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Re: [Unattended-gui-users] moving from unattended to unattended-gui best way!
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From: Mario G. <mar...@te...> - 2008-11-20 17:13:33
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Hi, did you get an answer file if you click on the "view output" button in the os section of the computer? This should give you the answer file. If this gives you an output and you may have set the wrong things in z/etc/init.conf, this should be somthing like: GUISERVER=http://webserver/path-to-unattended/www/ greetings mario Travis Zadikem schrieb: > Did everything below and even setup the os, hardisk, etc. Now when I boot > my box (pxe) and doing a mount to \\co-labdeploy-01.eng.trans.corp\install > it then mounts and finds the machine name but then asks for the location of > the answer file. Isn't this was the gui creates which I did walk thru. > hmm. > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Mario Gzuk <mar...@te...> wrote: > > >> Hi, >> place the unattended-gui bootstuff >> ( >> http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/index.php?title=Main_Page#2008-07-31_unattended-gui_boot-cd_0.8.3 >> ) >> to your tftp server and configure the etc/init.conf and >> z/etc/win/postinst.js to your needs. There is an example file in etc. >> In init.conf set: >> GUISERVER="http://YOURSERVER/unattended-gui/" >> >> in postinst.js you have to set the vars: >> var UAX_NET_SHARE = "\\\\ntinstall\\install"; >> var UAX_NET_DRIVE = "z:"; >> var UAX_NET_USER = "guest"; >> var UAX_NET_PASS = "guest"; >> >> var UAX_NET_COUNT = 5; >> var UAX_NET_WAIT = 7500; >> >> var UAX_JOB_URI = >> "http://YOURSERVER/unattended-gui/external.php?functio >> n=install_sw_command_automatic&computername=<http://YOURSERVER/unattended-gui/external.php?function=install_sw_command_automatic&computername=>" >> + >> WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentString >> s("%COMPUTERNAME%") + "&language=" + >> WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%LANG%") >> ; >> var UAX_OSSTATUS_URI = >> "http://YOURSERVER/unattended-gui/external.php?functio >> n=update_os_status&computer=<http://YOURSERVER/unattended-gui/external.php?function=update_os_status&computer=>" >> + >> WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME >> %"); >> >> Sync the harddisks and os templates from >> http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/unattended-gui/www/ and configure >> your os settings like shown here: >> http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/index.php?title=Video:os_install >> >> After that add a computer and add the os and harddisk to this computer. >> The example how to do that is also shown in the video. After that you >> can start the installation using the boot stuff you have added before. >> >> If you want to add some software you can also sync the software from >> http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/unattended-gui/www >> >> Simple login in with testuser and unattended. Look at the repository >> names and add a repository with the same name to your local >> installation, define it as external with the *Repository location: >> *http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/unattended-gui/www/ and then try >> to sync it. >> After that you can add this software to a computer. >> >> Thats all for starting over. >> >> greetings mario >> >> >> >> Travis Zadikem schrieb: >> >>> I now have a gui interface up and running. yeah! I would like to now >>> know the steps (can't find any docs) for getting a machine up a >>> running to test with (if possible I'd like to just import my >>> unattend.txt from my unattended directory (which is in >>> /usr/local/unattended), scripts and such some are already pretty >>> customized). My new install is in /usr/local/unattended-gui. >>> >>> Is there some docs or something on a from start to finish of getting >>> one working machine? Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Mario Gzuk <mar...@te... >>> <mailto:mar...@te...>> wrote: >>> >>> For centos: >>> yum install mysql-server php php-common php-gd php-mcrypt >>> php-memchache php-mhash php-mysql php-xml apache >>> >>> I dont know if this enough... So maybe you need to install some >>> more php packages. >>> >>> Install also pear. After that you can install the following pear >>> packages: >>> >>> pear install mdb2-2.5.0b1 >>> pear install mdb2_Driver_mysql-1.5.0b1 >>> pear install mdb2_driver_mysqli-1.5.0b1 >>> OPTIONAL: >>> pear install xml_serializer-0.19.0 >>> pear install image_canvas-0.3.1 >>> pear install image_graph-0.7.2 >>> >>> INcrease the memory limit to 128M in /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini >>> After extracting the current version of unattended-gui: >>> - the www-folder: Here are all php-scripts. This is going to >>> become our root-directory for the apache-daemon >>> - the z-folder: To store the OS'es and software -> merge this >>> with your current Z (best is you use this path as samba path to >>> \\ntinstall\install to get up to date via the web-update) >>> >>> create a database-user and a database for the unattended-gui >>> >>> cd /path/to/unattended-gui/,, >>> chown -R YOURAPACHEUSER:YOURAPACHEGROUP to this path >>> >>> Documentation > Installing the GUI >>> When you now access the webpage >>> http://IP.OF.YOUR.GUI-SERVER/install.php >>> You will get an error like this: >>> The config file is not writeable, pleace check the >>> permissions on the file and try again! >>> Do the following: >>> touch include/config.php >>> chown YOURAPACHEUSER:YOURAPACHEGROUP include/config.php >>> chmod 600 include/config.php >>> Follow this steps and reload the page, it should work now. >>> >>> Documentation > Update via SVN: >>> >>> To use the Update-function via SVN, you may need to >>> install svn on you system: >>> yum install subversion >>> >>> After installing the module software, you can sync the scripts, os >>> templates and harddisk layouts from the sf.net <http://sf.net> >>> Demo page: >>> http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/unattended-gui/www/ >>> >>> Hope this is enough for starting over... >>> >>> If you have questions feel free to ask again. >>> >>> >>> greetings mario >>> >>> >>> >>> Travis Zadikem schrieb: >>> >>> Centos 5.2 with samba . Dhcp, TFTP, etc. are on a totally >>> different server (our kickstart server). >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Mario Gzuk >>> <mar...@te... <mailto:mar...@te...> >>> <mailto:mar...@te... <mailto:mar...@te...>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> HI, >>> I will answer you tomorrow because I am on a business trip. >>> Maybe >>> you can tell me the centos version and the setup you are using >>> (samba share, dhcp, PXE and so on). I will try to give you >>> >> some >> >>> "move over" help with this informations. >>> >>> greetings mario >>> >>> >>> Travis Zadikem schrieb: >>> >>> Ok, >>> I am moving from unattended to unattended-gui on a >>> >> centos >> >>> machine and was wondering what the best >>> yum command is to have everything installed that is >>> needed for >>> unattend-gui and what the rough steps (if any) >>> are to move my other stuff over. 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