How to Create the RedHat Linux Image Server (Browser Interface)

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

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 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 or the boot_server_tftp_root_directory variables.

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     4. Save the variables set.

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

   • If you want to use another component's variable settings, click Import Set From Component.

     The Import Variable Settings window displays.

     1. If necessary, navigate to the Folder that contains the component with the variable settings you want to import.

     2. Select the component version.

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        Note –

        Variable settings can vary between component versions. Ensure that the current components and the component from which you want to import variable settings share common variables. If the component from which you want to import variable settings does not share common variables with the component you want to use in your plan, the variable settings are not imported.

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     3. Click Import Variable Settings.

        The variables settings are imported, and are displayed in the table.

     4. On the Plan Details Run page, select the variable settings that you imported from the Variable Settings drop-down list, then click Select.

   • If you want to use component variable settings that are stored in a file, follow these steps.

     1. In the Import Sets from File text field, enter the path to the variable settings file that you want to use.

        To browse through the file system to find the appropriate file, click the Browse button.

     2. Click Import.

        The variables settings are imported, and are displayed in the table.

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        Note –

        If the file from which you want to import variable settings does not share common variables with the component you want to use in your plan, the variable set is not imported.

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     3. On the Plan Details Run page, select the variable settings that you imported from the Variable Settings drop-down list, then click Select.

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.

   These steps install the SUNWjet, JetRedHat, and JetSuse packages on the boot and install server. The SUNWjet package sets up the TFTP server and the NFS share for the JET base directory, /opt/SUNWjet by default.

Troubleshooting

If your OS provisioning server is located on the same physical host as the boot and install server, you must configure the interfaces on the system before your provision any target hosts. The OS provisioning server does not automatically configure the interfaces of the boot and install server.