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  1. Performing an advanced RHEL installation
  2. Making open source more inclusive
  3. Providing feedback on Red Hat documentation
  4. 1. Introduction
    1. 1.1. Supported architectures
    2. 1.2. Installation terminology
  5. 2. Installation methods
    1. 2.1. Available installation methods
  6. I. Performing an automated installation using Kickstart
    1. 3. Kickstart installation basics
      1. 3.1. What are Kickstart installations
      2. 3.2. Automated installation workflow
    2. 4. Creating Kickstart files
      1. 4.1. Creating a Kickstart file with the Kickstart configuration tool
      2. 4.2. Creating a Kickstart file by performing a manual installation
      3. 4.3. Converting a RHEL 7 Kickstart file for RHEL 8 installation
      4. 4.4. Creating a custom image using Image Builder
    3. 5. Making Kickstart files available to the installation program
      1. 5.1. Ports for network-based installation
      2. 5.2. Making a Kickstart file available on an NFS server
      3. 5.3. Making a Kickstart file available on an HTTP or HTTPS server
      4. 5.4. Making a Kickstart file available on an FTP server
      5. 5.5. Making a Kickstart file available on a local volume
      6. 5.6. Making a Kickstart file available on a local volume for automatic loading
    4. 6. Creating installation sources for Kickstart installations
      1. 6.1. Types of installation source
      2. 6.2. Ports for network-based installation
      3. 6.3. Creating an installation source on an NFS server
      4. 6.4. Creating an installation source using HTTP or HTTPS
      5. 6.5. Creating an installation source using FTP
    5. 7. Starting Kickstart installations
      1. 7.1. Starting a Kickstart installation manually
      2. 7.2. Starting a Kickstart installation automatically using PXE
      3. 7.3. Starting a Kickstart installation automatically using a local volume
    6. 8. Consoles and logging during installation
    7. 9. Maintaining Kickstart files
      1. 9.1. Installing Kickstart maintenance tools
      2. 9.2. Verifying a Kickstart file
  7. II. Registering and installing RHEL from the Content Delivery Network
    1. 10. Registering and installing RHEL from the CDN using Kickstart
      1. 10.1. Registering and installing RHEL from the CDN
      2. 10.2. Verifying your system registration from the CDN
      3. 10.3. Unregistering your system from the CDN
  8. III. Performing a remote RHEL installation using VNC
    1. 11. Performing a remote RHEL installation using VNC
      1. 11.1. Overview
      2. 11.2. Considerations
      3. 11.3. Performing a remote RHEL installation in VNC Direct mode
      4. 11.4. Performing a remote RHEL installation in VNC Connect mode
  9. IV. Advanced configuration options
    1. 12. Configuring System Purpose
      1. 12.1. Overview
      2. 12.2. Configuring System Purpose in a Kickstart file
      3. 12.3. Related information
    2. 13. Updating drivers during installation
      1. 13.1. Prerequisite
      2. 13.2. Overview
      3. 13.3. Types of driver update
      4. 13.4. Preparing a driver update
      5. 13.5. Performing an automatic driver update
      6. 13.6. Performing an assisted driver update
      7. 13.7. Performing a manual driver update
      8. 13.8. Disabling a driver
    3. 14. Preparing to install from the network using PXE
      1. 14.1. Network install overview
      2. 14.2. Configuring a TFTP server for BIOS-based clients
      3. 14.3. Configuring a TFTP server for UEFI-based clients
      4. 14.4. Configuring a network server for IBM Power systems
    4. 15. Creating a remote repository
      1. 15.1. Installing Apache on RHEL
      2. 15.2. Creating a remote repository
    5. 16. Boot options
      1. 16.1. Types of boot options
      2. 16.2. Editing boot options
      3. 16.3. Installation source boot options
      4. 16.4. Network boot options
      5. 16.5. Console boot options
      6. 16.6. Debug boot options
