Deploying Debian GNU/Linux with ICE-Linux

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The Debian GNU/LINUX Distribution..................................................................................................... 2

Debian Mirrors.................................................................................................................................... 2

Debian Distribution .............................................................................................................................. 3

Debian Install Media............................................................................................................................ 3

Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................ 4

Modifying Installation Packages......................................................................................................... 4

Root Login....................................................................................................................................... 5

Providing PSP-like Support................................................................................................................. 5

Using the HP SIM – ICE-Linux Plug-In to Install Debian .............................................................................. 5

Step 1: Add a Debian 4.0 Source to Your Repository........................................................................... 6

Step 2: Copy or Move the Debian ISO Images into the Directory........................................................... 6

Step 3: Create Directories and Copy ISO Images ................................................................................ 6

Step 4: Download the Debian Installer................................................................................................ 7

Step 5: Enable the Debian Installer to Accept a MAC Address .............................................................. 8

Step 6: Create the preseed.cfg Configuration File................................................................................ 9

Step 7: Create Archive for the Kernel ................................................................................................. 9

Step 8: Modify ICE-Linux JBOSS Web Server ...................................................................................... 9

Step 9: Add Debian 4.0 Installation Configuration File....................................................................... 10

Step 10: Create a Default Custom OS Configuration File.................................................................... 11

Step 11: Create Agentless Installation Association Configuration Script ................................................ 13

Step 12: Installing Debian4-i386 on a Target System ......................................................................... 15

For more information.......................................................................................................................... 17

Summary of content (17 pages)

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Deploying Debian GNU/Linux with ICE-Linux White Paper The Debian GNU/LINUX Distribution ..................................................................................................... 2 Debian Mirrors .................................................................................................................................... 2 Debian Distribution ..............................................................................................................................
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The Debian GNU/LINUX Distribution Debian® GNU/Linux is a collection of GNU applications compiled and distributed with the Linux® kernel. Together they are called a dist, or distribution, of the Linux operating system. Debian GNU/Linux is unique. It is among the most complex of the Linux distributions because of its flexibility in providing distributions for other hardware architectures and operating system kernels.
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Debian Distribution Initially, Debian did not have an installer. You needed to use another operating system to partition and format a hard disk, copy files to it, install a boot loader, and reboot. As of version 3.0 Debian has a new installer, d-i for Debian Installer. It comes in several forms, but is essentially a kernel, an initial RAM disk image, and a program named Anna.
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ISO media is by far the simpler and more efficient way to get what you want in the smallest amount of time possible. Note that a complete set of ISO media entails the entire set of packages defined to be part of a version and release; it can be quite large. At present, Debian 4.0r3 contains over 18,000 packages. The CD-ROM ISO media is spread across 22 ISO images. The DVD ISO media is spread across 3 ISO images. The size of a complete set of ISO images is about 4.5 GB for each DVD, or 13.5 GB total.
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Some users might prefer to use the new aptitude package browsing, search, and installation tool for picking individual or related groups of packages and resolving dependencies automatically. Root Login By default, the Gnome desktop does not allow the root user to login from the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) console. You must login as the user student with password student, then proceed to elevate your privilege level to root using su or sudo.
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Step 11: Create Agentless Installation Association Configuration Script Step 12: Installing Debian4-i386 on a Target System Step 1: Add a Debian 4.0 Source to Your Repository Use the following procedure to add a Debian 4.0 source to your repository. 1. If your /opt/repository/custom directory is mounted from an NFS share, unmount it. 2. Use either BitTorrent or Jigdo to collect the three DVD ISO images for Debian 4.0. 3. Start HP SIM. 4. Select the HP SIM Options →Manage ICE-Linux Repository... menu item.
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# mkdir cdrom ; mkdir DVD{1,2,3} 3. Mount the first DVD: # mount -o loop debian-40r3-i386-DVD-1.iso cdrom 4. Copy the contents of the DVD into the DVD1 directory: # cp -ar cdrom/* DVD1 5. Unmount the first DVD: # umount cdrom 6. Mount the second DVD: # mount -o loop debian-40r3-i386-DVD-2.iso cdrom 7. Copy the contents of the DVD into the DVD2 directory: # cp -ar cdrom/* DVD2 8. Unmount the second DVD: # umount cdrom 9. Mount the third DVD: # mount -o loop debian-40r3-i386-DVD-3.iso cdrom 10.
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# wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installeri386/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/i386/linux # wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installeri386/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz Step 5: Enable the Debian Installer to Accept a MAC Address Typically, a server has many network interfaces. The Debian installer expects a kernel name for the Ethernet interface to use for installation.
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exec $init 5. Save the macfinder file and exit the text editor. Step 6: Create the preseed.cfg Configuration File In this section you create a precursor preseed configuration file. 1. Invoke the text editor of your choice. 2. Copy the following text.
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does not need to run on port 80 if the URL addresses in these scripts are appended with colon and port 60000, the JBoss web server default port). Use the following procedure: 1. Stop HP SIM with the mxstop command. 2. Use the text editor of your choice to edit the /opt/mx/jboss/server/icle/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/server.xml file. 3. Locate the specification for Connector Port 60000 as shown here:
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5. Select Custom OS for the Operating Systems menu. 6. Select Save. 7. Select Ok. Step 10: Create a Default Custom OS Configuration File Use the following procedure to create the default OS configuration file for Debian4-i386. 1. Determine the HP SIM server that provides service to the target system you want to install Debian on. Determine the (numeric) IP address of the Ethernet port of that HP SIM server. You will need the IP address in step 5. 2.
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# apt ########################################### d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string debian-40r3-i386-DVD-1 d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http://HP_SIM_Server_IP_Address/custom/ Debian4-i386/DVD1/debian stable main (continued from previous line) d-i apt-setup/local1/comment d-i apt-setup/local1/repository Debian4-i386/DVD2/debian stable string debian-40r3-i386-DVD-2 string http://HP_SIM_Server_IP_Address/custom/ main (continued from previous line) d-i apt-setup/local2/comment d-i apt-setup/local
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5. Edit the five instances of HP_SIM_Server_IP_Address, replacing it with the IP address of the HP SIM Console Management Server (CMS) you obtained in step 1; these instances are highlighted to help you locate them. 6. Edit the four instances of continued lines. Ensure that the second of the two lines is joined with the first and remove the text (continued from previous line). 7. Save the file and exit the text editor.
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set `dmidecode | grep "Product ID"` ProductID=${5:0:6} set `dmidecode | grep "Serial Number"` SerialNum=${3:0:11} ########################################### # # Make some Info for HP SIM # HostGUID=$ProductID$SerialNum ########################################### # Determine OS for HP SIM # osname="Debian 4.0 r3 $arch" ########################################### # # Assign the OID Info # cat < /etc/snmp/CntlrAgentLocation.sh #!/bin/sh echo .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.9.2.2.10.
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echo string echo "$osname" EOF6 chmod chmod chmod chmod chmod +x +x +x +x +x /etc/snmp/CntlrAgentLocation.sh /etc/snmp/ProductName.sh /etc/snmp/MibStatusArray.sh /etc/snmp/HostGUID.sh /etc/snmp/OsName.sh ########################################### # # Configure SNMP to serve the Info # ########################################### # # HP SIM address # HPSIM="HP_SIM_Server_IP_Address" cat - /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf < /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.
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You will need the following information before you begin: • The (numeric) IP address of the Ethernet port of the HP SIM server. Note: Sometimes the system does not obtain a HCP addvalid Dress the first time the system is booted. In this case, reboot the system to obtain a valid DHCP address. • The MAC address of the target managed system.
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