- INTRODUCTION: Overview of the starting point for this install, and reasons why to do it.
- STEP 1 – clone an existing “minimal” VM (or build one).
- STEP 2 – prepare to install/config PXE/RepoSync/RepoTrack (load software packages).
- STEP 3 – add/config a 2nd virtual hard disk for the repo files.
- STEP 4 – CONFIG RepoSync/RepoTrack to support multiple OS Distros, Releases, and Architectures.
- STEP 5 – configure an EXCLUDE LINE for YUM CONFIG files
- STEP 6 – build REPOSYNC commands for SCRIPT “rs-c7x64-update.sh”
- STEP 7 – CREATE /etc/yum.repos.d/c7x64.repo for the CentOS 7 64-bit REPOSYNC CLIENTS
- STEP 8 – CREATE /etc/yum.repos.d/c7x32.repo for the CentOS 7 32-bit REPOSYNC CLIENTS
- STEP 9 – ENABLE and CONFIGURE PXE (uses vmware dhcp; does not require CentOS NTP/DHCP/DNS/vsftd/xinetd)
- STEP 10 – Create a PXE BOOT MENU
- STEP 11 – create the kickstart files referenced by the PXE Boot menu:
- STEP 12 – Put the required PXE client boot files in place.
- STEP 13 – Provide PXE boot server info to DHCP clients, via VMware Fusion vnet config (not a CentOS DHCP server).
- STEP 14 – Test PXE Boot and Kickstart installation.
- SIDEBAR 1 – Alternate ways to provide PXE BOOT IMAGES to clients (a brief summary)
- SIDEBAR 2 – Optional NFS SHARE: convenient for exploring repo contents from a gui desktop VM.
- SIDEBAR 3 – PXE client note re memory: the boot image uses a ramdisk.
Sooner or later planning degenerates into work.
