SYNOPSIS
fai-make-nfsroot [options]DESCRIPTION
Create the FAI nfsroot directory as pointed by $NFSROOT in the config_file. This directory is necessary for the installation of Debian on remote clients using the FAI package. The config_file location is discussed in the OPTIONS below.The exit code returned is 0 if all commands to build the root directory exited successfully and >0 if an error occurs.
OPTIONS
- -a
- Adjust a generic nfsroot. Add resolv.conf, add host entries, set the root password.
- -B BASETGZ
- Use specified BASETGZ file as base.tgz (or base.tar.gz, base.tar.xz, base.txz) for the nfsroot. This avoids calling debootstrap and therefore reduces the buildtime for the nfsroot.
- -C CFDIR
- Use CFDIR as configuration directory. Default is /etc/fai. You can also set the environment variable FAI_ETC_DIR.
- -f
- Force overwriting an existing nfsroot. By default fai-make-nfsroot aborts if the configuration variable NFSROOT points to a directory which already exists. To force overwriting (and therefore rebuilding) the existing nfsroot use this option. This option is supported starting with FAI 4.0. Note: To update and therefore preserve an existing nfsroot see option -k.
- -g
- Create a generic nfsroot. Remove most install server specific data from nfsroot. See also -a.
- -K
- Remove all kernels from NFSROOT. This is the same as calling aptitude purge ~nlinux-image inside the nfsroot.
- -k
- Install additional packages defined in /etc/fai/NFSROOT into the nfsroot. Also copies all kernels from the nfsroot to the directory $TFTPROOT.
- -p
- Preserve ssh configs including the keys of the root account. This will not preserve the ssh host keys inside the nfsroot.
- -v
- Create verbose output on stdout.
- -h
- Show simple help.
- -z
-
Use gzip for compressing the base.tar file. Default is to use xz.
NOTES
If you do not use NFS, you may still use the NFSROOT directory as a staging point for building the base installation tarball.
FILES
- /etc/fai/fai.conf
- The FAI configuration file.
- /etc/fai/nfsroot.conf
- The configuration file for fai-make-nfsroot.
- /etc/fai/nfsroot-hooks/
- Directory containing shell scripts to be sourced at the end of fai-make-nfsroot for additional configuration of the nfsroot. Can be changed with NFSROOT_HOOKS.
- /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
- Copy this file to the NFSROOT.
- /etc/fai/apt/keys/*.asc
- Repository keys in .asc format found here will be installed into the NFSROOT.
- /var/log/fai/variables
-
The script will write the values of FAI_VERSION and NFSROOT to this file.