How to Create A Kickstart File For CentOS/Fedora/RedHat (RHEL)

Instructions

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  First of all you need to install a flavor of Redhat Linux on a system. In the /root dir, there is a file known as “anaconda-ks.cfg”. When you open that file, there are parameters that you typed during your install in the kickstart file.
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  Now, simply use the given below kickstart on your Fedora Installation:
  
  text
  
  install
  
  cdrom
  
  lang en_US.UTF-8
  
  keyboard uk
  
  timezone --utc Europe/London
  
  rootpw  --iscrypted $$nndedddewfooofcerd3r434
  
  selinux --disabled
  
  # Custom user added
  
  user --name=kevinmitnick --groups=users --password=HackThePlanet
  
  authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 --enablefingerprint
  
  firewall --service=ssh
  
  # The following is the partition information you requested
  
  # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
  
  # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
  
  # not guaranteed to work
  
  clearpart --all --drives=sda
  
  ignoredisk --only-use=sda
  
  part /boot --fstype=ext2 --asprimary --size=500
  
  part /OtherOS --fstype=ext4 --asprimary --size=10240
  
  part swap --asprimary --size=2048
  
  part pv.fedora1000 --grow --asprimary --size=500
  
  volgroup fedora --pesize=32768 pv.fedora1000
  
  logvol /centosVM --fstype=ext4 --name=centosVM --vgname=fedora --size=30720
  
  logvol /home --fstype=ext4 --name=home --vgname=fedora --size=81920
  
  logvol / --fstype=ext4 --name=root --vgname=fedora --size=25600
  
  logvol /windowsVM --fstype=ext4 --name=windowsVM --vgname=fedora --size=40960
  
  bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="nomodeset rhgb quiet"
  
