On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 04:09 +0100, Patrick Lists wrote:
> On 02/19/2011 02:37 AM, Pat wrote:
> > My kickstart file is usually used on systems with 1 or 2 network interfaces installed. If my kickstart file has the following lines:
> >
> > network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
> > network --device eth1 --onboot no --bootproto dhcp
> >
> >
> > It will fail if I use it on a system with only 1 network interface since eth1 doesn't exist.
> >
> >> From a kicksstart file how do I detect the number of network interfaces installed on the system and then only assign eth1 as above if that number is 2 or more? If it matters, it's possible the network interfaces are not plugged into the network when the kickstart is run. Thanks.
>
> You could test for the number of interfaces. Since I'm a total n00b in
> this area hopefully the experienced folks who monitor this list will
> have a good laugh at my "scripting" and come up with something better
> that actually works :)
Well, dunno about works but a simpler version at least
Task: if eth1 exist - configure it
Solution:
#Top part:
#Always config eth0
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
%include /tmp/optionalnetwork.inc
%pre
#make sure the file is there to not cause any errors
touch /tmp/optionalnetwork.inc
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 &>/dev/null && \
echo "network --device eth1 --onboot no --bootproto dhcp"\
>/tmp/optionalnetwork.inc
Or if ksbootenv ifconfig is different and doesn't fail if not found
ifconfig -a|grep ^eth1 &>/dev/null && \
echo "network --device eth1 --onboot no --bootproto dhcp"\
>/tmp/optionalnetwork.inc
No need to do some fancy interface count, if it is eth1 you want to
configure, just check if it's there or not.
One issue is if eth1 use a different driver then eth0 and that one isn't
loaded, then you must first modprobe the driver before checking if the
interface is there.
> Here's how I would try to solve it. Totally untested, use at own risk.
I second that for my code
> Mind the linewrap. It's all one line. My box has lo, br0, eth0 and
> virbr0 so the script should give a total of 4 interfaces.
>
> $ ifconfig -a | grep -vE 'inet|UP|RX|TX|collisions|Interrupt' | awk
> 'BEGIN {no_of_interfaces=0} /^[a-z]/ {print $1}' | awk 'END
> {no_of_interfaces=NR; print "Number of interfaces: " no_of_interfaces}'
>
> Number of interfaces: 4 (correct so apparently this works)
>
> You could add this to the %pre section in your kickstart file:
>
> %pre
> NO_OF_INTERFACES=`ifconfig -a | grep -vE
> 'inet|UP|RX|TX|collisions|Interrupt' | awk 'BEGIN {no_of_interfaces=0}
> /^[a-z]/ {print $1}' | awk 'END {no_of_interfaces=NR; print
> no_of_interfaces}'`
> echo "INTERFACE_COUNT=$NO_OF_INTERFACES" > /tmp/interface_count.txt
>
> Then in the %post section test if the value is greater than or equal to
> 2 in which case you configure both interfaces. Or else configure one
> interface:
>
> %post
> # first get the nr of interfaces from the interface_count.txt file
> # afaik usually at the top of %post
> source /tmp/interface_count.txt
>
> # test the value. not sure if I need to quote INTERFACES and 2
> if [ "\$INTERFACE_COUNT" -ge "2" ]; then
> # configure 2 nics
> network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
> network --device eth1 --onboot no --bootproto dhcp
> else
> # configure 1 nic
> network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
> fi
>
> Since I don't know awk I got the syntax from the excellent n00b-friendly
> awk tutorial at
> http://bashshell.net/stream-filtering-utilities/exercise-1-learning-awk-basics/
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
>
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