[vbox-dev] [PATCH] add redhat8_ks.cfg kickstart
Frank Batschulat
frank.batschulat at oracle.com
Fri Aug 7 14:19:07 GMT 2020
And thanks again for this detailed contribution Timothy!
I have filed the following bug to track this:
#19801 add redhat8_ks.cfg kickstart config to unattended templates
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19801
On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:49:04 +0200, Timothy Tacker
<timothytacker+virtualbox at gmail.com> wrote:
> Due to changes in RHEL 8, the redhat67_ks.cfg Kickstart script included
> in
> the UnattendedTemplates directory does not work with CentOS 8. The patch
> below adds a Kickstart script for RHEL 8 and CentOS 8, and makes other
> changes to integrate the new script into VirtualBox. Following the
> pattern
> for redhat67_ks.cfg, the new script is named redhat8_ks.cfg. All comments
> in the new script are worded to mirror language and terms used in the
> RHEL
> 8 documentation; and all sections, commands, and options appear in the
> same
> order in both the new script and the documentation.
>
> The install command has been deprecated in RHEL 8. In regard to the
> install
> command, the documentation states, "Use its methods as separate
> commands."
> The cdrom command was retained and now serves to specify that
> installation
> should occur from the first optical drive. The install command was
> removed
> from the new script.
>
> The auth command has been deprecated in RHEL 8. Passwords are shadowed by
> default with sha512. The following auth command was removed from the new
> script:
> auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
>
> The default SELinux policy is enforcing. The following selinux command
> was
> removed from the new script:
> selinux --enforcing
>
> The documentation states, "Either the --vckeymap= or the --xlayouts=
> option
> must be used" for the required keyboard command, suggesting an OR rather
> than an AND. Nonetheless, both --vckeymap=us and --xlayouts='us' are used
> in the new script. Many examples of this usage can be found, and it does
> not appear to cause issues. The value "us" was specified to maintain
> consistency with the value that was specified in the redhat67_ks.cfg
> script.
>
> In order to comply with the order demonstrated in the syntax shown in the
> documentation, the timezone command was changed as follows:
> timezone@@VBOX_COND_IS_RTC_USING_UTC@@ --utc@@VBOX_COND_END@@
> @@VBOX_INSERT_TIME_ZONE_UX@@
> timezone @@VBOX_INSERT_TIME_ZONE_UX@@@@VBOX_COND_IS_RTC_USING_UTC@@
> --utc@
> @VBOX_COND_END@@
>
> For the --plaintext option to the user command, the documentation states,
> "If this option is present, the password argument is assumed to be in
> plain
> text"; but it does not explicitly indicate plaintext is the default. The
> --plaintext option was added to the user command as follows:
> user --name=@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN_SH@@
> --password=@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_PASSWORD_SH@@
> user --name=@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN_SH@@
> --password=@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_PASSWORD_SH@@ --plaintext
>
> For the network command, DHCP is the bootproto method used by default. In
> addition, due to a change in how network devices are named in RHEL 8,
> eth0
> is not a valid device name by default; but the link keyword can be used
> to
> specify the first interface with its link in the up state. The network
> command was changed as follows:
> network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on
> --hostname=@@VBOX_INSERT_HOSTNAME_FQDN_SH@@
> network --device=link --onboot=on
> --hostname=@@VBOX_INSERT_HOSTNAME_FQDN_SH@
> @
>
> For the bootloader command, mbr is the default value for the location
> option. The bootloader command was changed as follows:
> bootloader --location=mbr --append="nomodeset crashkernel=auto rhgb
> quiet"
> bootloader --append="nomodeset crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet"
>
> The autopart command automatically creates partitions in accordance with
> Red Hat recommendations. The value plain for the type option specifies
> "Regular partitions with no LVM." The following two part commands were
> changed to the single autopart command on the third line immediately
> below:
> part / --fstype ext4 --size 6000 --grow --asprimary
> part swap --size 1024
> autopart --type=plain
>
> Without the elfutils-libelf-devel package installed, post install
> scripting
> failed to compile kernel modules for VirtualBox Guest Additions,
> resulting
> in their failure to install. The elfutils-libelf-devel package was added
> to
> the %packages section in order to resolve this issue.
>
> Only the new Kickstart script has been tested, and it has only been
> tested
> with CentOS 8. OS and Guest Additions both install. Full testing with
> RHEL
> 8 should be completed prior to integration.
>
> I'm licensing this patch under the MIT license. Please review. Feedback
> is
> welcome. Thanks!
>
> Timothy Tacker
>
>
> ---
> src/VBox/Installer/Config.kmk | 1 +
> .../Main/UnattendedTemplates/Makefile.kmk | 1 +
> .../Main/UnattendedTemplates/redhat8_ks.cfg | 116 ++++++++++++++++++
> src/VBox/Main/include/UnattendedInstaller.h | 11 ++
> 4 files changed, 129 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/redhat8_ks.cfg
>
> diff --git a/src/VBox/Installer/Config.kmk
> b/src/VBox/Installer/Config.kmk
> index 077d6af6..0cbcfe8d 100644
> --- a/src/VBox/Installer/Config.kmk
> +++ b/src/VBox/Installer/Config.kmk
> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ ifdef VBOX_WITH_UNATTENDED
> rhel4_ks.cfg \
> rhel5_ks.cfg \
> redhat67_ks.cfg \
> + redhat8_ks.cfg \
> win_nt5_unattended.sif \
> win_nt6_unattended.xml \
> \
> diff --git a/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/Makefile.kmk
> b/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/Makefile.kmk
> index c8baeaf5..cd15ffb4 100644
> --- a/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/Makefile.kmk
> +++ b/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/Makefile.kmk
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ifdef VBOX_WITH_UNATTENDED
> rhel4_ks.cfg \
> rhel5_ks.cfg \
> redhat67_ks.cfg \
> + redhat8_ks.cfg \
> ol_ks.cfg \
> fedora_ks.cfg \
> suse_autoinstall.xml \
> diff --git a/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/redhat8_ks.cfg
> b/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/redhat8_ks.cfg
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..d37f8baa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/redhat8_ks.cfg
> @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
> +#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
> +#version=DEVEL
> +
> +
> +## Installation program configuration and flow control commands:
> +
> +# Install from first optical drive.
