I like it... more options = more flexibility!
Thanks!
Andrea Righi wrote:
> Well... it's a nice wrapper to create links in
> /var/lib/systemimager/scripts for your environment.. ;-)
>
> Maybe, in general, it would be great to have an option in
> si_mkautoinstallscript (and consequently in si_getimage) to specify the
> list of the overrides by command line, like:
>
> si_mkautoinstallscript --overrides "OVER1 OVER2 ..." ...
>
> What do you think?
>
> -Andrea
>
> Jason Knudsen wrote:
>
>> Maybe I've just been reinventing the wheel here..
>>
>> I've only one image and I use overrides per platform to get these
>> systems to boot... and depending on which hardware platform is being
>> reimaged, I create a link from the hostname -> the masterfile I've
>> created for that hardware platform.
>>
>> snippet of our "flat file" /scratch/db/database:
>>
>> ------------
>> statest02 dell 2650
>> stads71 rackable C1000
>> stamr03 hp DL380
>> ------------
>>
>> Some snippets of my reimage.sh script I made to do all this for me:
>>
>> ------------
>> # Determine the model of our host
>> GETMODEL=`cat /scratch/db/database | grep $HOSTNAME | awk '{print $2$3}'`
>> IMAGENAME=$OS-$GETMODEL
>>
>> # Setup host to reimage with the proper masterfile
>> cd /var/lib/systemimager/scripts
>> unlink $HOSTNAME.sh
>> ln -s $IMAGENAME.master $HOSTNAME.sh
>> ------------
>>
>> and in my /var/lib/systemimager/scripts directory: ls
>>
>> ------------
>> hosts post-install pre-install
>> RH40U3-dell2650.master
>> RH40U3-rackableC1000.master
>> RH40U3-hpDL380.master
>> stads71.sh --> RH40U3-rackableC1000.master
>> stamr03.sh --> RH40U3-hpDL380.master
>> statest02.sh --> RH40U3-dell2650.master
>> ------------
>>
>> The "HACK" I think I've really made is that in each master file I define
>> the IMAGENAME=RH40U3 as the first thing. So instead of each having their
>> own image, they all use the same image but I specify the OVERRIDE in
>> each masterfile to their respective hardware-platform-override-directory...
>>
>> Phew... out of breath! I have reinvented the wheel, haven't I? :-p
>>
>> Thanks for the info!
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
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