* Made good progress on the PXE server envrionment PoC (reflected in notes, and the various script and pxe files).

* Finished (for now) scripts/plan_partitions and 'default' BIOS-based PXE menu.
* Striker kickstart script is close to done, save for a permission issue running the %pre script still being debugged.

Signed-off-by: Digimer <digimer@alteeve.ca>

notes

@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@ subnet 10.1.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
 
 # NOTE: We DON'T enable DHCP. We'll turn it on as needed.
 
+# NOTE: Apache needs to show dot-files! (anaconda looks for .treeinfo)
+====
+[root@f28-striker01 conf.d]# pwd
+/etc/httpd/conf.d
+[root@f28-striker01 conf.d]# diff -u autoindex.conf.original autoindex.conf
+--- autoindex.conf.original	2018-10-13 03:37:00.084687783 -0400
++++ autoindex.conf	2018-10-13 03:37:41.479635314 -0400
+@@ -89,5 +89,6 @@
+ # IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
+ # and not include in the listing.  Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
+ #
+-IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t
++#IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t
++IndexIgnore *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t
+====
+
 systemctl start tftp.socket
 systemctl enable tftp.socket
 

pxe/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

@@ -1,9 +1,67 @@
+# Tradional BIOS based PXE menu
+# 
+# Useful docs;
+# - https://anaconda-installer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boot-options.html
+# - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/installation_guide/chap-anaconda-boot-options
+#
+# Notes:
+# - Use the 'vmlinuz' and 'initrd.img' from the Netinstall ISO. The others don't find the NIC, so can't net install.
+#
+# Use the high-colour menu system.
 default vesamenu.c32
-prompt 1
-timeout 600
 
-label linux
+# Time out and use the default menu option. Defined as tenths of a second.
-menu label ^Install Anvil! M3 - Striker
+TIMEOUT 600
+
+# Prompt the user. Set to '1' to automatically choose the default option. This
+# is really meant for files matched to MAC addresses.
+PROMPT 0
+
+# Set the boot menu to be 1024x768 with a nice background image. Be careful to
+# ensure that all your user's can see this resolution! Default is 640x480.
+MENU RESOLUTION 1024 768
+
+# The background image
+MENU BACKGROUND splash.jpg
+
+MENU TITLE    Anvil! - Install Target Menu
+
+# Below, the hash (#) character is replaced with the countdown timer. The
+# '{,s}' allows for pluralizing a word and is used when the value is >= '2'.
+MENU AUTOBOOT Will boot the next device as configured in your BIOS in # second{,s}.
+MENU TABMSG   Press the <tab> key to edit the boot parameters of the highlighted option.
+MENU NOTABMSG Editing of this option is disabled.
+
+# inst.repo is the image of the install media, looks for .treeinfo
+
+
+label fedora
+menu label Install ^Fedora 28 64-bit
+kernel fedora28/vmlinuz
+append initrd=fedora28/initrd.img root=live:http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/images/install.img
+
+label striker
+menu label Install a ^Striker dashboard (Fedora 28)
 menu default
 kernel fedora28/vmlinuz
-append initrd=fedora28/initrd.img inst.stage2=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/iso/ ip=dhcp ks=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/kickstart/striker.ks
+append initrd=fedora28/initrd.img root=live:http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/images/install.img inst.stage2=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/ ip=dhcp inst.ks=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/kickstart/striker.ks inst.sshd rd.debug
+
+label node
+menu label Install a Anvil! ^Node (Fedora 28)
+kernel fedora28/vmlinuz
+append initrd=fedora28/initrd.img root=live:http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/images/install.img inst.stage2=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/ ip=dhcp inst.ks=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/kickstart/node.ks inst.sshd rd.debug
+
+label node
+menu label Install a ^Disaster Recover Host (Fedora 28)
+kernel fedora28/vmlinuz
+append initrd=fedora28/initrd.img root=live:http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/images/install.img inst.stage2=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/ ip=dhcp inst.ks=http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/kickstart/dr.ks inst.sshd rd.debug
+
+label rescue
+menu label ^Rescue installed system
+kernel fedora28/vmlinuz
+append initrd=fedora28initrd.img ip=dhcp root=live:http://10.1.4.1/fedora28/x86_64/os/LiveOS/squashfs.img rescue
+
+label next
+#menu default
+menu label Boot from Next ^Boot Device
+localboot 0xffff

