How to Create the Linux Image Server

You can create a Linux image server from the N1 SPS browser interface or command-line interface. To create the server from the command line, type commands similar to the following:

# cr_cli -cmd cdb.vs.add -comp NM:/com/sun/n1osp/untyped/LinuxServer \
-name "linuxserver" -u admin -p admin -vars "boot_server_tftp_root_directory=/tftpboot"
# cr_cli -cmd pe.p.run -u admin -p admin \
-PID NM:/com/sun/n1osp/untyped/LinuxServer-create \
-tar H:NM:bikickstart -comp + -vs linuxserver -pto 30 -nto 10

To create the server from the browser interface, follow these steps.

Before You Begin

The kickstart file should be placed on the Linux boot and install server in an NFS exported directory so that the target hosts can locate it, for example, /export/kickstart.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the provisioning software page, select OS Provisioning.

2. On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Create in the Linux Image Servers section.

3. On the Plans Details page, click Run.

4. Choose variables to use for this plan.

   • To use an existing variables set, select a name from the drop-down menu in the LinuxServer component row of the Plan Parameters table.

   • To create a new variables set, click Select from List in the LinuxServer component row of the Plan Parameters table.

     1. Click Create Set.

     2. Type a name for the variables set.

     3. If needed, change the boot_server_tftp_root_directory variable to the location where you want the Linux packages to be installed.

        By default, the path is /tftpboot.

     4. If needed, change the linuxHost variable to the location of the command-line interface.

        By default, the virtual Linux host name is set to the host name of the target host with -linux appended.

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        Caution –

        Do not modify the installPath variable.

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     5. Save the variables set.

     6. Select the variables set that you just saved from the drop-down menu in the LinuxServer component row of the Plan Parameters table.

5. Select the host on which to create the Linux image server.

6. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).

7. To verify that the image server is created successfully, click the Hosts link in the left side of the provisioning server window.

   You should see the name of the virtual host appended with -linux. For example, if you installed on host bikickstart, the virtual host is bikickstart-linux.