[Spacewalk-list] Setting hostname via kickstart.

[James Hogarth]

No way to change the order that I have seen  - but search the list for some
of my old posts. There are a couple with specific instructions on what I did
to provide the hostname functionality you describe.

2010/1/11 Rob Becker <robert_becker at stercomm.com>

> I'm working on moving my existing kickstart process to SpaceWalk and I'm
> running into show stopper.  I want to be able to set the hostname of the
> server at the PXE config and have that hostname registered to
> Spacewalk.
>
> I have tried a pre-script that reads in a 'hostname' variable from the
> PXE commandline and then runs 'hostname $hostname'.  I have also tried a
> post script that does something quite similar.
>
> No matter what I do, when the redhat_register snippet is run the
> hostname is not set.  The servers keep showing up as "Unknown".  How is
> everyone else automating the installation and registering of servers?
>
> Also, where can I go to change the order of the built in snippets?  Is
> there a default template for the kickstart some place?
>
>
> Thanks.
> -Rob
>
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