Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Michael DeHaan wrote:
Michael DeHaan wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I'm busy creating a custom CentOS installation CD to be used with
cPanel, which basically needs a minimum installation of Linux, but
I would also like to use Xen for VPS' on the server, and thought I
could do both at the same time - automatically install my server to
my needs, and install Xen (without needing to run "yum install xen
kernel-xen virt-manager" every time).
So, my question is. How would I add those RPM's to the custom
CentOS CD, and install them, and then setup grub.conf to use the
Xen kernel upon reboot as well?
All you have to do is add the list of packages you regularly
yum-install to your kickstart file:
For your dom0 (host OS):
%packages
kernel-xen
xen
virsh
koan
virt-manager
etc...
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Ah, you said CD, my fault.
In Fedora I'd use Pungi, though since you also mentioned cPanel it
would be better to set up a network installation environment. Even
if you can't PXE, koan has live CD capability to provide the same
feature set...
--Michael
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I can't entirely setup a PXE environment, since the servers are being
colocated, and we can only do CD / DVD installations, or directly off
the internet.
If you can't do a PXE setup, that's not a problem. You can still do
bare-metal net installs without having to burn custom media.
Right, with the koan Live CD you run a cobbler server on one of your
colo boxes, and insert the "magic" CD into each machine.
The CD then autodiscovers what to install on each system based on the
Mac address, which you can control and "preprogram" any time you want
without having to generate new CD's.
From the one magic CD, you can install F-8 on one box, Centos 5 on one
box, and RHEL 4 on another... it autodetects what to install on each.
If you don't know the MAC addresses, you can make one live CD for each
profile, and still you can customize that profile (add new packages,
etc) without having to respin another CD.
The instructions on creating this setup are here:
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/CobblerLiveCd
--Michael
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