How can one configure bridge over a physical interface in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kickstart installation?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
- Kickstart installation
Issue
- How can one configure bridge over a physical interface in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kickstart installation?
Resolution
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 doesn't have any option to create
brigdein kickstart except%postscript - One can do that in kickstart's
%postsection very easily. There areNetworkManagercommands given in the following section for creating abridgeon command line. - Write a small script which will convert the physical interface into Bridged interface. Refer this Documentation
- There is no kickstart parameter for configuring bridge actually. Execute the same set of commands in kickstart
%postscript which are needed to execute on the running machine to convert it's physical interface into bridged interface. - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 enables this feature
- Starting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 , it's possible to configure a network
bridgeduring the installation in both the manual installation (in the Network & Hostname screen) and in Kickstart without using a%postscript (using the new--bridgeslaves=and--bridgeopts=options for the network command. This is explained in the 7.1 Release Notes and it is documented in the Installation Guide (scroll down to the network command).
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