Sample Kickstart Configuration file
From Peter Pap's Technowiki
# # Kickstart config file. Produces the actual kickstart file to be given # to anaconda. Documentation for each option is listed in the comments # above where the option is produced. # # This file documents as many of the kickstart keywords and options as # possible. The models do not support all the options, but more are # added as needed. # # Some document names are abbreviated: # # SAG: RHEL4 System Administration Guide, English edition # (rhel-sag-en.pdf) # #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T # Required # # Kickstart Specific Settings # # lang # SAG p9 # lang is the language used during install. # langsupport is the set of languages to be supported on the installed system. # keyboard is the keyboard connected to the system. lang en_US # Perform kickstart in text mode. There's no need for a graphical build, # even off a CD/DVD. # text: SAG pg16 text # Install or upgrade? # install: SAG p8 # upgrade: SAG p16 install # Use NFS installation media nfs --server=buildserver.mydomain.com --dir=/export/centos/5.5/os/x86_64 # Network settings network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.3 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.254 --nameserver 192.168.11.253 # What to do after installation # poweroff: SAG pg 13 # halt: SAG pg 8 # reboot: SAG pg 14 poweroff # # System Specific Settings # # langsupport and keyboard langsupport --default=en_US en_GB keyboard us # System Devices # Bootloader # SAG pg 5 bootloader --append="" --location=mbr # Network information # SAG pp10-12 # # SELinux configuration # Need to add SELinux Policy support through policy modules. # selinux --disabled # System authorization information # SAG pp 2-5 auth --enablemd5 --enableshadow # Autoconfigure mouse # SAG p10 # "mouse" with no options autodetects the mouse # Optionally, it can have three arguments. # [--device=ttyS0] [--emulthree] [mousetype] # mouse # Firewall configuration # SAG p 7 firewall --disabled # Run the Setup Agent on first boot # Mode is one of enabled, disabled, reconfig # SAG pp 7-8 firstboot --disable # # Root password # # SAG pg 15 rootpw --iscrypted XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # System timezone (set via %pre?) # timezone: SAG pg16 timezone --utc Australia/Melbourne # X or no X # Either "skipx" or "xconfig --startxonboot" # skipx: SAG p15 skipx #clearpart --initlabel # Disk partitioning information # # Partition information # zerombr: SAG p17 zerombr yes # NOTE - Partition information is generated in the pre scripts %include "/tmp/partitions.ks" # # OS Specific Tags # Use this section for tags specific to a particular config # #entitlement key bbe5b781bb89f5b6 # Packages # SAG pp 18-19 # --nobase is documented in various mailing lists. For example, # http://www.sage.org/lists/sage-members-archive/2006/msg01378.html. # %packages --nobase --resolvedeps aide at bc . . Lots of packages truncated! . yum yum-utils zip # # Pre-install scripts # SAG pp 19-21 # Partition information generator %pre --interpreter=/usr/bin/python import re import os partitions = [['/', 4096, 0, 0],['/boot', 100, 0, 1],['swap', 8192, 0, 0],['/var', 1, 1, 0],['/usr', 8192, 0, 0],['/home', 8192, 0, 0]] m_ide = re.compile(r'(hd[a-z]):\s+([0-9]+)\s+sectors\s+\(([0-9]+)\sMB\)') m_scsi = re.compile(r'SCSI\s+device\s+(sd[a-z]):\s+([0-9]+)\s+.*\(([0-9]+)\s+MB\)') i = dict() s = dict() pipe = os.popen('dmesg', 'r') for line in pipe.readlines(): m = m_ide.search(line) if m: i[m.group(1)] = [m.group(2), m.group(3)] m = m_scsi.search(line) if m: s[m.group(1)] = [m.group(2), m.group(3)] ide_drives = list() scsi_drives = list() do_drives = list() for k in i.keys(): ide_drives.append([k, i[k][0], i[k][1]]) for k in s.keys(): scsi_drives.append([k, s[k][0], s[k][1]]) if (len(ide_drives) > 0): if ((len(ide_drives) == 2) and ((ide_drives[0][1] == ide_drives[1][1]) and (ide_drives[0][2] == ide_drives[1][2]))): do_drives = ide_drives else: do_drives = 'hda' elif (len(scsi_drives) > 0): if ((len(scsi_drives) == 2) and ((scsi_drives[0][1] == scsi_drives[1][1]) and (scsi_drives[0][2] == scsi_drives[1][2]))): do_drives = scsi_drives else: do_drives = 'sda' else: do_drives = 'sda' pfile = open("/tmp/partitions.ks", "w") pfile.write("clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=%s\n" % ",".join([x[0] for x in do_drives])) rstr = for index, p in enumerate(partitions): if (len(do_drives) == 2): pfile.write("partition raid.0%d --size=%d %s %s --ondisk=%s\n" % (index, p[1], ((p[2] == 1) and '--grow' or ), ((p[3] == 1) and '--asprimary' or ), do_drives[0][0])) pfile.write("partition raid.1%d --size=%d %s %s --ondisk=%s\n" % (index, p[1], ((p[2] == 1) and '--grow' or ), ((p[3] == 1) and '--asprimary' or ), do_drives[1][0])) rstr += "raid %s --fstype=%s --device=md%d --level 1 raid.0%d raid.1%d\n" % (p[0], ((p[0] == 'swap') and 'swap' or 'ext3'), index, index, index) else: pfile.write("partition %s --fstype=%s --size=%d %s %s --ondisk=%s\n" % (p[0], ((p[0] == 'swap') and 'swap' or 'ext3'), p[1], ((p[2] == 1) and '--grow' or ), ((p[3] == 1) and '--asprimary' or ), do_drives[0][0])) pfile.write(rstr) pfile.close() pfile = open("/tmp/partition-script.ks", "w") if (len(do_drives) == 2): pfile.write("\n%post\n/sbin/grub << EOF\n") for d in do_drives: pfile.write("device (hd0) /dev/%s\nroot (hd0,0)\nsetup (hd0)\n" % d[0]) pfile.write("quit\n") pfile.write("EOF\n") pfile.close() # # OS Specific Pre Scripts # # NOTE - Grub setup, if needed %include "/tmp/partition-script.ks" # # Set up the serial console # %post echo ":: Setting up Serial Console ::" >> /root/post.log perl -p -i -e 's/^(default.*)$/$1\nserial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --data=8 --parity=no --stop=1\nterminal --timeout=5 serial console/' /boot/grub/grub.conf >> /root/post.log 2>&1 perl -p -i -e 's/^(\s+kernel.*)$/$1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600/' /boot/grub/grub.conf >> /root/post.log 2>&1 echo "" >> /etc/inittab echo "# Run serial console on ttyS0" >> /etc/inittab echo "S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS0 9600 vt100" >> /etc/inittab echo "ttyS0" >> /etc/securetty echo ":: Done Setting up Serial Console ::" >> /root/post.log # # Save the configuration information for later reference # %post echo ":: Saving configuration information ::" >> /root/post.log mkdir -p /var/installation cd /var/installation mv /root/install.log* /var/installation >> /root/post.log 2>&1 mv /root/anaconda-ks.cfg /var/installation >> /root/post.log 2>&1 cp /tmp/partition.ks /var/installation >> /root/post.log 2>&1 mv /root/post.log /var/installation # # Post-install scripts # SAG pp 21-22 %post --interpreter /bin/bash /sbin/chkconfig xfs off /sbin/chkconfig lvm2-monitor off /sbin/chkconfig sendmail off /sbin/chkconfig autofs off /sbin/chkconfig portmap off /sbin/chkconfig ntpd on %post --interpreter /bin/bash # We have to set up the issue files here because it changes for every # revision of the OS. rm -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net cat <<EOT > /etc/issue *********************************************************************** * Access to this computer system is limited to authorised users only. * * Unauthorised users may be subject to prosecution under the Crimes * * Act or State legislation * * * * Please note, ALL CUSTOMER DETAILS are confidential and must * * not be disclosed. * *********************************************************************** EOT cp /etc/issue /etc/issue.net # Add users echo ":: Adding users and groups ::" >> /var/installation/post.log groupadd -g 100 myusers >> /var/installation/post.log 2>&1 useradd -c "Peter Papagiannopoulos" -d /home/ppapa -m -s /bin/tcsh -u 1000 -g 100 -p 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' ppapa >> /var/installation/post.log 2>&1 echo ":: Adding users to wheel group ::" >> /var/installation/post.log cp -p /etc/group /etc/group.bk>> /var/installation/post.log 2>&1 sed -e 's/wheel:x:10:root/wheel:x:10:root,ppapa/' /etc/group.bk > /etc/group
In this example, the install media is on our local NFS server. However, you could just as easily point it to you favourite HTTP mirror:
url --url http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/centos/5.5/os/x86_64
