firstboot configuration via VNC possible?
Hi,
Can the 'firstboot' configuration be performed via VNC?
Background:
*I completed an installation using the 'vnc' option of a server/desktop that includes the Gnome desktop environment
*upon reboot, the 'firstboot' configuration scripting is run
*it doesn't appear to be running a VNC server permitting me to continue my fully remote installation
Is this an anomaly (i.e. it should have started a vnc server allowing me to continue the configuration remotely)
Or is this something is already documented (if so, would you mind sharing the location)?
Many thanks!
John Miles.
Responses
Hi John,
- First of all, regarding your question, I do not use firstboot, I disable it in my kickstarts and configure what I need in the kickstart file.
-- That being said, please see this bit from Red Hat on vnc during a kickstart (and click through the subsequent pages for other considerations). - Also, you can disable firstboot with the "firstboot --disable" directive in your kickstart file (see below)
-- If you wanted to use a text mode kickstart, enter the word "text" with no quotes into your kickstart file:
text
- A few questions:
- Are you by chance attempting to kickstart this system?
-- If so, you can bypass firstboot and configure all the things you might want from first boot into your kickstart.
-- Just add all the directives you would want from firstboot into your kickstart file. Start by disabling firstboot with:
firstboot --disable
- Then you can
1) add the users you want with your kickstart file (see link in #4 below)
user --name=<username> [--groups=<list>] [--homedir=<homedir>] [--password=<password>] [--iscrypted] [--shell=<shell>] [--uid=<uid>]
2) enable/disable kdump,
3) firewall options,
4) and so forth. See this link from Red Hat on overall options within the kickstart file for specifics.
- Do you have a remote method of viewing the system such as what is called "Integrated Lights Out Manager" (web based remote viewer common with Sun servers) or Dell has something called iDrac (on their more recent current servers)?
-- There are other versions of remote viewers such as iDrac and web-ILOM from other server manufacturers.
-- If your server has something like this, you can watch whatever would be on it's screen in your data center remotely from your desk if you properly configure it first via it's own bios settings.
Hope something above helps
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