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Automating re/installation of CentOS on local farm remotely?

Automating re/installation of CentOS on local farm remotely?
posted by Peter Smith on Dec. 28, 2015, 9:40 a.m. (1 day ago)
Hi Fredrick

Assuming you have control over your DHCP server, this is trivial.

PXE and kickstart are your friends. :-)

Where are you getting stuck?

Pete
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On 28/12/15 09:04, Fredrik Averpil wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking to use Ansible to remotely control our CentOS-based farm. However, I'd like to also be able to easily re-install one or more machines without resorting to manually using the DVD and entering all installation options by hand.

Can a netinstall of CentOS 7 be set up in such a way that it will use a installation script which can, based on e.g. the mac address, set a specific hostname as well as IP address and then install CentOS using media from the local network?

What would be the most remote control-friendly approach be in order to initiate such an installation, preferably over SSH?

Regards,

Fredrik




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Hi Fredrick

Assuming you have control over your DHCP server, this is trivial.

PXE and kickstart are your friends. :-)

Where are you getting stuck?

Pete
--

On 28/12/15 09:04, Fredrik Averpil wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking to use Ansible to remotely control our CentOS-based farm. However, I'd like to also be able to easily re-install one or more machines without resorting to manually using the DVD and entering all installation options by hand.

Can a netinstall of CentOS 7 be set up in such a way that it will use a installation script which can, based on e.g. the mac address, set a specific hostname as well as IP address and then install CentOS using media from the local network?

What would be the most remote control-friendly approach be in order to initiate such an installation, preferably over SSH?

Regards,

Fredrik




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