Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Cookbook

Chapter 2. Deploying RHEL "En Masse"

In this chapter, the following recipes are provided:

• Creating a kickstart file
• Publishing your kickstart file using httpd
• Deploying a system using pxe
• Deploying a system using a custom boot ISO file

Introduction

In this chapter, you will find the answer to deploying multiple systems with the same basic setup. We will first look at creating an answer file, the kickstart file that will drive the unattended installation. Then, we'll take a look at a possible way to make this kickstart file accessible through the Apache web server. Finally, we'll discuss two common ways to install physical and virtual machines.

This chapter assumes that you have a working knowledge of system network configuration components, such as DNS, ...