Glarkin: Added sample pc-sysinstall.cfg file for possible inclusion in automated installation wiki page

2012-08-22T14:11:08Z

Added sample pc-sysinstall.cfg file for possible inclusion in automated installation wiki page

Tigersharke: Created page with "# We should include an example, even if it is relatively basic, to give context to the variables and how they would be used. # '''It highly bothers me that '=' is shown to be ..."

2012-08-22T06:27:36Z

Created page with "# We should include an example, even if it is relatively basic, to give context to the variables and how they would be used. # '''It highly bothers me that '=' is shown to be ..."

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# We should include an example, even if it is relatively basic, to give context to the variables and how they would be used.
# '''It highly bothers me that '=' is shown to be part of the ''variable names'' here.''' An improved explanation along with the example mentioned above, would allow the table to be fixed (removal of the '=' from variable names.)

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	# We should include an example, even if it is relatively basic, to give context to the variables and how they would be used.		# We should include an example, even if it is relatively basic, to give context to the variables and how they would be used.
	# '''It highly bothers me that '=' is shown to be part of the ''variable names'' here.''' An improved explanation along with the example mentioned above, would allow the table to be fixed (removal of the '=' from variable names.)		# '''It highly bothers me that '=' is shown to be part of the ''variable names'' here.''' An improved explanation along with the example mentioned above, would allow the table to be fixed (removal of the '=' from variable names.)
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		+	I have a sample pc-sysinstall.cfg that could be used, if you like. It's a little more complex than normal, but it does show how multiple network interfaces are configured:
		+
		+	<nowiki>
		+	# Sample configuration file for an installation using pc-sysinstall
		+
		+	installMode=fresh
		+	installInteractive=no
		+	hostname=myhost.mydomain.com
		+
		+	# Set the disk parameters - 1st disk
		+	disk0=da0
		+	partition=all
		+	bootManager=none
		+	commitDiskPart
		+
		+	# Set the disk parameters - 2nd disk
		+	disk1=da1
		+	partition=all
		+	bootManager=none
		+	commitDiskPart
		+
		+	# Setup the disk label - 1st disk
		+	# All sizes are expressed in MB
		+	# Avail FS Types, UFS, UFS+S, UFS+J, ZFS, SWAP
		+	disk0-part=UFS+S 1024 /
		+	disk0-part=SWAP.eli 2048 none
		+	disk0-part=UFS+S 1024 /tmp
		+	disk0-part=UFS+S 1024 /var
		+	disk0-part=UFS+S 0 /usr
		+	# Size 0 means use the rest of the slice size
		+	# Do it now!
		+	commitDiskLabel
		+
		+	# Setup the disk label - 2nd disk
		+	# All sizes are expressed in MB
		+	# Avail FS Types, UFS, UFS+S, UFS+J, ZFS, SWAP
		+	disk1-part=UFS+S 1024 /usr/src
		+	disk1-part=UFS+S 4096 /usr/local
		+	disk1-part=UFS+S 0 /usr/ports
		+	# Size 0 means use the rest of the slice size
		+	# Do it now!
		+	commitDiskLabel
		+
		+	netDev=em1
		+	netIP=172.16.80.250
		+	netMask=255.255.240.0
		+	netNameServer=172.16.80.1
		+	netDefaultRouter=172.16.80.1
		+	netSaveDev=em0 em1
		+	netSaveIP_em0=192.168.101.42
		+	netSaveIP_em1=172.16.80.156
		+	netSaveMask_em0=255.255.252.0
		+	netSaveMask_em1=255.255.240.0
		+	netSaveNameServer=172.16.80.1
		+	netSaveDefaultRouter=192.168.100.1
		+
		+	# Set if we are installing via optical, USB, or FTP
		+	installType=FreeBSD
		+	installMedium=ftp
		+	ftpPath=http://pkgbuilder.mydomain.com/images/freebsd/8.2/
		+	packageType=tar
		+
		+	# List our components to install
		+	#installComponents=ports,src
		+
		+	# Set the root pass
		+	rootPass=root
		+
		+	# Setup our users
		+	userName=demo
		+	userComment=Demo User
		+	userPass=demo
		+	userShell=/bin/sh
		+	userHome=/home/demo
		+	commitUser
		+
		+	# Set up date/time
		+	runCommand=cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime
		+	runCommand=touch /etc/wall_cmos_clock
		+	runCommand=adjkerntz -a
		+
		+	# Install packages required for VMware Tools installation/configuration
		+	runCommand=pkg_add -r compat6x-amd64
		+	runCommand=pkg_add -r perl
		+	runCommand=pkg_add -r pcre
		+	runCommand=pkg_add -r puppet
		+	runCommand=pkg_add -r sysrc
		+
		+	# Fetch/install VMware Tools
		+	runCommand=fetch -o /tmp/vmtools.tar.gz http://pkgbuilder.mydomain.com/images/freebsd/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
		+	runCommand=zcat /tmp/vmtools.tar.gz \| tar -C /tmp -xvf -
		+	runCommand=/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl -d
		+	runCommand=rm -rf /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
		+	runCommand=/usr/local/sbin/sysrc puppet_enable=YES
		+	# Generate the certificate to be signed by the master
		+	runCommand=/usr/local/bin/puppet agent -t
		+	</nowiki>
		+
		+	--[[User:Glarkin\|Glarkin]] 07:11, 22 August 2012 (PDT)

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Glarkin: Added sample pc-sysinstall.cfg file for possible inclusion in automated installation wiki page

Tigersharke: Created page with "# We should include an example, even if it is relatively basic, to give context to the variables and how they would be used. # '''It highly bothers me that '=' is shown to be ..."