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====== Kickstart Howto ======

===== DHCP =====

Ajust the mac adress of the server to install
<cli prompt='#'>
[root@lnxks01 pub]# cat /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
#
# DHCP Server Configuration file.
#   see /usr/share/doc/dhcp-server/dhcpd.conf.example
#   see dhcpd.conf(5) man page
#

subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0
{
allow bootp;
option routers 10.0.0.254;

#ddns-update-style interim;
#ignore client-updates;
authoritative;
allow booting;
allow bootp;
#allow unknown-clients;

group { #BOOTP POWER clients
filename "boot/grub2/powerpc-ieee1275/core.elf";

host client1 {
hardware ethernet de:33:c6:98:22:02;
fixed-address 10.0.0.3;
}

}
}
[root@lnxks01 pub]# systemctl stop dhcpd
</cli>

The root dir for **filename** is **/var/lib/tftpboot**

The first deployment you have to use the following command to populate the folder
<cli prompt='#'>
[root@lnxks01 pub]# grub2-mknetdir -net-directory=/var/lib/tftpboot
[root@lnxks01 tftpboot]# pwd
/var/lib/tftpboot
[root@lnxks01 tftpboot]# ls -lRt /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/
boot/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 59 Jan 22  2020 grub2

boot/grub2:
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  238 Oct 11  2019 grub.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Oct  7  2019 powerpc-ieee1275
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   25 Oct  7  2019 fonts

boot/grub2/powerpc-ieee1275:
total 3520
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 310788 Oct  7  2019 core.elf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     26 Oct  7  2019 grub.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2519 Oct  7  2019 command.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    936 Oct  7  2019 crypto.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    219 Oct  7  2019 fs.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3677 Oct  7  2019 moddep.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2568 Oct  7  2019 modinfo.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    111 Oct  7  2019 partmap.lst
...

[root@lnxks01 grub2]# ls -lRt /var/lib/tftpboot/grub2-ppc64/
/var/lib/tftpboot/grub2-ppc64/:
total 75368
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 53877656 Oct  7  2019 initrd.img
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 23291880 Oct  7  2019 vmlinuz
-r--r--r-- 1 root root      441 Oct  7  2019 TRANS.TBL
</cli>

<cli prompt='#'>
[root@lnxks01 grub2]# cat /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/grub2/grub.cfg
set default=0
set timeout=5
echo -e "\nWelcome to the Centos 8
installer!\n\n"
menuentry 'Centos 8' {
linux grub2-ppc64/vmlinuz ro ip=dhcp inst.ks=ftp://10.0.0.1/pub/ks.cfg
inst.repo=ftp://10.0.0.1/pub/
initrd grub2-ppc64/initrd.img
}
</cli>


For a deployment using ftp

# yum install vsftpd

Open and edit the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf configuration file in a text editor.

    Change the line anonymous_enable=NO to anonymous_enable=YES
    Change the line write_enable=YES to write_enable=NO. 
    
Defaut folder for VSftp is **/var/ftp/pub/**

In this folder you 'll put the kickstart config file: **ks.cfg**

To bulid the kickstart file you can use examples or the kickstart generator https://access.redhat.com/labs/kickstartconfig/
<cli prompt='#'>
[root@lnxks01 grub2]# cat /var/ftp/pub/ks.cfg
#version=RHEL8
ignoredisk --only-use=mpatha,sda,sdc,sdd,sdb,sdf,sdg,sde,sdh
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --append="rhgb quiet  crashkernel=auto" --location=mbr --boot-drive=mpatha
# Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --none --initlabel
# Reboot after installation
reboot
# Use graphical install
graphical
repo --name="appstream" --baseurl=http://10.0.0.1/Centos8/AppStream
# Use network installation
url --url="http://10.0.0.1/Centos8/BaseOS"
vnc
# Keyboard layouts
# old format: keyboard us
# new format:
keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us'
# System language
lang en_US.UTF-8

# Network information
network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=env2 --ipv6=auto --activate
network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=env3 --onboot=off --ipv6=auto
network  --hostname=mylnx123
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

# System authorization information
auth --passalgo=sha512 --useshadow
# SELinux configuration
selinux --disabled
firstboot --disable
# Do not configure the X Window System
skipx
# System services
services --enabled="chronyd"
# System timezone
timezone Europe/Luxembourg --isUtc
# Disk partitioning information
part pv.590 --fstype="lvmpv" --ondisk=mpatha --size=16392
part prepboot --fstype="prepboot" --ondisk=mpatha --size=10
part /boot --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=mpatha --size=1005
volgroup cl_mylnx123 --pesize=4096 pv.590
logvol /var --fstype="xfs" --size=3072 --name=var --vgname=cl_mylnx123
logvol / --fstype="xfs" --size=10240 --name=root --vgname=cl_mylnx123
logvol /tmp --fstype="xfs" --size=1024 --name=tmp --vgname=cl_mylnx123
logvol swap --fstype="swap" --size=2048 --name=swap --vgname=cl_mylnx123

%packages
@^server-product-environment
kexec-tools

%end

%addon com_redhat_kdump --enable --reserve-mb='auto'

%end
</cli>

As we use in the kickstart a repository accessed using http, we 'll copy the ISO image into: **/var/www/html/Centos8**
<cli prompt='#'>
[root@lnxks01 Centos8]# ll /var/www/html/Centos8
total 8
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root  38 Jan 23  2020 AppStream
dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root  52 Jan 23  2020 BaseOS
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root  18 Jan 23  2020 boot
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root  42 Jan 23  2020 images
-r--r--r-- 1 root root  87 Jan 23  2020 media.repo
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root  71 Jan 23  2020 ppc
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 664 Jan 23  2020 TRANS.TBL
</cli>

<cli prompt='#'>
[root@lnxks01 pub]# systemctl restart dhcpd
</cli>


https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_an_advanced_rhel_installation/preparing-for-a-network-install_installing-rhel-as-an-experienced-user

 http://www.mit.edu/afs.new/athena/system/rhlinux/redhat-6.2-docs/HOWTOS/other-formats/pdf/KickStart-HOWTO.pdf

http://www.minetti.org/wiki/Linux:Installation_d%27une_CentOS_avec_Kickstart

https://blog.anotherhomepage.org/post/centos-7-installation-vraiment-minimale

https://access.redhat.com/discussions/2623111

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/mhhaque/entry/Automatically_Network_Install_RHEL_7_using_Kickstart_in_BM_Power_Systems_Using_GRUB2?lang=en

modules for centos8: core.elf

http://centos.quelquesmots.fr/8/BaseOS/ppc64le/kickstart/boot/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/
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