Kickstart netinstall ignores kickstart file hosted in LAN and proceeds with manual installation

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I start my web server on vm1-192.168.0.31running centos7. I create and upload the kickstart file ks.cfg to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. You can look at the file here : https://textuploader.com/db09m.
Every vm in my LAN can access the ks.cfg and read its content by going to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. I boot vm2 with netinstall iso of centos7 and add ks=http://192.168.0.31/ks.cf to boot options and press enter.The only thing that comes to my mind is that somehow the mirror address in ks.cfg is not valid but i copied it from official centos site and tried multiple ones. I also tried mirrors found on the net, none of them solved the issue.






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  • are new VM actually on that network by default? e.g. can you get into the shell virtual terminal under the install and see what the network settings are, or logs of what the installer is doing?
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  • I restarted the machine and managed to go into the shell virtual terminal of the not yet installed system. I don't know how to go into shell virtual terminal during the manual GUI installation. It appears that there actually is no ipv4 address assigned to the only NIC this system has. I don't understand much since if it was able to fetch the ks.cfg file why wouldn't it be able to fetch something else. You can look at the ip a and ifconfig output here: i.imgur.com/0OJ6L8P.png. I also don't know how and which logs to check, there are so many different ones according to google.
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  • huh. that looks like the virt has no network. maybe try getting it a DHCP server (and NAT?) or otherwise on a bridged interface with all the other virts somehow? but that's more a vmware config question
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • According to your comment, you have no network defined and therefore would have no access to any networks and not be able to load your ks.cfg kickstart file. You are required to define a network before the kickstart is able to be downloaded from the network (the kickstart can then define the same or a different network setup). The easiest method is to run DHCP to assign IP addresses automatically, but the kernel boot options allow you to define just about any kind of network.
    – GracefulRestart
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  • I might've just gotten some useful information! Based on the following I think that the kickstart file is bad: I made a typing error while giving path to kickstart file in boot options which resulted in this message during boot: i.imgur.com/vQTR7Ns.png. When I type the path correctly there is no error and a screen like this greets me: i.imgur.com/Hm8CZ2D.png. I compared it to screen that greets me during fully manual installation (notice it has 2 screens): i.imgur.com/xXgjrif.png and i.imgur.com/f5mEGSH.png. Can we confirm that the ks.cfg itself is wrong?
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I start my web server on vm1-192.168.0.31running centos7. I create and upload the kickstart file ks.cfg to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. You can look at the file here : https://textuploader.com/db09m.
Every vm in my LAN can access the ks.cfg and read its content by going to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. I boot vm2 with netinstall iso of centos7 and add ks=http://192.168.0.31/ks.cf to boot options and press enter.The only thing that comes to my mind is that somehow the mirror address in ks.cfg is not valid but i copied it from official centos site and tried multiple ones. I also tried mirrors found on the net, none of them solved the issue.






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  • are new VM actually on that network by default? e.g. can you get into the shell virtual terminal under the install and see what the network settings are, or logs of what the installer is doing?
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • I restarted the machine and managed to go into the shell virtual terminal of the not yet installed system. I don't know how to go into shell virtual terminal during the manual GUI installation. It appears that there actually is no ipv4 address assigned to the only NIC this system has. I don't understand much since if it was able to fetch the ks.cfg file why wouldn't it be able to fetch something else. You can look at the ip a and ifconfig output here: i.imgur.com/0OJ6L8P.png. I also don't know how and which logs to check, there are so many different ones according to google.
    – PowerBoss Nautilus
    2 days ago











  • huh. that looks like the virt has no network. maybe try getting it a DHCP server (and NAT?) or otherwise on a bridged interface with all the other virts somehow? but that's more a vmware config question
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • According to your comment, you have no network defined and therefore would have no access to any networks and not be able to load your ks.cfg kickstart file. You are required to define a network before the kickstart is able to be downloaded from the network (the kickstart can then define the same or a different network setup). The easiest method is to run DHCP to assign IP addresses automatically, but the kernel boot options allow you to define just about any kind of network.
    – GracefulRestart
    2 days ago










