SystemImager
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v4.0.2 Manual
Andrea Righi
Ari Jort
Austin Gonyou
Ben Spade
Brian Elliott Finley
Curtis Zinzilieta
Dann Frazier
Denise Walters
Greg Pratt
Jason R. Mastaler
Josh Aas
Legal Notice
Table of Contents
Introduction to SystemImager
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SystemImager Overview
Who Should Use This Guide
How SystemImager Works
Supported Distributions
System Requirements
Glossary of Terms
Installing SystemImager
How Does it Work?
Obtaining SystemImager
Selecting A Machine To Use As An Image Server
Installing an Image Server
Selecting A Machine To Use As A Golden Client
Creating an Image on the Golden Client
Installing SystemImager Client Software on a Golden Client
Creating an Image from scratch
Upgrading SystemImager
Regenerating autoinstallscripts
Migrating Customizations of the /etc/systemimager/rsyncd.conf file to SystemImager 3.0.0
Regenerating boot media
What happened to the binary tarballs?
Using SystemImager
Installation Procedures Overview
Detailed Installation Instructions
SystemImager Tools
HOWTO Use BitTorrent for peer-to-peer Installs
Install SystemImager v3.7.4 or higher.
Configure the BitTorrent transport on the image server.
Configure the clients to use the BitTorrent transport.
Important notes
A Detailed Walk Through the Process
See also
HOWTO Use Flamethrower for Multicast Installs
Install SystemImager v3.2.x or higher
Install the
Flamethrower
Package and its Dependencies
Run si_getimage, si_mvimage, or si_cpimage
Start up your Flamethrower daemon
Tell your autoinstall clients to use Flamethrower
Autoinstall your clients!
A Detailed Walk Through the Process
See also
HOWTO Use OpenSSH for Secure Installs
Using OpenSSH for Secure Installs (requires SystemImager v3.8.x or higher)
Image server configuration
Client-driven approach
Configure the clients to use SSH transport (client-driven)
Server-driven approach
Configure the clients to use the SSH transport (server-driven)
Wait that the clients become ready to accept SSH connection
Monitoring clients installation with SystemImager
Overview
Setting up the monitor server
Enabling clients to send monitoring data
Troubleshooting
Clients do not appear
I've not a X server to see si_monitortk interface...
HOWTO Distribute configuration file across a SystemImager cluster
Install SystemImager v3.9.4 or higher.
Overview
Define the cluster topology
A simple example
See also
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
See also
Troubleshooting
What is the "ETHER_SLEEP" variable, and when should I adjust it?
si_getimage
fails with a "Failed to retrieve
/etc/systemimager/mounted_filesystems
from <golden client>" message.
My client autoinstallation/update hangs, crashes, or is ridiculously slow.
My autoinstallcd doesn't boot.
My client failed to autoinstall, and when I run an
rsync
command on it manually, it takes forever for the image server to respond.
My client fails with the error:
"chroot: cannot execute systemconfigurator: No such file or directory"
My client completes the autoinstall process successfully, but I get an "Invalid Partition Table" error upon reboot, and Linux never boots.
See also
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Introduction to SystemImager
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