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osinfo-install-script

OSINFO-INSTALL-SCRIPT.C(1)				      Virtualization Support					OSINFO-INSTALL-SCRIPT.C(1)

NAME

       osinfo-install-script - generate a script for automated installation

SYNOPSIS

       osinfo-install-script [OPTIONS...] OS-ID

DESCRIPTION

       Generate a script suitable for performing an automated installation of "OS-ID". "OS-ID" should be a URI identifying the operating system,
       or its short ID.

       By default a script will be generated for a "JEOS" style install.

OPTIONS

       --profile=NAME
	       Choose the installation script profile. Defaults to "jeos", but can also be "desktop", or a site specific profile name

       --config=key=value
	       Set the configuration parameter "key" to "value".

CONFIGURATION KEYS

       The following configuration keys are available

       "hardware-arch"
	       The hardware architecture

       "l10n-timezone"
	       The local timezone

       "l10n-keyboard"
	       The local keyboard layout

       "l10n-language"
	       The local language

       "admin-password"
	       The administrator password

       "user-password"
	       The user password

       "user-login"
	       The user login name

       "user-realname"
	       The user real name

       "user-autologin"
	       Whether to automatically login the user

       "user-admin"
	       Whether to give the user administrative privileges

       "reg-product-key"
	       The software registration key

       "reg-login"
	       The software registration user login

       "reg-password"
	       The software registration user password

EXAMPLE USAGE

       The following usage generates a Fedora 16 kickstart script

	 # osinfo-install-script 
		--profile jeos 
		--config l10n-timezone=GMT 
		--config l10n-keyboard=uk 
		--config l10n-language=en_GB 
		--config admin-password=123456 
		--config user-login=berrange 
		--config user-password=123456 
		--config user-realname="Daniel P Berrange" 
		fedora16

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status will be 0 if an install script is generated, or 1 on error

AUTHORS

       Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE

       "osinfo-install-script" is distributed under the termsof the GNU LGPL v2 license. This is free software; see the source for copying
       conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

libosinfo-0.2.7 						    2013-04-10						OSINFO-INSTALL-SCRIPT.C(1)