during installation"
by Hans-Joachim Ehlers 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

Hi folks, my first email to this list. I do not know how to enable tracking during installation but i have had a similar problem with Suse 9.3 Professional. My problem went away as soon as i pressed F5 ( 1024...) and THEN started the installation process. Maybe the X-Server does not like the low resolution ( Maybe still in text mode ? ) Anyway. If you are using remote boot i am stuck at this point. hth Hajo ============================ Hans-Joachim Ehlers UNIX Systems Engineer EUMETSAT Am Kavalleriesand, 31 64295, Darmstadt, Germany Tel : +49 6151 807-7307 eMail : hansjoachim.ehlers(a)eumetsat.int iNet : www.eumetsat.de

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Using a dd image to install with AutoYaST
by Francois, Jean (J.L.) 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

I hope this turns out to be an easy question. I want to do the following: 1. Install a GOLD server with SLES9 SP2 2. shutdown the server, take out the drive and mount it in another server 3. do "dd if=/dev/sdb of=sles9sptinstall.img conv=sync" 4. Use that image to stage from AutoYaST 5. Have AutoYaST reconfigure network, hostname, etc. Now I have been trying to use the docs on Anas website and I am still having difficulty with the steps above #4 and getting this to work. If anyone can shed some light on what I am missing, point me to a FAQ, or give me a link to an archive where this has been discussed, it would be appreciated. I would prefer to use AutoYaST instead of something like g4l with homegrown scripts to accomplish this. thanks -- JLF Sends... Server Engineering/EE - Does the customer need a diskette drive? The x460 does not have a diskette drive. If a diskette drive is required, a USB diskette drive such as the IBM USB portable Diskette Drive (05K9276) can be used. http://www-1.ibm.com/esar/esarhome.nsf/getdoc?OpenForm&doc=PH8HPH8-137

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Disappearing LDAP values in Pro 9.2 autoinstall
by Marlier, Ian 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi, all -- I'm working on adding an LDAP Client configuration section to my autobuild scripts for SuSE Pro 9.2, and I'm having a funny little issue with disappearing values. Specifically, after the machine is built, LDAP authentication doesn't work. An LDAP user attempting to log in gets the message that his/her account doesn't exist. If I pull up YaST and look at the LDAP Client configuration section (under Network Services), the following values are selected: Use LDAP (this is correct) LDAP base DN: dc=example,dc=com (this is wrong) LDAP Server: 127.0.0.1 (this is wrong) LDAP TLS/SSL (this is wrong) Everything in the Advanced Configuration section is configured correctly. Wondering if anyone else has experienced this... The LDAP section of my rules is: <ldap> <base_config_dn>ou=ldapconfig,dc=subdomain,dc=studentuniverse,dc=com</ba se_config_dn> <bind_dn>cn=AnAdmin,dc=subdomain,dc=studentuniverse,dc=com</bind_dn> <create_ldap config:type="boolean">false</create_ldap> <file_server config:type="boolean">false</file_server> <ldap_domain>dc=subdomain,dc=studentuniverse,dc=com</ldap_domain> <ldap_server>10.0.0.2, 10.0.0.3</ldap_server> <ldap_tls config:type="boolean">false</ldap_tls> <ldap_v2 config:type="boolean">false</ldap_v2> <member_attribute>member</member_attribute> <nss_base_group></nss_base_group> <nss_base_passwd></nss_base_passwd> <nss_base_shadow></nss_base_shadow> <pam_password></pam_password> <start_ldap config:type="boolean">true</start_ldap> </ldap> Thanks, Ian

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] rules.xml Example Files (SuSE 9.3)
by Ness, Todd 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

