SystemImager
®
v3.7.5 Manual
Brian Elliott Finley
dann frazier
Austin Gonyou
Ari Jort
Jason R. Mastaler
Greg Pratt
Ben Spade
Denise Walters
Curtis Zinzilieta
Josh Aas
Legal Notice
Table of Contents
Introduction to SystemImager
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SystemImager Overview
Who Should Use This Guide
How SystemImager Works
Supported Distributions
System Requirements
Glossary of Terms
Installing SystemImager
How Does it Work?
Obtaining SystemImager
Selecting A Machine To Use As An Image Server
Installing an Image Server
Selecting A Machine To Use As A Golden Client
Installing SystemImager Client Software on a Golden Client
Creating an Image on the Golden Client
Upgrading SystemImager
Regenerating autoinstallscripts
Migrating Customizations of the /etc/systemimager/rsyncd.conf file to SystemImager 3.0.0
Regenerating boot media
What happened to the binary tarballs?
Using SystemImager
Installation Procedures Overview
Detailed Installation Instructions
SystemImager Tools
HOWTO Use Flamethrower for Multicast Installs
Install SystemImager v3.2.x or higher
Install the
Flamethrower
Package and its Dependencies
Run si_getimage, si_mvimage, or si_cpimage
Start up your Flamethrower daemon
Tell your autoinstall clients to use Flamethrower
Autoinstall your clients!
A Detailed Walk Through the Process
HOWTO Use OpenSSH for Secure Installs
Using OpenSSH for Secure Installs
Installing systemimager-ssh
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Developing SystemImager
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Design Goals
Development of SystemImager Architecture
Version Strings
Using CVS
Submitting Patches
Tour of the Source Tree
Makefile Overview
Third Party Software
Boel Libraries
Command Reference
SI_ADDCLIENTS
-- assign clients to an image
AUTOINSTALLSCRIPT.CONF
-- specify partition and filesystem options
SI_CPIMAGE
-- make a copy of a SystemImager image.
SI_GETIMAGE
-- pull an image from a golden client
SI_LSIMAGE
-- list the images on an image server
SI_MKAUTOINSTALLCD
-- generate a bootable iso image for autoinstalling clients
SI_MKAUTOINSTALLDISKETTE
-- creates a bootable floppy for autoinstalling clients
SI_MKAUTOINSTALLSCRIPT
-- create a SystemImager autoinstallscript
SI_MKBOOTSERVER
-- Configure a server so that other machines can boot from it over the network.
SI_MKDHCPSERVER
-- create a DHCP server configuration file for use with SystemImager
SI_MKDHCPSTATIC
-- create a DHCP server configuration file with static entries
SI_MVIMAGE
-- Move a SystemImager image.
SI_PREPARECLIENT
-- prepare a golden client's image for retrieval
SI_PUSHUPDATE
-- update the image of one or more remote clients
SI_RMIMAGE
-- remove a SystemImager image.
SI_MKRSYNCD_CONF
-- generates rsyncd.conf from a rsync stub directory
SI_UPDATECLIENT
-- update the image running on the local client machine to match that of an image on an image server
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Introduction to SystemImager
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