Performing an advanced RHEL 9 installation
Making open source more inclusive
Providing feedback on Red Hat documentation
1. Introduction
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1. 1.1. Supported architectures
2. 1.2. Installation terminology
2. Installation methods
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1. 2.1. Available installation methods
I. Performing an automated installation using Kickstart
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1. 3. Kickstart installation basics
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  1. 3.1. What are Kickstart installations
  2. 3.2. Automated installation workflow
2. 4. Creating Kickstart files
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3. 5. Making Kickstart files available to the installation program
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4. 6. Creating installation sources for Kickstart installations
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5. 7. Starting Kickstart installations
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6. 8. Consoles and logging during installation
7. 9. Maintaining Kickstart files
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  1. 9.1. Installing Kickstart maintenance tools
  2. 9.2. Verifying a Kickstart file
II. Registering and installing RHEL from the Content Delivery Network and Satellite
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1. 10. Registering and installing RHEL from the CDN using Kickstart
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2. 11. Registering and installing RHEL from Satellite using Kickstart
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  1. 11.1. Registering and installing RHEL from Satellite
  2. 11.2. Unregistering your system from Satellite
III. Advanced configuration options
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1. 12. Configuring System Purpose
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2. 13. Updating drivers during installation
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3. 14. Booting a beta system with UEFI Secure Boot
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IV. Kickstart references
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1. A. Kickstart script file format reference
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  1. A.1. Kickstart file format
  2. A.2. Package selection in Kickstart
    
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    A.2.1. Package selection section
    
    A.2.2. Package selection commands
    
    A.2.3. Common package selection options
    
    A.2.4. Options for specific package groups
  3. A.3. Scripts in Kickstart file
    
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    A.3.1. %pre script
    
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    A.3.1.1. %pre script section options
    
    A.3.2. %pre-install script
    
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    A.3.2.1. %pre-install script section options
    
    A.3.3. %post script
    
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    A.3.3.1. %post script section options
    
    A.3.3.2. Example: Mounting NFS in a post-install script
  4. A.4. Kickstart error handling section
  5. A.5. Kickstart add-on sections
2. B. Kickstart commands and options reference
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  1. B.1. Kickstart changes
    
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    B.1.1. auth or authconfig is deprecated in RHEL 8
    
    B.1.2. Using Kickstart files from previous RHEL releases
    
    B.1.3. Deprecated Kickstart commands and options
    
    B.1.4. Removed Kickstart commands and options
  2. B.2. Kickstart commands for installation program configuration and flow control
    
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    B.2.1. cdrom
    
    B.2.2. cmdline
    
    B.2.3. driverdisk
    
    B.2.4. eula
    
    B.2.5. firstboot
    
    B.2.6. graphical
    
    B.2.7. halt
    
    B.2.8. harddrive
    
    B.2.9. liveimg
    
    B.2.10. logging
    
    B.2.11. mediacheck
    
    B.2.12. nfs
    
    B.2.13. ostreesetup
    
    B.2.14. poweroff
    
    B.2.15. reboot
    
    B.2.16. rhsm
    
    B.2.17. shutdown
    
    B.2.18. sshpw
    
    B.2.19. text
    
    B.2.20. url
    
    B.2.21. vnc
    
    B.2.22. %include
    
    B.2.23. %ksappend
  3. B.3. Kickstart commands for system configuration
    
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    B.3.1. auth or authconfig (deprecated)
    
    B.3.2. authselect
    
    B.3.3. firewall
    
    B.3.4. group
    
    B.3.5. keyboard (required)
    
    B.3.6. lang (required)
    
    B.3.7. module
    
    B.3.8. repo
    
    B.3.9. rootpw (required)
    
    B.3.10. selinux
    
    B.3.11. services
    
    B.3.12. skipx
    
    B.3.13. sshkey
    
    B.3.14. syspurpose
    
    B.3.15. timezone (required)
    
    B.3.16. timesource (optional)
    
    B.3.17. user
    
    B.3.18. xconfig
  4. B.4. Kickstart commands for network configuration
    
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    B.4.1. network (optional)
    
    B.4.2. realm
  5. B.5. Kickstart commands for handling storage
    
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    B.5.1. autopart
    
    B.5.2. bootloader (required)
    
    B.5.3. zipl
    
    B.5.4. clearpart
    
    B.5.5. fcoe
    
    B.5.6. ignoredisk
    
    B.5.7. iscsi
    
    B.5.8. iscsiname
    
    B.5.9. logvol
    
    B.5.10. mount
    
    B.5.11. nvdimm
    
    B.5.12. part or partition
    
    B.5.13. raid
    
    B.5.14. reqpart
    
    B.5.15. snapshot
    
    B.5.16. volgroup
    
    B.5.17. zerombr
    
    B.5.18. zfcp
  6. B.6. Kickstart commands for addons supplied with the RHEL installation program
    
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    B.6.1. %addon com_redhat_kdump
    
    B.6.2. %addon com_redhat_oscap
  7. B.7. Commands used in Anaconda
    
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    B.7.1. pwpolicy (deprecated)
  8. B.8. Kickstart commands for system recovery
    
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    B.8.1. rescue
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