There was an example about a year ago... Hi, since several people requested the example set, I put it on the web. You can download it here: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ayex.tgz dhcpd.conf - part for using pxelinux fstab.zassenhaus - example fstab to create partition profile info - specific info file for the initrd lilo-i386.xml - lilo profile lmu.xml - my standard profile makeInfo - put the info file into the SuSE initrd transferer by pxelinux makePartition - create a partition profile from an fstab part_zassenhaus_keep.xml - the partition profile created from the fstab.zassenhaus pxelinux.cfg - the pxelinux.cfg. Needs pxelinux.0, and "linux" and "initrd" from boot/loader/ rules.xml - put the profiles together. Have fun! cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. * -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:18 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] rules.xml Example Files (SuSE 9.3) On Monday 01 August 2005 23:12, Charles Smith wrote: > Uwe Gansert wrote: > > what about: > >http://yast.suse.com/autoinstall/9.1/html/rulesandclass.html#rules > > > >the first "Simple rules file" should cover your needs (maybe with a > >"<continue config:type="boolean">true</continue>" for more rules to > > process. > > That's what I've been looking at, but again, I was wanting to provide > classes rather than complete profiles. It doesn't really explain the > syntax for doing that. a rule does not have to fetch a complete profile. You can fetch multiple parts of a profile by the use of multiple rules and those parts will be merged at the end to the complete profile (maybe that's not clear by the examples). If it makes you happy, put class_names into those - should work. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert(a)suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Antwort: Re: [suse-autoinstall] sles 9 installation Source in autoyast.xml [Virus checked]
by fraser_bailey＠agilent.com 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

Here's a script we use. It works through a template and replaces the values which it finds with values which the use types in. You will obviously need to modify your template of modify this script to match the values in your template, but you shoudl get the general idea. No warranty or support caveat emptor applies: #!/usr/bin/perl use Getopt::Long; $basedir = '/SuSE/tftpdir/suse'; (my $progname = $0) =~ s/.*\///; # basename $0 $useage = qq{ Summary: $progname creates the xml install configuration specifically for a host Example Command: Build XML for t13s1d2 in lab 13 $progname --hostname=t13s1d2 --ip=10.224.34.136 --subnet=255.255.255.192 --network=10.224.34.128 --broadcast=10.224.34.191 --gateway=10.224.34.129 --rel ease=C.08.10.00052 --template=dsp.xml This command will create 10.224.34.136.xml in $basedir for the install to us e once it's started. Options list --ip: IP address for the system to use once it's installed. --hostname: Host name for the system. --broadcast: Network broadcast address. --subnet: Subnet mask. --network: Base network address. --gateway: Default gateway. --release: The release version of the xml template to use. --template: The name of the template to use. --help: Show this help. }; if (not @ARGV) { warn $useage; exit 0; } GetOptions( 'ip=s' => \$ip, 'hostname=s' => \$hostname, 'broadcast=s' => \$broadcast, 'subnet=s' => \$subnet, 'network=s' => \$network, 'gateway=s' => \$gateway, 'release=s' => \$release, 'template=s' => \$template, 'help' => \$help ) or exit 1; # mandatory option check if ($help) { warn $useage; exit 0; } print "[ERROR] must specify --ip\n" unless $ip; print "[ERROR] must specify --hostname\n" unless $hostname; print "[ERROR] must specify --broadcast\n" unless $broadcast; print "[ERROR] must specify --subnet\n" unless $subnet; print "[ERROR] must specify --network\n" unless $network; print "[ERROR] must specify --gateway\n" unless $gateway; print "[ERROR] must specify --release\n" unless $release; print "[ERROR] must specify --template\n" unless $template; exit 0 unless ($ip and $hostname and $broadcast and $subnet and $network and $ga teway and $release and $template); # read the template into memory open(TEMPLATE, "<$basedir/$release/$template.xml") or die "[FATAL] unable to ope n $basedir/$release/$template.xml for reading: $!\n"; @template = <TEMPLATE>; close(TEMPLATE); # process the template and create the output file open(XML, ">$basedir/$ip.xml") or die "[FATAL] unable to open $basedir/$ip.xml f or writing\n"; foreach $line (@template) { if ($line =~ m#<hostname>\S+</hostname>#) { $line = "<hostname>$hostname</hostname>\n"; } if ($line =~ m#<broadcast>192.168.0.255</broadcast>#) { $line = "<broadcast>$broadcast</broadcast>\n"; } if ($line =~ m#<ipaddr>192.168.0.200</ipaddr>#) { $line = "<ipaddr>$ip</ipaddr>\n"; } if ($line =~ m#<netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>#) { $line = "<netmask>$subnet</netmask>\n"; } if ($line =~ m#<network>192.168.0.0</network>#) { $line = "<network>$network</network>\n"; } if ($line =~ m#<gateway>192.168.0.254</gateway>#) { $line = "<gateway>$gateway</gateway>\n"; } if ($line =~ m#<user_password>shippingpassword</user_password>#) { $line = "<user_password>wackypassword</user_password>\n"; } print XML $line; } close(XML); print "[INFO] $basedir/$ip.xml created\n"; tsduser3:fraserb$ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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PAM Config using autoyast
by Tim Verhoeven 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

