| Link | Description | thanks to |
|---|---|---|
| AutoYaST-ing at home | Tutorial about ayast_setup and how to use AutoYaST for more than installation | Bubli |
| Meet and Greet with AutoYaST | Tutorial about the very basic steps. If you never used AutoYaST, this is for you | me |
| y2confirm | Tutorial about debugging AutoYaST Installations | me |
| y2confirm part 2 | Tutorial about debugging AutoYaST Installations | me |
| SLES11 add-on's | Tutorial about adding own RPMs to a SLES11 installation | me |
| AutoYaST and it's Tools | A brief overview of AutoYaST tools | me |
| SLE Deployment Guide | a PDF about deployment on SLE | Novell |
| Cobbler on openSUSE | a blogpost about setting up and using cobbler on openSUSE | me |
| Unattended Upgrade with AutoYaST | blogpost about how to do upgrades with AutoYaST | me |
| AutoYaST Flowchart | blogpost about the AutoYaST installation workflow | me |
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| unpackRoot | unpacks the root image of an installation system |
| unpackInitrd | unpacks the initrd image of a >= SUSE Linux 10.0 system |
| packInitrd | packs the current directory to an initrd image of a >= SUSE Linux 10.0 system |
| unpackDriverUpdate | unpacks a driverupdate image |
| packDriverUpdate | packs a driverupdate image |
| create_update_source.sh Version post openSUSE 11.1 |
creates an update tree on the installation source in parallel of the actual
installation tree. Usage example: Suppose the source resides in myInstallSource cd myOriginalSUSE_InstallSource ./create_update_source.sh . mkdir -p ./updates/suse/i586 cp -a myPackage-2.3.44.5-6.i586.rpm ./updates/suse/i586 cd updates/suse create_package_descr -x setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV cd setup/descr ls > directory.yast # the following two steps are required since openSUSE 11.0 cd ../../.. create_sha1sums -x -n . create_package_descr is part of the autoyast2-utils.rpm (inst-source-utils.rpm since 10.2 and SLES10-SP1) create_update_source.sh is part of inst-source-utils.rpm since 10.2 and SLES10-SP1 create_sha1sums is part of inst-source-utils.rpm since openSUSE 11.0 |
| create_package_descr |
latest version of create_package_descr create_package_descr is part of autoyast2-utils.rpm or inst-source-utils.rpm check the new parameter -C to create package checksums |
| create_sha1sums |
create_sha1sums is part of inst-source-utils.rpm since openSUSE 11.0 |
| ayast_setup.ycp Version 2.18.9 |
this client can be called from a running system,
to do the autoyast configuration. You have to provide a profile and autoyast will configure your system like in the profile. Only stage2 configuration can be done. yast2 ./ayast_setup.ycp setup filename=/tmp/my.xml ayast_setup.ycp is part of the autoyast2 RPM since 10.3 If it's installed via RPM you can call it like this: yast2 ayast_setup setup filename=/tmp/my.xml yast2 ayast_setup setup help Example for remote usage: ssh --batch MyClient \ "screen -D -m yast /usr/share/YaST2/clients/ayast_setup.ycp \ setup filename=/tmp/printer.xml" |