  • I might've just gotten some useful information! Based on the following I think that the kickstart file is bad: I made a typing error while giving path to kickstart file in boot options which resulted in this message during boot: i.imgur.com/vQTR7Ns.png. When I type the path correctly there is no error and a screen like this greets me: i.imgur.com/Hm8CZ2D.png. I compared it to screen that greets me during fully manual installation (notice it has 2 screens): i.imgur.com/xXgjrif.png and i.imgur.com/f5mEGSH.png. Can we confirm that the ks.cfg itself is wrong?
    – PowerBoss Nautilus
    yesterday













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I start my web server on vm1-192.168.0.31running centos7. I create and upload the kickstart file ks.cfg to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. You can look at the file here : https://textuploader.com/db09m.
Every vm in my LAN can access the ks.cfg and read its content by going to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. I boot vm2 with netinstall iso of centos7 and add ks=http://192.168.0.31/ks.cf to boot options and press enter.The only thing that comes to my mind is that somehow the mirror address in ks.cfg is not valid but i copied it from official centos site and tried multiple ones. I also tried mirrors found on the net, none of them solved the issue.






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I start my web server on vm1-192.168.0.31running centos7. I create and upload the kickstart file ks.cfg to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. You can look at the file here : https://textuploader.com/db09m.
Every vm in my LAN can access the ks.cfg and read its content by going to 192.168.0.31/ks.cfg. I boot vm2 with netinstall iso of centos7 and add ks=http://192.168.0.31/ks.cf to boot options and press enter.The only thing that comes to my mind is that somehow the mirror address in ks.cfg is not valid but i copied it from official centos site and tried multiple ones. I also tried mirrors found on the net, none of them solved the issue.






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  • are new VM actually on that network by default? e.g. can you get into the shell virtual terminal under the install and see what the network settings are, or logs of what the installer is doing?
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • I restarted the machine and managed to go into the shell virtual terminal of the not yet installed system. I don't know how to go into shell virtual terminal during the manual GUI installation. It appears that there actually is no ipv4 address assigned to the only NIC this system has. I don't understand much since if it was able to fetch the ks.cfg file why wouldn't it be able to fetch something else. You can look at the ip a and ifconfig output here: i.imgur.com/0OJ6L8P.png. I also don't know how and which logs to check, there are so many different ones according to google.
    – PowerBoss Nautilus
    2 days ago











  • huh. that looks like the virt has no network. maybe try getting it a DHCP server (and NAT?) or otherwise on a bridged interface with all the other virts somehow? but that's more a vmware config question
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • According to your comment, you have no network defined and therefore would have no access to any networks and not be able to load your ks.cfg kickstart file. You are required to define a network before the kickstart is able to be downloaded from the network (the kickstart can then define the same or a different network setup). The easiest method is to run DHCP to assign IP addresses automatically, but the kernel boot options allow you to define just about any kind of network.
    – GracefulRestart
    2 days ago










  • I might've just gotten some useful information! Based on the following I think that the kickstart file is bad: I made a typing error while giving path to kickstart file in boot options which resulted in this message during boot: i.imgur.com/vQTR7Ns.png. When I type the path correctly there is no error and a screen like this greets me: i.imgur.com/Hm8CZ2D.png. I compared it to screen that greets me during fully manual installation (notice it has 2 screens): i.imgur.com/xXgjrif.png and i.imgur.com/f5mEGSH.png. Can we confirm that the ks.cfg itself is wrong?
    – PowerBoss Nautilus
    yesterday

















  • are new VM actually on that network by default? e.g. can you get into the shell virtual terminal under the install and see what the network settings are, or logs of what the installer is doing?
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • I restarted the machine and managed to go into the shell virtual terminal of the not yet installed system. I don't know how to go into shell virtual terminal during the manual GUI installation. It appears that there actually is no ipv4 address assigned to the only NIC this system has. I don't understand much since if it was able to fetch the ks.cfg file why wouldn't it be able to fetch something else. You can look at the ip a and ifconfig output here: i.imgur.com/0OJ6L8P.png. I also don't know how and which logs to check, there are so many different ones according to google.
    – PowerBoss Nautilus
    2 days ago











  • huh. that looks like the virt has no network. maybe try getting it a DHCP server (and NAT?) or otherwise on a bridged interface with all the other virts somehow? but that's more a vmware config question
    – thrig
    2 days ago










  • According to your comment, you have no network defined and therefore would have no access to any networks and not be able to load your ks.cfg kickstart file. You are required to define a network before the kickstart is able to be downloaded from the network (the kickstart can then define the same or a different network setup). The easiest method is to run DHCP to assign IP addresses automatically, but the kernel boot options allow you to define just about any kind of network.
    – GracefulRestart
    2 days ago