Hi, Is there a possibility to configure the pam configfiles using autoyast ? I would like to enable the pam_mkhomedir module for certain services and I prefer to avoid things like copying over files or playing with sed and co. I've searched a bit but I could not find anything usefull. Thanks, Tim -- Tim Verhoeven - dj(a)rootshell.be - 0479 / 88 11 83 /* This is total bullshit: */ linux-2.6.6/drivers/video/sis/init301.c

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RE: [suse-autoinstall] rules.xml Example Files (SuSE 9.3)
by Ness, Todd 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

There was an example about a year ago... -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:18 AM To: suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] rules.xml Example Files (SuSE 9.3) On Monday 01 August 2005 23:12, Charles Smith wrote: > Uwe Gansert wrote: > > what about: > >http://yast.suse.com/autoinstall/9.1/html/rulesandclass.html#rules > > > >the first "Simple rules file" should cover your needs (maybe with a > >"<continue config:type="boolean">true</continue>" for more rules to > > process. > > That's what I've been looking at, but again, I was wanting to provide > classes rather than complete profiles. It doesn't really explain the > syntax for doing that. a rule does not have to fetch a complete profile. You can fetch multiple parts of a profile by the use of multiple rules and those parts will be merged at the end to the complete profile (maybe that's not clear by the examples). If it makes you happy, put class_names into those - should work. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nürnberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert(a)suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help(a)suse.com

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sles 9 installation Source in autoyast.xml [Virus checked]
by Matthias.Eble＠kaufland.de 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

Hi list, is it possible to set the url of the installation source in the autoyast xml file? I use kernel parameters like install=http://IP/sles9 autoyast=http://IP/sles9.xml for installation at the moment. The only use of autoyast=http://IP/sles9.xml would be nice. The automatic generation of the xml file didn't succeed. When I tried to generate a reference profile and activated the partitioning resource (I installed on LVM) no Partition configs were actually written. My solution was to copy the data from a former generated SuSE 9.3 xml file. Additionally i couldn't find a possibility to set the root password in the dialog. The username root is not permitted in the "Security and users" -> "edit and create" tab. So I also took the values from the 9.3 file, too. I installed recent patches yesterday: autoyast2-2.9.53-0.2 autoyast2-utils-2.9.45-0.2 autoyast2-installation-2.9.53-0.2 thank you matthias

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rules.xml Example Files (SuSE 9.3)
by Charles Smith 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

Hello, I've been autoinstalling for a long time, but haven't been using the rules system. I would like to start, but am having trouble understanding how you write a rules file which has multiple rules that will match and return different class files, based on things like hardware specs and hostid netmask, and merge to a profile at the end. Can someone send me example rules file(s) which are at least somewhat similar? I'm having a hard time finding example files online that do similar to what I want. If I see enough example files I can figure it out. Basically, I want to do things like these: If hard drive is smaller than x, result class DiskSize / IDE_Small.class If hard drive is bigger than x, result class DiskSize / IDE_Large.class If hostid is C0A8000* result class Roles / Server.class If hostid is C0A8004* result class Roles / Workstation.class Is this possible, or do you have to write profiles which specify classes, and use the <profile> tag in the result? I've read all of nashif's autoinstall page for 9.1 page but I think I just need examples of more scenarios. Also, am I right in thinking that as of 9.2, you don't have to have separate profiles for 32 and 64 bit machines? Playing around with it, it seems to just figure it out on its own... Thanks in advance, -Charles

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Auto detection of sound card
by Michael Blandford 01 Aug '05

01 Aug '05

Hello, I am trying to use autoyast to install SLES9 on a wide variety of hardware. Is there an easy way to have autoyast detect and configure the sound card without intervention? Thanks, Michael

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