NAME¶
fai-make-nfsroot - create the FAI nfsroot directory
SYNOPSIS¶
fai-make-nfsroot [
options]
DESCRIPTION¶
Create the FAI nfsroot directory as pointed by $NFSROOT in the config_file. This
directory is necessary for the installation of Debian on remote clients using
the FAI package. The config_file location is discussed in the OPTIONS below.
The exit code returned is 0 if all commands to build the root directory exited
successfully and >0 if an error occurs.
OPTIONS¶
- -a
- Adjust a generic nfsroot. Add resolv.conf, add host entries, set the root
password.
- -B BASETGZ
- Use specified BASETGZ file as base.tgz (or base.tar.gz, base.tar.xz,
base.txz) for the nfsroot. This avoids calling debootstrap and therefore
reduces the buildtime for the nfsroot.
- -C CFDIR
- Use CFDIR as configuration directory. Default is /etc/fai. You can also
set the environment variable FAI_ETC_DIR.
- -f
- Force overwriting an existing nfsroot. By default fai-make-nfsroot aborts
if the configuration variable NFSROOT points to a directory which already
exists. To force overwriting (and therefore rebuilding) the existing
nfsroot use this option. This option is supported starting with FAI 4.0.
Note: To update and therefore preserve an existing nfsroot see option
-k.
- -g
- Create a generic nfsroot. Remove most install server specific data from
nfsroot. See also -a.
- -K
- Remove all kernels from NFSROOT. This is the same as calling aptitude
purge ~nlinux-image inside the nfsroot.
- -k
- Install additional packages defined in /etc/fai/NFSROOT into the nfsroot.
Also copies all kernels from the nfsroot to the directory $TFTPROOT.
- -l
- Create a nfsroot using live/filesystem.dir subdirectory. This is needed if
the initrd of the kernel is created by the live-boot package.
- -p
- Preserve ssh keys. This will preserve the whole .ssh directory of the root
account inside the nfsroot.
- -v
- Create verbose output on stdout.
- -h
- Show simple help.
NOTES¶
If you do not use NFS, you may still use the NFSROOT directory as a staging
point for building the base installation tarball.
SEE ALSO¶
exports(5),
nfsd(8),
fai-setup(8)
This program is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). See the FAI manual
for more information on how to use fai-make-nfsroot. The FAI homepage is
http://fai-project.org.
FILES¶
- /etc/fai/fai.conf
- The FAI configuration file.
- /etc/fai/nfsroot.conf
- The configuration file for fai-make-nfsroot.
- /etc/fai/nfsroot-hooks/
- Directory containing shell scripts to be sourced at the end of
fai-make-nfsroot for additional configuration of the nfsroot. Can be
changed with NFSROOT_HOOKS.
- /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
- Copy this file to the NFSROOT.
- /etc/fai/apt/keys/*.asc
- Repository keys in .asc format found here will be installed into the
NFSROOT.
AUTHOR¶
Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>