openSUSE Autoinstall July 2011

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Setting environment variable for installation
by Jochen Schaefer 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Thanks Uwe, that sounds easy. Jochen >>> Uwe Gansert 07/26/11 2:59 PM >>> on Tuesday 26 July 2011 Jochen Schaefer wrote: > I need to set an environment variable which should be present within the > installation environment. > Is there any cmd line option which can fulfill that? actually every variable you pass on the command line to linuxrc ends as an environment variable. At least in yast but for some reason not on the shell on tty2 for example and not for the shell on tty1 either if you login via ssh. so if you do "autoyast=.... install=.... myvar=uwe" then you should get a variable $myvar Steffen, is it on purpose that the ttyX shells don't get the variable? -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Home: http://www.suse.de/~ug - Blog: http://suse.gansert.net listening to: "My Despair" by In Strict Confidence -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi Steffen, do you know where to find some documentation about yast.inf? Thanks, Jochen >>> Steffen Winterfeldt 07/25/11 12:11 PM >>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Jochen Schaefer wrote: > I have two questions so far regarding AutoYaST with SLES11-SP1 initrd: > 1. is it possible to stop an installation when somebody interrupts the autoyast process by > pressing 'Abort' or similar things. We need to prevent users proceeding with manual installation You could use the setupcmd boot option which specifies the exact yast start command. The default is setupcmd="setctsid `showconsole` inst_setup yast". You could append something like "; halt -f" to it to shut the machine down (for example) or add some script via dud or directly to the initrd to execute after yast. Note that yast talks via /etc/yast.inf to linuxrc. You might look there to decide if yast terminated normally or the user aborted. > 2. how can I disable other tty's except the installation screen? I need to prevent console > logins at a second console. > I didn't find /etc/inittab within the initrd of the installation medium. noshell=1 Steffen -- Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you. (chimp Nim, using sign language) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi Steffen, thanks a lot. That sounds very useful. Jochen >>> Steffen Winterfeldt 07/25/11 12:11 PM >>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Jochen Schaefer wrote: > I have two questions so far regarding AutoYaST with SLES11-SP1 initrd: > 1. is it possible to stop an installation when somebody interrupts the autoyast process by > pressing 'Abort' or similar things. We need to prevent users proceeding with manual installation You could use the setupcmd boot option which specifies the exact yast start command. The default is setupcmd="setctsid `showconsole` inst_setup yast". You could append something like "; halt -f" to it to shut the machine down (for example) or add some script via dud or directly to the initrd to execute after yast. Note that yast talks via /etc/yast.inf to linuxrc. You might look there to decide if yast terminated normally or the user aborted. > 2. how can I disable other tty's except the installation screen? I need to prevent console > logins at a second console. > I didn't find /etc/inittab within the initrd of the installation medium. noshell=1 Steffen -- Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you. (chimp Nim, using sign language) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] Prevent manual installation after interruption of autoyast
by Jochen Schaefer 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi list, I have two questions so far regarding AutoYaST with SLES11-SP1 initrd: 1. is it possible to stop an installation when somebody interrupts the autoyast process by pressing 'Abort' or similar things. We need to prevent users proceeding with manual installation 2. how can I disable other tty's except the installation screen? I need to prevent console logins at a second console. I didn't find /etc/inittab within the initrd of the installation medium. Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] ayast_setup and/or yast autoyast
by Swartz, Patrick H 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi, I am hoping to find a method where I can use generic VMware template/clone and then use Autoyast to apply specific requirements per usage. I found the write-up on ayast_setup (http://hedgehogpainter.livejournal.com/2568.html), but that isn't a module listed when I run "yast -l". So, I tried loading a xml profile through "yast autoyast" , however, the "Apply to system" is not selectable. What am I missing? This is on SLES11sp1. Thanks, Patrick Swartz UNIX Planning & Engineering (DSUSSE) First Data ----------------------------------------- The information in this message may be proprietary and/or confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify First Data immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: Antw: Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] install source on https
