Anaconda default behaviour on error

[Matt Rose]

what version of anaconda are you using for this?  I personally don't see 
a way of altering the kickstart behaviour, except by getting down and 
dirty in the kickstart.py source file of anaconda, but maybe someone 
else has some ideas.

Matt

Angus Clarke wrote:
> Hi
>
> I use CGI scripts to auto-generate kickstart files depending on the target's IP address - $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}
> I do this to avoid maintaining hundreds of KS files (normally one for each target server)
> My situation is slightly complex as I have dozens of target networks.
>
> We derive network information from predefined perl hash tables, where we lookup:
>  - default route
>  - dns server
>  - target hostname (derived from DNS of the client's IP)
>
> I use this to generate a line such as the following in the default KS file:
>
> <-- snip
> network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.50 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.1 --nameserver 192.168.1.2 --hostname angus
> <-- snip
>
> Everything works great, until one of my guys rebuilds a server on some unknown network (ie not in the lookup table)
>
> When this occurs, anaconda is fed an incomplete kickstart file - it's default behaviour then is to prompt for input.
>
> The trouble I have with this is that we are usually rebuilding servers in remote locations without local hands!
> So, we affectively lose this server until our next site visit (lights out is not configured across all our sites)
>
> Is there some option or means of persuading anaconda to reboot on failures, prior to any changes being committed to the system? (ie. prior to fdisk activity of Kickstart file)
>
> Thanks in advance
> Angus
>
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