Hello.
I'm setting up the environment for unattended install of XCP 1.6 via
PXE. It is supposed to be used to deploy XCP 1.6 on a number of remote
boxes. Generally, it works in a wonderful way, but i have some doubts
about the answers file.
I'm using this reference:
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.0.0/1.0/en_gb/installation.html#pxe_boot_install
1. <root-password>mypassword</root-password>
XML answers file is plain, published on a (even private) web server.
Putting a plain root password there seems not to be that good idea. Is
it possible to specify the password's hash, instead of plain?
2. <admin-interface name="eth0" />
Sometimes the interfaces are detected in different order. Is it possible
to specify the interface by something else, instead of it's name? MAC
address, for example?
I could try to play around with <script stage="filesystem-populated">:
find the desired interface, rename it to something very specific and use
that name as admin-interface, but i wish to avoid that complexity, if
possible.
I have found this question asked elswhere, but not answered.
3. <primary-disk>sda</primary-disk>
Same applies to primary-disk, the order of detection may vary. Is there
any other way to refer the target disk, beside it's name? Like names
from /dev/disk/by-id.
Also, it could be nice to use specific IDs in order to prevent a
accidental disk wipe, since the install is fully automated.
Thank you.
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Alexandre Kouznetsov
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