      7. 16.7. Storage boot options
      8. 16.8. Kickstart boot options
      9. 16.9. Advanced installation boot options
      10. 16.10. Deprecated boot options
      11. 16.11. Removed boot options
  10. V. Kickstart references
    1. A. Kickstart script file format reference
      1. A.1. Kickstart file format
      2. A.2. Package selection in Kickstart
        1. A.2.1. Package selection section
        2. A.2.2. Package selection commands
        3. A.2.3. Common package selection options
        4. A.2.4. Options for specific package groups
      3. A.3. Scripts in Kickstart file
        1. A.3.1. %pre script
        2. A.3.2. %pre-install script
        3. A.3.3. %post script
      4. A.4. Anaconda configuration section
      5. A.5. Kickstart error handling section
      6. A.6. Kickstart add-on sections
    2. B. Kickstart commands and options reference
      1. B.1. Kickstart changes
        1. B.1.1. auth or authconfig is deprecated in RHEL 8
        2. B.1.2. Kickstart no longer supports Btrfs
        3. B.1.3. Using Kickstart files from previous RHEL releases
        4. B.1.4. Deprecated Kickstart commands and options
        5. B.1.5. Removed Kickstart commands and options
        6. B.1.6. New Kickstart commands and options
      2. B.2. Kickstart commands for installation program configuration and flow control
        1. B.2.1. autostep
        2. B.2.2. cdrom
        3. B.2.3. cmdline
        4. B.2.4. driverdisk
        5. B.2.5. eula
        6. B.2.6. firstboot
        7. B.2.7. graphical
        8. B.2.8. halt
        9. B.2.9. harddrive
        10. B.2.10. install (deprecated)
        11. B.2.11. liveimg
        12. B.2.12. logging
        13. B.2.13. mediacheck
        14. B.2.14. nfs
        15. B.2.15. ostreesetup
        16. B.2.16. poweroff
        17. B.2.17. reboot
        18. B.2.18. rhsm
        19. B.2.19. shutdown
        20. B.2.20. sshpw
        21. B.2.21. text
        22. B.2.22. url
        23. B.2.23. vnc
        24. B.2.24. %include
        25. B.2.25. %ksappend
      3. B.3. Kickstart commands for system configuration
        1. B.3.1. auth or authconfig (deprecated)
        2. B.3.2. authselect
        3. B.3.3. firewall
        4. B.3.4. group
        5. B.3.5. keyboard (required)
        6. B.3.6. lang (required)
        7. B.3.7. module
        8. B.3.8. repo
        9. B.3.9. rootpw (required)
        10. B.3.10. selinux
        11. B.3.11. services
        12. B.3.12. skipx
        13. B.3.13. sshkey
        14. B.3.14. syspurpose
        15. B.3.15. timezone (required)
        16. B.3.16. user
        17. B.3.17. xconfig
      4. B.4. Kickstart commands for network configuration
        1. B.4.1. network
        2. B.4.2. realm
      5. B.5. Kickstart commands for handling storage
        1. B.5.1. device (deprecated)
        2. B.5.2. autopart
        3. B.5.3. bootloader (required)
        4. B.5.4. zipl
        5. B.5.5. clearpart
        6. B.5.6. fcoe
        7. B.5.7. ignoredisk
        8. B.5.8. iscsi
        9. B.5.9. iscsiname
        10. B.5.10. logvol
        11. B.5.11. mount
        12. B.5.12. nvdimm
        13. B.5.13. part or partition
        14. B.5.14. raid
        15. B.5.15. reqpart
        16. B.5.16. snapshot
        17. B.5.17. volgroup
        18. B.5.18. zerombr
        19. B.5.19. zfcp
      6. B.6. Kickstart commands for addons supplied with the RHEL installation program
        1. B.6.1. %addon com_redhat_kdump
        2. B.6.2. %addon org_fedora_oscap
      7. B.7. Commands used in Anaconda
        1. B.7.1. pwpolicy
      8. B.8. Kickstart commands for system recovery
        1. B.8.1. rescue
    3. C. Partitioning reference
      1. C.1. Supported device types
      2. C.2. Supported file systems
      3. C.3. Supported RAID types
      4. C.4. Recommended partitioning scheme
      5. C.5. Advice on partitions
  11. Legal Notice

Part V. Kickstart references

  • 16.11. Removed boot options
  • A. Kickstart script file format reference
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