static ips and automation

[Daniel Segall]

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Klaus Steden wrote:
> I could have sworn Dan Trainor said this Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 05:02:55PM -0700 ...
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>> Howdy -
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>> I did the below, and even went as far as being able to use those
>> variables for on-the-fly configuration of some of our proprietary
>> applications.  It works well.  I'm just trying to convey the level of
>> flexibility involved here.
>>
> Further to Dan's point,
> 
> I use Kickstart to manage unattended installs for a variety of systems here -
> workstations, dev machines, render nodes of various flavours, miscellaneous
> servers, etc. of various flavours of kickstart-ready Linux (RedHat, Fedora,
> CentOS, Whitebox, etc.) across multiple sites.
> 
> My install kit is barely 10 MB, and with a USB key or a bootable ISO, I can
> run multiple unattended installations simultaneously with just a couple
> parameters at boot time, covering a variety of system configurations -
> multiple NICs, SCSI vs. IDE vs. SATA, static vs. dynamic IPs, etc.
> 
> It gives me a framework that makes it easy to delegate tasks like this to
> people who aren't Linux-savvy (interns, etc.), or even if they are, to do
> rapid disaster recovery on workstations and render nodes.
> 
> It's a very powerful framework, if you explore it in some detail. It saves me
> a ton of time and allows for very easy automation.
> 
> Klaus
> 

I just run a simple script in %post to set IP's, and other machine
specific details. This way, I can just boot a system and walk away. When
I come back later, tomorrow, or whenever, it's waiting for my (or anyone
else's) input with a few questions.

- -Dan
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