Hi, Jan,
jan damborsky ??:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
>
> On 03/31/09 11:39, Jeffrey Huang wrote:
>> Hi, Joe and Jan,
>>
>> Joseph J VLcek ??:
>>> jan damborsky wrote:
>>>> There is a request from QE team as well as from users to allow
>>>> process of installation to be observed remotely. For LiveCD case,
>>>> this requirement was satisfied by fix for bug 6431 which introduced
>>>> support for new configuration parameter 'livessh'. Is set to 'enable',
>>>> ssh access is enabled to LiveCD environment.
>>>> The same feature should be available for Automated Installation.
>>>>
>>>> Also, there is a need to be able to run the Automated Installer
>>>> in debug verbose mode in cases when more information about
>>>> installation process is desired - for instance when there is
>>>> a failure to be evaluated or during testing.
>>>>
>>>> Based on this, there would be two parts to address those
>>>> requirements:
>>>>
>>>> [1] enable ssh for AI
>>>> ---------------------
>>>> The suggestion is to take advantage of 'livessh' option introduced
>>>> for LiveCD. If set to 'enable', AI would allow remote access
>>>> using ssh by running following commands during boot:
>>>>
>>>> * generate ssh keys
>>>> # /lib/svc/method/sshd -c
>>>>
>>>> * enable ssh SMF service
>>>> # /usr/sbin/svcadm enable network/ssh
>>>>
>>>> [2] Enable debug verbose mode for Automated Installer
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>> New option 'install_debug' would be introduced. If set
>>>> to 'enable', AI engine would be run in verbose debug
>>>> mode providing more information about installation process
>>>> (captured in standard /tmp/install_log file).
>>>>
>>>> For x86, option would be defined in GRUB menu.lst file,
>>>> it would be looked up in install.conf file for Sparc.
>>>>
>>>> Known Issues:
>>>> -------------
>>>> Different mechanisms are used for x86 & Sparc - both have
>>>> some disadvantages - please see bug 7789 for more details.
>>>> Once bug 7789 is fixed, unified approach will be used
>>>> for passing parameters for both architectures.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know, if you think the proposal should be modified
>>>> or different approach should be taken.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>> Jan
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Hey Jan,
>>>
>>> Just to ensure it is understood:
>>>
>>> By selecting the LiveMedia GRUB entry: "Enable SSH", in addition to
>>> enabling SSH, the defaults will automatically be chosen for the 2
>>> language questions and they will not be prompted for when booting
>>> LiveMedia.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is the proposed fix for bug 7789 to use a new file for passing
>>> install configuration parameters to both SPARC and x86 AI clients? If
>>> so will the X86 AI client present an "Enable SSH" GRUB option?
>>>
>>> I think if the configuration file, proposed for fixing bug 7789,
>>> contains a flag to "Enable SSH" then no GRUB entry should be
>>> presented by the AI Client. The AI client should just boot with SSH
>>> enabled.
>>>
>>> This would mean that the test folks could configure an AI service
>>> that would provide the SSH enabled functionality. This would be
>>> different from how their tests enable SSH for LiveMedia but I suspect
>>> very workable.
>> I think this is workable. From AI view, as long as I could configure a
>> service that
>> enable ssh, it doesn't matter how the client get this option, either
>> from grub, or
>> from a configure file httped from the server.
>
>
> Speaking about mechanism how to set those options, it will need to
> be done manually at the time being - by editing menu.lst or install.conf
> file.
I think manually adding is also fine.
Thanks
> Introducing user interface for adding user options to configuration
> files are out of the scope of this bug. The reason is that it would
> have to be reimplemented when bug 7789 is to be fixed, so I think
> it might be better to do it once as part of redesign of configuration
> files. Please let me know if it might be acceptable approach before
> 7789 is fixed.
>
> Thank you,
> Jan
>
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