If it's from a CD boot Mihai just hit 'tab' then put ks= as Michael suggested.
Otherwise, with PXE boot you can specify the option on the kernel line, like: kernel -n img http://ks.internal/centos/7/os/x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz ks=http://ks.internal/bootstrap/ks/7.ks On Friday, 6 November 2015 16:19:23 UTC, Mihai Cristian Satmarean wrote: > > @Michael, thanks! This might be exactly what I am looking for in this > stage, but I cannot find an example of how to insert the arguments at boot > to point to the remote kickstart. > > Mihai Satmarean > > miercuri, 7 ianuarie 2015, 18:10:38 UTC+1, Michael DeHaan a scris: >> >> If you don't want to bake in the ks.cfg (for instance, if you have >> different install profiles coming off the same OS), supplying the kernel >> argument ks=http://server.example.com/foo.ks also works. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Earl Robinson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Parimal, >>> >>> To use kickstart you first need to present a boot media which is >>> configured to pull the kickstart file >>> See: >>> http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-howuse.html >>> >>> You can use ansible to present the VM with such bootable media by >>> launching it in a VLAN with a PXE boot server which will present the media, >>> or by presenting the VM with a CD image with the kickstart file built in. >>> >>> I've gone the CD image route with ansible, you can specify a cd image to >>> boot like this: >>> >>> vsphere_guest: >>> vm_hardware: >>> vm_cdrom: >>> type: "iso" >>> iso_path: "DatastoreName/cd-image.iso" >>> >>> Of course you need to give the vsphere_guest module all other required >>> arguments, but this is the simplest way I've found to kiskstart a vm using >>> ansible. >>> >>> -earl >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Patel Parimal <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I am newbie to Ansible. >>>> >>>> I have gone through the online documentation and examples for creating >>>> new VM on Ansible Docs - vsphere_guest ( >>>> http://docs.ansible.com/vsphere_guest_module.html). >>>> >>>> I want to automate VM creation and OS installation process using >>>> Ansible. >>>> >>>> Currently I have VMWare ESXi available which doesn't support VM >>>> cloning, so I need to create a new VM every time from scratch and install >>>> OS(RHEL 6) into it. >>>> >>>> Is there any way to provide kickstart file URL in Ansible Playbook (for >>>> example, static HTTP URL like http://192.168.0.1/ks/ks.cfg) so after >>>> newly built VM is powered on, OS will be installed into it ? >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards, >>>> Parimal >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/da56aeef-01f0-41f6-8dc9-3cd1bdd138d5%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/da56aeef-01f0-41f6-8dc9-3cd1bdd138d5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CABGf5APRF_HeN%3Dgyvh0UGdBP%2BV8AeLsaXZZR1SYX833C17wrkQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CABGf5APRF_HeN%3Dgyvh0UGdBP%2BV8AeLsaXZZR1SYX833C17wrkQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/218962f1-3464-4c31-89a8-11569479d4d0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
