Publishing your kickstart file using httpd
You can save your kickstart file to a USB stick (or any other medium), but this becomes a bit cumbersome if you need to install multiple systems in different locations.
Loading kickstart files over the network from the kernel line during an install only supports NFS, HTTP, and FTP.
In this recipe, I choose HTTP as it is a common technology within companies and easy to secure.
How to do it…
Let's start by installing Apache httpd
, as follows:
- Install Apache
httpd
through the following command:~]# yum install -y httpd
- Enable and start the
httpd
daemon, as follows:~]# systemctl enable httpd ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service' ~]# systemctl ...
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