On 6 October 2014 22:29:56 GMT+01:00, CLOSE Dave <Dave.Close@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I wrote: > >> We have a number of internal machines which run a local nameserver. >> It's primarily a relay for the wider net but does a few other things >> as well. So DHCP is configured to specify 127.0.0.1 as the nameserver >> address for these machines. >> >> Of course, that is also what kickstart is told when it connects and >> begins operation. But, of course, kickstart is not running a local >> nameserver. This means that name resolution for the "repo" lines in >> the kickstart file doesn't work and installations fail. >> >> The only workaround I've found is to use IP addresses in the "repo" >> lines, not the associated names. But this isn't ideal: addresses can >> change and sites using multiple addresses can't be properly matched. >> >> Is there a way I can tell kickstart not to use the resolver specified >> by DHCP but instead use one that I specify in the kickstart file? > >On 10/03/2014 08:40 PM, Tim wrote: > >> Specify the details on your DHCP server. Actually sending 127.0.0.1 >> is an odd thing, because it means "yourself," and I'd only send such >> data to those specific machines. For everything else, give a >> specific DNS server address for one of those machines. Do all of >> that on the DHCP server. Have some specific machine entries (your >> servers), and separate configuration for a range of dynamic client >> machines. > >Thanks for the reply. But I understand how to configure DHCP. As I >wrote >above, "DHCP is configured to specify 127.0.0.1 as the nameserver >address for these machines". Only for those machines. > >The difficulty is that, during kickstart the DHCP configuration is >wrong. I'd much rather not have to use a different configuration for >kickstart than for normal operation. While I can do that for an initial >installation, it is far trickier if the machine needs to be >re-installed >later. A re-installation ought to be as simple and selecting PXE during >boot. There shouldn't be a need to change the DHCP configuration before >and after. I think you might be better setting it up a slightly different way. Get the DHCP server to send a normal DNS server for machines installing and get the kickstart file to configure the machines to ignore the DNS server from the dhcp server (PEERDNS=no) and use DNS1=127.0.0.1 instead. -- Junk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
