help with network configuration

[Gianluca Varenni]

That's what I ended up doing.

 

I change the host name in /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network, and I
manually reconfigure ethX by playing with the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX files. Everything is done in a
%post section. 

 

I just wished there was an easier way to configure networking in the
kickstart configuration file.

 

Have a nice day

GV

 

From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Moray Henderson
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 8:26 AM
To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart'
Subject: RE: help with network configuration

 

From: Gianluca Varenni [mailto:gianluca.varenni at gmail.com] 
Is there a way in the kickstart configuration file to tell anaconda to
configure the network interfaces with some parameters (e.g. DHCP vs static
IP, onboot.) but do *not* bring them up during installation (so in practice
just write the ifcfg-ethX files)?

I tried with

 

network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on -hostname=myhost

 

but the problem is that during the installation it tries to bring eth0 up
and get the IP address (eventually timing out).

If I don't put that line in the kickstart file, all the interfaces are
silently configured for DHCP and onboot=yes, and the hostname is not
configured.

 

Don't configure the network in the kickstart and write the hostname
configuration from the %post section; or configure a dummy IP with the
network option  then edit the network configuration in %post?

 

 

Moray.
"To err is human.  To purr, feline"

 

 

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