Thanks Mark, We are already doing both, I thought that there is a module or an Ansible trick that you can specify the boot parameter in the vsphere boot :) that would be helpful.
vineri, 6 noiembrie 2015, 18:33:56 UTC+1, Mark Phillips a scris: > > 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/95fe4e4c-5bb6-4e0c-a42f-1d501197cefa%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
