====== Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Automatically Using Kickstart ======

**General Information**

Installing a VM takes a while and is probably not too likely to occur on the exam, but you should be prepared to do it in case. 

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====== Create Kickstart File ======

Start with the kickstart containing many of the config options selected for the existing system located at:
  * /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
  * Modify as needed
    * See [[linux_wiki:os_install_kickstart|this page for detailed kickstart config file examples]].

===== Create Kickstart File: CLI =====

If you do not have a GUI, you can:
  * Modify a default kickstart file on a system that you have access to directly (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg).

  * Use a CLI tool ksshell to create a file or modify an existing
    * Install ksshell (provided by pykickstart)<code bash>yum install pykickstart</code>
    * Create a kickstart file
      * Open an existing kickstart to modify<code bash>ksshell --input /root/anaconda-ks.cfg --output mynewkickstart.cfg</code>
      * Start from scratch<code bash>ksshell --output mynewkickstart.cfg</code>
    * ksshell edit mode
      * Tab Completion: While in the ks shell, use tab completion to see available commands
      * View current kickstart<code bash>ks> .show</code>
      * Quit and write to output file<code bash>ks> .quit</code>

===== Create Kickstart File: GUI =====

If you have a GUI: You can install the kickstart config generator
<code bash>
yum install system-config-kickstart
</code>

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Launch GUI Configurator
<code bash>
system-config-kickstart
</code>
  * You can create a new kickstart file or load an existing (such as /root/anaconda-ks.cfg)

====== Kickstart a System ======

Once you have a kickstart file created
  - Move kickstart file onto the system that is sharing the installation files
  - Boot VM and specify a network location for install, along with a kickstart location
    - See [[linux_wiki:os_install_bare_metal#kickstart_installation|this page for more details on beginning the kickstart]]
  - System will go through installation automatically, using the kickstart file

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