  # setup the network with DHCP
  
  network --device=eth0 --bootproto=dhcp
  
  # packages that will be installed, anything starting with an @ sign is a yum package group.
  
  %packages
  
  @admin-tools
  
  @authoring-and-publishing
  
  @base
  
  @core
  
  @development-libs
  
  @development-tools
  
  @dial-up
  
  @editors
  
  @education
  
  @electronic-lab
  
  @engineering-and-scientific
  
  @eclipse
  
  @fedora-packager
  
  @fonts
  
  @gnome-desktop
  
  @gnome-software-development
  
  @graphical-internet
  
  @graphics
  
  @hardware-support
  
  @input-methods
  
  @java
  
  @java-development
  
  @kde-desktop
  
  @kde-software-development
  
  @legacy-fonts
  
  @office
  
  @online-docs
  
  @printing
  
  @sound-and-video
  
  @system-tools
  
  @text-internet
  
  @x-software-development
  
  @base-x
  
  kpackagekit
  
  system-config-network
  
  scribus
  
  xfsprogs
  
  mtools
  
  gpgme
  
  gpm
  
  rpmdevtools
  
  koji
  
  mercurial
  
  lua
  
  pylint
  
  rpmlint
  
  plague-client
  
  cmake
  
  mock
  
  bzr
  
  pptp
  
  kdeedu-marble
  
  minicom
  
  opencv
  
  yum-priorities
  
  plotutils
  
  openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts
  
  qtcurve-gtk2
  
  gvfs-obexftp
  
  glibmm24-devel
  
  gnome-vfs2-devel
  
  libsigc++20-devel
  
  libart_lgpl-devel
  
  kdepim
  
  konversation
  
  ImageMagick
  
  digikam
  
  kipi-plugins
  
  kdegraphics
  
  gypsy
  
  gpsd
  
  hdparm
  
  m17n-db-tamil
  
  m17n-db-gujarati
  
  m17n-db-kannada
  
  m17n-db-hindi
  
  gok
  
  m17n-db-oriya
  
  m17n-db-bengali
  
  m17n-contrib-sinhala
  
  m17n-db-assamese
  
  m17n-db-punjabi
  
  iok
  
  m17n-db-telugu
  
  m17n-db-malayalam
  
  xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi
  
  urw-fonts
  
  ghostscript-fonts
  
  kdepim
  
  vorbis-tools
  
  amarok
  
  jack-audio-connection-kit
  
  kaffeine
  
  kdemultimedia
  
  vbetool
  
  gssdp
  
  geoclue
  
  createrepo
  
  radeontool
  
  PackageKit-command-not-found
  
  obexftp
  
  enca
  
  festival
  
  ntpdate
  
  xsel
  
  gupnp
  
  rdesktop
  
  fuse
  
  ncftp
  
  mesa-libGLU-devel
  
  xorg-x11-apps
  
  xscreensaver-gl-extras
  
  gdm
  
  xscreensaver-extras
  
  xscreensaver-base
  
  xterm
  
  xorg-x11-resutils
  
  gitk
  
  git-gui
  
  dia
  
  tftp
  
  python-crypto
  
  boost-devel
  
  valgrind
  
  subversion
  
  cvs
  
  thunderbird-lightning
  
  python-sqlite2
  
  asciidoc
  
  glibc-static
  
  tcllib
  
  python-psycopg*
  
  ssh*
  
  perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
  
  perl-Net-Telnet
  
  perl-HTML-FromText
  
  libICE.so.6
  
  libSM.so.6
  
  libXmu.so.6
  
  libXp.so.6
  
  libXpm.so.4
  
  libXt.so.6
  
  help2man
  
  cscope
  
  ctags
  
  git
  
  kernel-devel
  
  tftp-server
  
  texlive-latex
  
  texi2html
  
  cmake
  
  transfig
  
  alsa-lib
  
  libXScrnSaver
  
  qt
  
  qt-x11
  
  libasound.so.2
  
  libXss.so.1
  
  libQtDBus.so.4
  
  libQtGui.so.4
  
  pulseaudio
  
  alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
  
  pulseaudio-esound-compat
  
  pulseaudio-libs
  
  pulseaudio-libs-glib2
  
  pulseaudio-module-zeroconf
  
  pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf
  
  xmms-pulse
  
  pulseaudio-module-gconf
  
  wine-pulseaudio
  
  xine-lib-pulseaudio
  
  pulseaudio-utils
  
  pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
  
  padevchooser
  
  paman
  
  paprefs
  
  pavucontrol
  
  pavumeter
  
  ncurses-devel.i686
  
  %end
  
  %post --log=/root/my-post-log
  
  exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3
  
  chvt 3
  
  echo
  
  echo "################################"
  
  echo "# Running Post Configuration   #"
  
  echo "################################"
  
  # prevent future yum updates pulling down & install new kernels (and breaking VMware & video drivers).
  
  echo "exclude=kernel*" >> /etc/yum.conf
  
  # update the system
  
  yum update -y
  
  # install rpm fusion repo
  
  rpm -Uvh \
  
  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm \
  
  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
  
  # disable rpmfusion repo, to prevent a yum update contaminating the system with rpmfusion rpms.
  
  sed -i 's/enabled=1/enabled=0/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-*
  
  # install video drivers - enabling rpmfusion repos on the command line.
  
  yum -y --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free  --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free-updates --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 akmod-nvidia
  
  # start akmods on boot
  
  chkconfig akmods on
  
  # add pcadmin to sudoers
  
  echo "kevinmitnick ALL=(ALL)       ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
  
  # set perms on vmware partitions so users in the users group can create vm's
  
  chown :users /windowsVM && chmod 775 /windowsVM
  
  chown :users /centosVM && chmod 775 /centosVM
  
  # Make sure the system boots X by setting the system to run level 5
  
  sed -i 's/id:3:initdefault:/id:5:initdefault:/g' /etc/inittab
  
  # install openvpn & configure
  
  wget ftp://$host/pub/VPN/OpenVPN/Linux/openvpnclient-custom-settings-1.6-3.i386.rpm
  
  rpm -ivh openvpnclient-custom-settings-1.6-3.i386.rpm
  
  cd /etc/openvpn/
  
  rm client.conf-*
  
  wget ftp://$host/pub/VPN/OpenVPN/Linux/64bit/client.conf-1
  
  mv client.conf-1 client.conf-0
  
  rm -f /openvpnclient-custom-settings-1.6-3.i386.rpm
  
  # add Kevin Mitnick to group users
  
  usermod -a -G users kevinmitnick
  
  # pull down vmware images
  
  cd /windowsVM/
  
  wget --user=magicinstaller --password=hacktheplanet ftp://magicinstaller:fubar@ftp.$host.com/images/windowsVM.tar.gz
  
  tar -xvzf windowsVM.tar.gz
  
  cd /centosVM/
  
  wget --user=magicinstaller --password=hacktheplanet ftp://magicinstaller:fubar@ftp.$host.com/images/centosVM.tar.gz
  
  tar -xvzf centosVM.tar.gz
  
  # create symlink as instructed
  
  cd /usr/lib; ln -s libtinfo.so libtermcap.so.2
  
  # confirm perms are set correctly
  
  chown -R :users /windowsVM && chmod -R 775 /windowsVM
  
  chown -R :users /centosVM && chmod -R 775 /centosVM
  
  # swap to console 1
  
  chvt 1
  
  Note: A kickstart file is basically a very simple text file, consisting of a list of items, each identified by a specific keyword.
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  The above mentioned kickstart file contains various options that need to be adjusted according to your requirement. Therefore, you can remove and add the options, keeping your need in mind.