[Users] kickstarting a vm via http

[Itamar Heim]

On 10/17/2012 11:39 AM, Dan Yasny wrote:
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>> From: "Alex Leonhardt" <alex.tuxx at gmail.com>
>> To: users at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, 16 October, 2012 11:22:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] kickstarting a vm via http
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>> FWIW and in case someone is interested, you can use the following
>> kernel parameters to kickstart from network (without pxe - i'd
>> prefer that, but it's not always an option) :
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>> ks= http://X.X.X.X/ks/ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0 ip=X.X.X.X
>> netmask=255.255.255.0
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> This, afaik, will not work for the VMs, since the params are passed to libvirt, that can't take files from http/s. Have you actually tried this and it worked?

I'm not sure this is blocked for fedora.
also, iirc, you can place them on the iso domain, and use an iso:// notation

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>> it'll require you however to have the kernel & initrd.img files - you
>> can get those from the distro cd / iso (even jus the network
>> install) and put them somewhere, doesnt matter - just reference
>> those files in the "kernel path" and "initrd path" and it'll work ..
>> e.g.
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>> kernel path [ /var/www/html/repo/centos/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz ]
>> initrd path [ /var/www/html/repo/centos/images/pxeboot/initrd.img ]
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>> alex
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>> On 10/16/2012 09:59 PM, Alex Leonhardt wrote:
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>> ok, local path seems to do the trick :)
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>> ta!
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>> On 10/16/2012 08:49 PM, Alex Leonhardt wrote:
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>> hi,
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>> i'm trying to kickstart a new VM using the kernel parameters field,
>> however, when I enter any text in there, it requires me to give a
>> path for the kernel ?? is that deliberate ? if so, should that be
>> the path to the kernel via http:// or on the local filesystem of the
>> node ??
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>> Thanks
>> Alex
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