Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

Appendix B 221
Using Configuration Files
Introduction
Introduction
The Ignite-UX central data store is called a config file. A config file can be
thought of as a recipe for how to construct a target system. The config file
is expressed in a language designed for this purpose. The language is
fully defined in the instl_adm(4) manual page. The syntax is
human-readable; config files may be created directly by a user or via the
Ignite-UX graphical user interface. The config file language is much like
many programming languages in that it supports the use of variables
and conditional expressions.
Most of the important elements which make up an installed system can
be described in the config file, as follows:
• Disk and file system layout.
• Software to be installed.
• The target system hardware identity and network configuration.
• Kernel modifications (additional drivers or tunable parameter
settings).
• User-defined scripts which will run at various points in the
installation process to further customize the target machine.