Passing `url --url={{ install_url }}` to a kickstart file is, according
to Red Hat official documentation[0], mandatory for RHEL 8 and onwards
(which includes CentOS 8).
Using it for RHEL 7, CentOS 7, and Fedora does not cause any issue.
[0]:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/...
Signed-off-by: Fabiano FidĂȘncio <fidencio(a)redhat.com>
---
guests/configs/kickstart.cfg | 4 ++++
guests/lcitool | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg b/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg
index 713557a..a176e25 100644
--- a/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg
+++ b/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ part swap --fstype=swap --size=256
bootloader --location=mbr --timeout=1
+# Set the installation url
+url --url={{ install_url }}
+
+
# Configure networking
#
# The only network interface available to the guest will come up
diff --git a/guests/lcitool b/guests/lcitool
index 3985e90..9ef5795 100755
--- a/guests/lcitool
+++ b/guests/lcitool
@@ -539,9 +539,19 @@ class Application:
raise Exception(
"Host {} doesn't support installation".format(host)
)
+
+ unattended_options = [
+ "install_url",
+ ]
+
initrd_template = os.path.join(base, "configs", install_config)
with open(initrd_template) as template:
content = template.read()
+ for option in unattended_options:
+ content = content.replace(
+ "{{ " + option + " }}",
+ facts[option]
+ )
tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
initrd_inject = os.path.join(tempdir, install_config)
--
2.23.0