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>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna(a)redhat.com>
---
guests/configs/kickstart.cfg | 6 ++++++
guests/lcitool | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg b/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg
index 713557a..76b7b65 100644
--- a/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg
+++ b/guests/configs/kickstart.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Installation source
+#
+# The operating system will be installed from the following URL
+url --url={{ install_url }}
+
+
# Installer configuration
#
# Perform a text based installation followed by a reboot, and disable
diff --git a/guests/lcitool b/guests/lcitool
index 379fecc..803477e 100755
--- a/guests/lcitool
+++ b/guests/lcitool
@@ -542,9 +542,18 @@ class Application:
# Unattended install scripts are being generated on the fly, based
# on the templates present in guests/configs/
+ unattended_options = [
+ "install_url",
+ ]
+
initrd_template = os.path.join(base, "configs", install_config)
with open(initrd_template, 'r') 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