by Jochen Schaefer 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Hi Steffen, thanks for the information. Jochen >>> Steffen Winterfeldt 07/20/11 2:04 PM >>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, Jochen Schaefer wrote: > There seems to be some routine which bypasses the whole netsetup when installation source is specified with HTTPS. > > When I change it to HTTP everything works like expected. And I get the add_on_product HTTPS. > > Any clue how to solve the problem with the installation source? It's not implemented. Steffen -- Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you. (chimp Nim, using sign language) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] install source on https
by Jochen Schaefer 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Hi list, I'm trying to install SLES11SP1 via https but get errors complaining about self signed certificate in y2log: verify certificate failed. I'm wondering if the install routine should be able to verify any certificate. How can I inform the installer to accept any certificate? Thanks, Jochen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] linuxrc udev.rule with two rules
by michael.leu＠mgb.ch 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Hello How can you specify more than one udev rule with linuxrc? All examples I have found so far show only a single rule being specified. I tried it with a space, but this does not seem to work. udev.rule="mac=de:ad:00:00:be:ef,name=eth0 mac=de:ad:00:00:be:ee,name=eth1" Thanks Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-autoinstall] PXE boot - Broadcom NIC delay causing autoyast to fail to find SLES SP1 repository (tg3.ko driver)
by Jerold Ponko 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Hello, I'm setting up a PXE boot server to install SLES SP1 on Dell R5500 and HP z800 workstations that use Broadcom NICS. If I use dhcpcd to configure the NIC via the dhcp server, autoyast fails to find the SLES repository because the NIC isn't actively sending or receiving packets anywhere from 4 to 7 seconds after ifconfig says it's up. I does get a dhcp ip address before autoyast fail to find the repository. If I ping the workstation from the pxe server, I can confirm that the pings succeed only after autoyast brings up the red text screen saying it failed to find the install repository. If I use a fixed ip address using hostip=192.168.2.10 netmask=255.255.255.0, for example on the PXE server, I also have to pass NetWait=15 in the APPEND statement on the PXE server for it to work reliably. Apparently, the "NetWait" parameter doesn't work in conjunction with "Usedhcp" as I don't see the 15 second delay with "Usedhcp" as I do with a fixed ip address. Obviously I can't use a fixed ip, since only one SLES install could be done at a time. So Is there a way to delay autoyast's startup in the initrd? I've tried everything I can think of from the APPEND line on the PXE server. For example, I've tried exec="modprobe tg3*; sleep 15; /sbin/dhcpd; sleep 15", NetWait=15, Another issue is the initrd uses an old version of dhcpcd (v3.2.3) which doesn't support the whitelist feature of dhcpcd version 5.2.12. The whitelist feature allows you to specify a specific dhcp server to query for an ip address and ignore others which is what I need because we have multiple dhcp servers. Another option would be to use dhclient in the initrd and put reject statements in the dhclient.conf file for the other dhcp servers. However, until the Broadcom NIC problem is solved first modify the initrd to used either the newer dhcpcd or dhclient is moot. Any suggestions? BTW, option dhcptimeout is not a solution as the NIC does get configured with a dhcp address. It's the send/receive delay after the NIC's configured that's the problem. Regards, Jerry Ponko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-autoinstall] Installation Source via HTTPS and Client cert
by Jochen Schaefer 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Thanks Uwe, will try the profile encryption. Jochen >>> Uwe Gansert 07/18/11 10:43 AM >>> on Friday 15 July 2011 Jochen Schaefer wrote: > for a hardening project I need the highest level of security for the > installation process. My questions are: > 1. is it possible to install via https and client certificates there is no way that I know of. AFAIK there is no place where libcurl always looks for the client certificate and there is no way to tell autoyast where to look for a client cert. > 2. are there other possibilities to secure the installation process. you can encrypt the XML file but then you have to enter a password when autoyast loads it. You can not pass that password other than with the keyboard. To encrypt a profile, check the autoyast UI in the "File" menu point. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Home: http://www.suse.de/~ug - Blog: http://suse.gansert.net listening to: "Dystopia" by Dismantled -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help(a)opensuse.org

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