  • I might've just gotten some useful information! Based on the following I think that the kickstart file is bad: I made a typing error while giving path to kickstart file in boot options which resulted in this message during boot: i.imgur.com/vQTR7Ns.png. When I type the path correctly there is no error and a screen like this greets me: i.imgur.com/Hm8CZ2D.png. I compared it to screen that greets me during fully manual installation (notice it has 2 screens): i.imgur.com/xXgjrif.png and i.imgur.com/f5mEGSH.png. Can we confirm that the ks.cfg itself is wrong?
    – PowerBoss Nautilus
    yesterday
















are new VM actually on that network by default? e.g. can you get into the shell virtual terminal under the install and see what the network settings are, or logs of what the installer is doing?
– thrig
2 days ago




are new VM actually on that network by default? e.g. can you get into the shell virtual terminal under the install and see what the network settings are, or logs of what the installer is doing?
– thrig
2 days ago












I restarted the machine and managed to go into the shell virtual terminal of the not yet installed system. I don't know how to go into shell virtual terminal during the manual GUI installation. It appears that there actually is no ipv4 address assigned to the only NIC this system has. I don't understand much since if it was able to fetch the ks.cfg file why wouldn't it be able to fetch something else. You can look at the ip a and ifconfig output here: i.imgur.com/0OJ6L8P.png. I also don't know how and which logs to check, there are so many different ones according to google.
– PowerBoss Nautilus
2 days ago





I restarted the machine and managed to go into the shell virtual terminal of the not yet installed system. I don't know how to go into shell virtual terminal during the manual GUI installation. It appears that there actually is no ipv4 address assigned to the only NIC this system has. I don't understand much since if it was able to fetch the ks.cfg file why wouldn't it be able to fetch something else. You can look at the ip a and ifconfig output here: i.imgur.com/0OJ6L8P.png. I also don't know how and which logs to check, there are so many different ones according to google.
– PowerBoss Nautilus
2 days ago













huh. that looks like the virt has no network. maybe try getting it a DHCP server (and NAT?) or otherwise on a bridged interface with all the other virts somehow? but that's more a vmware config question
– thrig
2 days ago




huh. that looks like the virt has no network. maybe try getting it a DHCP server (and NAT?) or otherwise on a bridged interface with all the other virts somehow? but that's more a vmware config question
– thrig
2 days ago












According to your comment, you have no network defined and therefore would have no access to any networks and not be able to load your ks.cfg kickstart file. You are required to define a network before the kickstart is able to be downloaded from the network (the kickstart can then define the same or a different network setup). The easiest method is to run DHCP to assign IP addresses automatically, but the kernel boot options allow you to define just about any kind of network.
– GracefulRestart
2 days ago




According to your comment, you have no network defined and therefore would have no access to any networks and not be able to load your ks.cfg kickstart file. You are required to define a network before the kickstart is able to be downloaded from the network (the kickstart can then define the same or a different network setup). The easiest method is to run DHCP to assign IP addresses automatically, but the kernel boot options allow you to define just about any kind of network.
– GracefulRestart
2 days ago












I might've just gotten some useful information! Based on the following I think that the kickstart file is bad: I made a typing error while giving path to kickstart file in boot options which resulted in this message during boot: i.imgur.com/vQTR7Ns.png. When I type the path correctly there is no error and a screen like this greets me: i.imgur.com/Hm8CZ2D.png. I compared it to screen that greets me during fully manual installation (notice it has 2 screens): i.imgur.com/xXgjrif.png and i.imgur.com/f5mEGSH.png. Can we confirm that the ks.cfg itself is wrong?
– PowerBoss Nautilus
yesterday





I might've just gotten some useful information! Based on the following I think that the kickstart file is bad: I made a typing error while giving path to kickstart file in boot options which resulted in this message during boot: i.imgur.com/vQTR7Ns.png. When I type the path correctly there is no error and a screen like this greets me: i.imgur.com/Hm8CZ2D.png. I compared it to screen that greets me during fully manual installation (notice it has 2 screens): i.imgur.com/xXgjrif.png and i.imgur.com/f5mEGSH.png. Can we confirm that the ks.cfg itself is wrong?
– PowerBoss Nautilus
yesterday
















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