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Appendix B Remote and Scripted Installations
Table B-1. Kickstart Commands for ESX Server Installation
Command Description
autostep(optional) Similartointeractive.Usemostlyfordebugging.
authorauthconfig(required) Setupauthenticationforthesystem.
--enablemd5 Usesmd5baseduserpasswords.
--enablenis EnablesNISsupport.Bydefault,thiscommanduseswhateverdomain
itfindsonthenetwork.
--nisdomain=<domain> SetstheNISdomain.Requires--enablenis.
--nisserver SetstheNISserver(broadcastsbydefault.)
Requires--enablenis.
--useshadowor
--enableshadow
Enablesshadowpasswordfile.
--enablekrb5 EnablesKerberos5toauthenticateusers.
--krb5realm= SpecifiestheKerberos5realmtowhichyoursystembelongs.
--krb5kdc= SpecifiestheKDCsthatserverequestsfortherealm.Separatethe
namesofmultipleKDCswithcommas.
--krb5adminserver= SpecifiestheKDCinyourrealmthatisalso
runningtheKADM5
administrationserver.
bootloader (required) SetsuptheGRUBloader.
--append= Specifiesextrakernelparametersforwhenthesystemisbooting.
--driveorder= SpecifieswhichdriveisfirstintheBIOSbootorder.
--location=[mbr|partit
ion|none]
Specifieswherethebootloaderisinstalled.Thevaluesare:mbr(forthe
masterbootrecord),partition(forthefirst
sectorofthepartition
withthevmnixkernel),ornone(donotinstallthebootloader).
--md5pass= SetstheGRUBbootloaderpasswordwiththemd5encrypted
password.
--password= SetstheGRUBbootloaderpassword.
--upgrade Upgradestheexistingbootloaderconfigurationandpreservesanyold
entries.
clearpart(optional) Removespartitionsfromthesystem
beforecreatingnewpartitions.
Notrequiredifyouusetheupgradecommand.
--linux RemovesallLinuxpartitions.
--all Removesallpartitionsfromthesystem.
--drives= Specifieswhichdrivestoclearpartitionsfrom.
--initlabel Initializesthedisklabeltothedefaultforyourarchitecture.
