I have a few headless servers that I would like to operate Clonezilla to backup those servers via a ssh terminal, perhaps?
I have reviewed most all info I can find and I am having difficulty finding any mention of operating Clonezilla in a headless environment.
My thinking is that it will require re-mastering the CD with a static IP address assignment (among other required keymap, file paths, etc. settings.) All the settings would need to be predetermined to connect to my ssh server for storage.
I know that it is only an idea, so those who are more informed than I am, what are your thoughts? Is it possible to operate Clonezilla via a ssh terminal connection and at the same time send the image file via ssh to the ssh storage server on my local lan?
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I am not sure that I have made myself clear here. I am trying to insert a CD into the cdrom of the headless server. Take the server offline during the image creation and operate Clonezilla via a ssh connection to (for example) my Linux laptop.
Or, do I need to temporarily attach a monitor and keyboard to operate Clonezilla in the usual fashion?
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If you want to use CD to boot your headless machine, you can try to put boot parameters in the session of Clonezilla live in /isolinux/isolinux.cfg. Since CD is readonly, you have to remaster the ISO file before you burn it on a CD.
Some boot parameters you can use are, e.g.:
ip=10.0.0.1::10.0.0.254:255.255.255.0::eth0 usercrypted=bkuQxLqLRuDW6 ocs_daemonon="ssh"
I have a few headless servers that I would like to operate Clonezilla to backup those servers via a ssh terminal, perhaps?
I have reviewed most all info I can find and I am having difficulty finding any mention of operating Clonezilla in a headless environment.
My thinking is that it will require re-mastering the CD with a static IP address assignment (among other required keymap, file paths, etc. settings.) All the settings would need to be predetermined to connect to my ssh server for storage.
I know that it is only an idea, so those who are more informed than I am, what are your thoughts? Is it possible to operate Clonezilla via a ssh terminal connection and at the same time send the image file via ssh to the ssh storage server on my local lan?
Yes, you can do that without remaster Clonezilla live.
Please check
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/
Especially:
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
Please refer to the 1st example, and you can combine some of boot parameters to meet your requirement.
I am not sure that I have made myself clear here. I am trying to insert a CD into the cdrom of the headless server. Take the server offline during the image creation and operate Clonezilla via a ssh connection to (for example) my Linux laptop.
Or, do I need to temporarily attach a monitor and keyboard to operate Clonezilla in the usual fashion?
If you want to use CD to boot your headless machine, you can try to put boot parameters in the session of Clonezilla live in /isolinux/isolinux.cfg. Since CD is readonly, you have to remaster the ISO file before you burn it on a CD.
Some boot parameters you can use are, e.g.:
ip=10.0.0.1::10.0.0.254:255.255.255.0::eth0 usercrypted=bkuQxLqLRuDW6 ocs_daemonon="ssh"
For more details about boot parameters, you can find in:
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
and
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/live-initramfs-param.php