Kickstart Snippet is not reflected in the Kickstart file for Red Hat Network Satellite ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.x

Issue

  • Snippets are not rendering in kickstart file.
  • Custom snippet throws error during kickstart installation - "/tmp/ks-script-fzHJ56: line 22 syntax error near unexpected token."

Resolution

  • kickstart snippet only works if the templating checkbox is checked.
  • If this checkbox is ticked, variables within snippets are also treated as template variables, so it should be escaped with \ or the entire script needs to be wraped inside '#raw' and '#end raw'
  • For more infromation on the same refer: Red Hat Network Satellite Getting Started Guide

Root Cause

  • That happens because in kickstart snippets, $ and # bears special meanings.

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