> +cdrom
> +
> +# Specify info as minimum log level on tty3 in Anaconda during
> installation.
> +logging --level=info
> +
> +# Attempt to eject bootable media and reboot after installation.
> +reboot --eject
> +
> +# Perform installation in text mode.
> +text
> +
> +
> +## System configuration commands:
> +
> +# Do not configure iptables rules.
> +firewall --disabled
> +
> +# Set available keyboard layouts for system.
> +keyboard --vckeymap=us --xlayouts='us'
> +
> +# Set language to use during installation and default to use on
> installed
> system.
> +lang @@VBOX_INSERT_LOCALE@@
> +
> +# Set system root password using supplied plaintext.
> +rootpw --plaintext @@VBOX_INSERT_ROOT_PASSWORD_SH@@
> +
> +# Set system time zone and indicate if hardware clock is UTC (Greenwich
> Mean) time.
> +timezone @@VBOX_INSERT_TIME_ZONE_UX@@@@VBOX_COND_IS_RTC_USING_UTC@@
> --utc@
> @VBOX_COND_END@@
> +
> +# Create new user on system and set password using supplied plaintext.
> +user --name=@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN_SH@@
> --password=@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_PASSWORD_SH@@ --plaintext
> +
> +
> +## Network configuration commands:
> +
> +# Configure network device and activate in Anaconda installation
> environment.
> +# Device specified in first network command activated automatically.
> +# DHCP method used by default.
> +# Device: Link keyword specifies first interface with link in up state.
> +# Onboot: Enable device at boot time.
> +# Hostname: Specify host name for installed system.
> +network --device=link --onboot=on
> --hostname=@@VBOX_INSERT_HOSTNAME_FQDN_SH@@
> +
> +
> +## Storage handling commands:
> +
> +# Specifify how boot loader installed.
> +# Location boot record written dependent on drive usage of MBR or GPT
> scheme.
> +# Append: Specifies additional kernel parameters.
> +bootloader --append="nomodeset crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet"
> +
> +# Remove partitions from system prior to creation of new partitions.
> +# All: Erase all partitions on disks reachable by installation program,
> including attached network storage.
> +# Initlabel: Initialize disk(s) by creating default labels in
> respective
> architectures designated for formatting.
> +clearpart --all --initlabel
> +
> +# Automatically create partitions.
> +# Type: Plain keyword specifies regular partitioning scheme with no
> LVM.
> +# Default file system is xfs.
> +autopart --type=plain
> +
> +# Initialize invalid partition tables and destroy contents of disks with
> invalid partition tables.
> +zerombr
> +
> +
> +# Packages. We currently ignore missing packages/groups here to keep
> things simpler.
> +%packages --ignoremissing
> + at base
> + at core
> +@@VBOX_COND_IS_NOT_MINIMAL_INSTALLATION@@
> + at development
> + at basic-desktop
> + at desktop-debugging
> + at desktop-platform
> + at fonts
> + at general-desktop
> + at graphical-admin-tools
> + at remote-desktop-clients
> + at x11
> +@@VBOX_COND_END@@
> +
> +# Prepare building the additions kernel module, try get what we can from
> the cdrom as it may be impossible
> +# to install anything from the post script:
> +kernel-headers
> +kernel-devel
> +glibc-devel
> +glibc-headers
> +gcc
> +dkms
> +make
> +bzip2
> +perl
> +elfutils-libelf-devel
> +
> +%end
> +
> +
> +# Post install happens in a different script.
> +# Note! We mount the CDROM explictily here since the location differs
> between fedora 26 to rhel5
> +# and apparently there isn't any way to be certain that anaconda
> didn't unmount it already.
> +%post --nochroot --log=/mnt/sysimage/root/ks-post.log
> +df -h
> +mkdir -p /tmp/vboxcdrom
> +mount /dev/cdrom /tmp/vboxcdrom
> +cp /tmp/vboxcdrom/vboxpostinstall.sh
> /mnt/sysimage/root/vboxpostinstall.sh
> +chmod a+x /mnt/sysimage/root/vboxpostinstall.sh
> +/bin/bash /mnt/sysimage/root/vboxpostinstall.sh --rhel
> +umount /tmp/vboxcdrom
> +%end
> diff --git a/src/VBox/Main/include/UnattendedInstaller.h
> b/src/VBox/Main/include/UnattendedInstaller.h
> index 5003613d..09988815 100644
> --- a/src/VBox/Main/include/UnattendedInstaller.h
> +++ b/src/VBox/Main/include/UnattendedInstaller.h
> @@ -518,6 +518,17 @@ protected:
> };
>
>
> +/**
> + * RHEL 8 installer (same as RHEL 6 & 7, except for the kickstart
> template).
> + */
> +class UnattendedRhel5Installer : public UnattendedRhel6And7Installer
> +{
> +public:
> + UnattendedRhel5Installer(Unattended *pParent) :
> UnattendedRhel6And7Installer(pParent, "redhat8_ks.cfg") {}
> + ~UnattendedRhel5Installer() {}
> +};
> +
> +
> /**
> * RHEL 5 installer (same as RHEL 6 & 7, except for the kickstart
> template).
> */
> --
--
frankB
Oracle Virtualbox Development
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