Hi,

for this to work one would need to implement XenServer as an operating system into Foreman. I did start this:
https://github.com/mmoll/foreman/tree/xenserver_os
https://github.com/mmoll/community-templates/tree/xenserver
However, I lack the time finishing this. If you want to pick this up, it would be greatly appreciated!

I tried today with this but there seems to be some issue.

First when I provided the kickstart the token prepared but the kernel and the image file copied to /var/lib/tftpd is empty its not copying from the url I gave.

After I copied the xen.gz and the kernel / image manually to /var/lib/tftpd then it started to kicktstart but it fails because the anwserfile seems to be issue.

Below is from the foreman
/unattended/provision?token=15a27f21-07c6-41c2-b23f-df3bafae61c9

append xen.gz(copied manually) dom0_max_vcpus=4 dom0_mem=752M com1=115200,8n1 console=com1,vga --- boot/XenServer-6.5-x86_64-vmlinuz xencons=hvc console=hvc0 console=tty0 answerfile=http://kickboxer.las.collab.net:80/unattended/provision?token=15a27f21-07c6-41c2-b23f-df3bafae61c9 install --- boot/XenServer-6.5-x86_64-initrd.img

<installation mode="fresh" srtype="lvm">
<primary-disk gueststorage="yes">sda</primary-disk>
<keymap>en</keymap>
<hostname>xenserver001</hostname>
<root-password type="hash">$5$CQ0R4MM7$qdZvQ.cRPAhzLnCcBR8WeHZmdYvuhyk2ai.krcqm479</root-password>
<source type=""></source> (Its not appending the source file path)
<admin-interface name="xenserver001.xx.xx.net" proto="static">
<ip>10.202.200.101</ip>
<subnet-mask>255.255.255.0</subnet-mask>
<gateway>10.202.200.1</gateway>
</admin-interface>
<name-server>8.8.8.8</name-server>
<name-server>8.8.4.4</name-server>
<ntp-server>pool.ntp.org</ntp-server>
<timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
<time-config-method>ntp</time-config-method>
<script stage="installation-complete" type="url">
http://foreman.xx.net:80/unattended/finish?token=15a27f21-07c6-41c2-b23f-df3bafae61c9
</script>
</installation>

I find some clue after a troubleshoot.

On foreman while creating the Installation Media and Operating system Which Operating system family should I have to choose if I choose redhat / debian family it looks the file on that order.

E, [2016-01-04T22:19:58.560662 #4968] ERROR -- : TFTP: Failed to fetch boot file: Permission denied - /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/XenServer-6.5-x86_64-linux
E, [2016-01-04T22:20:53.414445 #4968] ERROR -- : [6610] http://opsyum.collab.net/Xen65/dists//main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux:

Because of the family it checking the file on that particular location of file.

Keerthiraja SJ wrote:

I find some clue after a troubleshoot.

On foreman while creating the Installation Media and Operating system Which Operating system family should I have to choose if I choose redhat / debian family it looks the file on that order.

E, [2016-01-04T22:19:58.560662 #4968] ERROR -- : TFTP: Failed to fetch boot file: Permission denied - /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/XenServer-6.5-x86_64-linux
E, [2016-01-04T22:20:53.414445 #4968] ERROR -- : [6610] http://192.168.1.1/Xen65/dists//main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux:

Because of the family it checking the file on that particular location of file.

I've added a pull request to add Xenserver OS family support, based on mmoll's original work: https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/3331

I didn't add any default Xen templates, but I can if that's desirable.