scripts/plan_partitions

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+# Set to '1' for verbose output 
 my $debug = 0;
-my $type  = defined $ARGV[0] ? $ARGV[0] : "";
+
-#print "Type: [".$type."]\n";
+### NOTE: This must be set to 'striker', 'node' or 'dr' when incorporated into a kickstart %pre script!
+my $type  = "";
 if ($type =~ /striker/i)
 {
 	print "Finding install drive for a Striker dashboard.\n";
@@ -37,8 +39,11 @@ elsif ($type =~ /dr/i)
 }
 else
 {
-	print "Error: Target type not specified.\n";
+	print "
-	print "Usage: ".$0." [striker,node,dr]\n";
+Error: Target type not specified.
+Be sure that '\$type' is set to 'striker', 'node' or 'dr' in the \%pre section 
+of the kickstart script
+";
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +60,9 @@ foreach my $line (split/\n/, $lsblk)
 	print __LINE__."; [ Debug ] - lsblk: [".$line."]\n" if $debug;
 	my ($path, $removable, $hotplug, $type, $size, $transport, $rotational) = ($line =~ /NAME="(.*?)" RM="(\d)" HOTPLUG="(\d)" TYPE="(.*?)" SIZE="(\d+)" TRAN="(.*?)" ROTA="(\d)"/);
 	print __LINE__."; [ Debug ] - Device: [".$path."], type: [".$type."], remvoable? [".$removable."], hotplug? [".$hotplug."], rotational? [".$rotational."], transport: [".$transport."], size: [".$size."]\n" if $debug;
+	# Skip 'zramX' devices
+	next if ($path =~ /^\/dev\/zram\d/);
+	# Skip removable disks and anything that just isn't a disk at all.
 	next if (($removable) or ($hotplug) or ($type ne "disk"));
 	$device->{$path} = {
 		type       => $type,
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ if (not $use_drive)
 }
 
 # Finally, we've got our output.
-my $partition_file = "/tmp/partition_plan";
+my $partition_file = "/tmp/plan_partitions.out";
 my $partition_body = "zerombr
 clearpart --all --drives=".$use_drive."
 ignoredisk --only-use=".$use_drive."
@@ -182,27 +190,36 @@ bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=".$use_drive." --boot-drive=".$use_drive.
 
 part  biosboot --fstype=biosboot --size=1
 part  /boot    --fstype=ext4     --size=1024  --asprimary --ondisk=".$use_drive."
-part  swap     --fstype=swap     --size=4096  --asprimary --ondisk=".$use_drive."
+part  swap     --fstype=swap     --size=4096  --asprimary --ondisk=".$use_drive;
-";
 if ($type eq "striker")
 {
-	$partition_body = "
+	$partition_body .= "
 part  /        --fstype xfs      --size=100   --asprimary --ondisk=".$use_drive." --grow
 ";
 }
 else
 {
-	$partition_body = "
+	$partition_body .= "
 part  /        --fstype xfs      --size=100   --asprimary --ondisk=".$use_drive."
 ";
 }
-
+print __LINE__."; [ Debug ] - partition_body: [".$partition_body."]\n" if $debug;
 print "Writing out the partition plan to: [".$partition_file."]\n";
-#print __LINE__."; [ Debug ] - partition_body: [".$partition_body."]\n" if $debug;
-print __LINE__."; [ Debug ] - partition_body: [".$partition_body."]\n";
 
+# Write it to the temp file that the kickstart's %include will look for.
+my $shell_call = $partition_file;
+print __LINE__."; [ Debug ] - shell_call: [".$shell_call."]\n" if $debug;
+open (my $file_handle, ">", $shell_call) or die "Failed to write: [".$shell_call."], the error was: ".$!."\n";
+print $file_handle $partition_body;
+close $file_handle;
+print "Completed successfully, exiting.\n";
+
+# We're done.
 exit(0);
 
+
+### Functions
+# Make the size easier to read for users
 sub hr_size
 {
 	my ($size) = @_;