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Apr 1, 2000
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Automating Linux Installations at CERN
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Ignacio Reguero,
Mark Olive,
German Cancio,
Lionel Cons,
Philippe Defert
CERN, IT Division
Speaker:
Ignacio Reguero
An experimental automated installation service is being used to install
the Linux farms in the CERN computing centre and a small number of
desktop systems since end of 1998.
The system is based on the Kickstart software from the RedHat
distribution.
System configurations are stored on a central repository in the AFS
filesystem. The installation clients locate these configurations using a
BOOTP server, and subsequently access them using NFS.
The configurations for 200 systems are currently registered.
The system has been adapted to automatically install the CERN standard
Unix Environment (SUE).
A number of Kickstart problems have been solved or circumvented.
We are currently working on a more general system suitable for desktop
PCs with
- Configuration templates for standard desktop PCs.
- Expert modes.
- Simplified administrative interface.
- Self-service graphical user interface.
A configuration database will allow this functionality by mediating
between the user interface and the kickstart system.
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