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C h a pte r 1 . A u t o m a t i n g I n sta l l at i o n w i t h K i c kstart

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Defi n i n g the A n a co nda K i c kstart System

• K i c kstart a utomates Red Hat Enterprise L i n u x i n sta l l a t i o n u s i n g a text f i l e. -

• K i c kstart config u ration f i l e s start with comma nds, fo l l owed by t h e %pac kages
section.
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• Optional %po s t a nd %p r e sections ca n conta i n scripting t hat c u stomizes

i n sta l l at i o ns.
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D e p l oy i n g a N ew V i rt u a l System with K i c kstart

• The sys t em - config - ki c k s t a r t u t i l ity ca n b e u s ed to create a K i c kstart
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confi g u ra t i o n f i l e.

• A n o t h e r way to c reate a K i c kstart confi g u ration f i l e is to u s e a text editor a nd t h e

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ksvalid a t o r c o m m a nd to c h e c k for syntax errors.

• T h e ks=ks fil e - loca tion option to t h e A n a c o nda ker n e l specifies w h e re to f i nd

t h e K i c kstart confi g u ra t i o n f i l e. -

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