[ale] Set hostname in RHEL 7 kickstart?

[Scott McBrien]

We put down a temporary rc.local at kickstart time that, when executed, runs host name-ctl, the removes itself.

-Scott

> On Apr 30, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:
> 
> In the RHEL7 discussion at RedHat meetup this week they mentioned this issue is addressed in RHEL7.1. 
>  
>  
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Brian Mathis
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 4:17 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Set hostname in RHEL 7 kickstart?
>  
> Set the hostname by making a tmp file with the 'network' kickstart command in the %pre script like this:
>     echo "network --device=ens192 --hostname=${HOSTNAME}" > /tmp/ks-network-hostname
> then include that file in the kickstart commands section of the file like this:
>     %include /tmp/ks-network-hostname
> 
> Overwriting the files like you're doing is a blunt instrument and is sure to fail at some point (like you're seeing).  Use the kickstart commands as much as possible so anaconda can do the right thing.  I also treat every major release as a *major* release, which requires a complete review and rewrite to adapt to whatever changes were made.
> 
> 
> ❧ Brian Mathis
> @orev
>  
> 
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 2:53 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a post script to set network configurations that gets used in all of my kickstarts:
>  
> ```
> exec 6<&1
> exec > /etc/sysconfig/network
> cat <<HERE_DOC
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME
> GATEWAY=$GATEWAY
> HERE_DOC
> exec 1<&6
> ```
>  
> Works great with RHEL 5/6, but since RHEL 7 switched to systemd not so much (due to hostnamectl [a totally unnecessary change]). According to the documentation[1], I should only have to put my hostname in `/etc/hostname`. So I added this to my post script:
>  
> ```
> cat /etc/redhat-release 1>/dev/null | grep "release 7"
> if [ \$? -eq 0 ]; then
> # RHEL 7
> echo "Enabling RHEL 7 hostname"
> exec 6<&1
> exec > /etc/hostname
> cat <<HERE_DOC
> $HOSTNAME
> HERE_DOC
> exec 1<&6
> fi
> ```
>  
> The "Enabling RHEL 7 hostname" doesn't get written to the kickstart post log, and the hostname doesn't get written to `/etc/hostname`.
>  
> Does anyone have a method for doing this?
>  
> [1] -- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Migration_Planning_Guide/sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management.html#sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-System_Management-Hostname_Definition
>  
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