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.

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 this page for detailed kickstart config file examples.

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)

    yum install pykickstart

  • Create a kickstart file
    • Open an existing kickstart to modify

      ksshell --input /root/anaconda-ks.cfg --output mynewkickstart.cfg

    • Start from scratch

      ksshell --output mynewkickstart.cfg

  • ksshell edit mode
    • Tab Completion: While in the ks shell, use tab completion to see available commands
    • View current kickstart

      ks> .show

    • Quit and write to output file

      ks> .quit

If you have a GUI: You can install the kickstart config generator

yum install system-config-kickstart

Launch GUI Configurator

system-config-kickstart

• You can create a new kickstart file or load an existing (such as /root/anaconda-ks.cfg)

Once you have a kickstart file created

1. Move kickstart file onto the system that is sharing the installation files
2. Boot VM and specify a network location for install, along with a kickstart location
   1. See this page for more details on beginning the kickstart
3. System will go through installation automatically, using the kickstart file