Tips & Tricks¶
This page is a collection of useful bits of information that are neither FAQ or Troubleshooting.
- Tips & Tricks
- General Tips
- Extending the partition layout for a host
- Redhat-based Tips
- Debian-based Tips
- Tips for other OSes
General Tips¶
- Generating provisioning email reports - http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Provisioning_Email_Reports
- Provisioning without PXE
Extending the partition layout for a host¶
If you need to extend a partition layout for a host you could load the preexisting layout in the "Custom partition layout" section:
<%= pxe_render(Ptable.find_by_name('RedHat Default').layout) %>
logvol /var --fstype ext4 --name=lv_var --vgname=vg00 --size=4096
logvol /opt --fstype ext4 --name=lv_opt --vgname=vg00 --size=512
Redhat-based Tips¶
Debian-based Tips¶
- Using apt-cacher-ng to cache packages - http://www.emeraldreverie.org/2012/05/caching-packages-with-theforeman.html
Tips for other OSes¶
- Automated Archlinux installs (coming soon ;P)
