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I'm having trouble using kickstart to set up a VM in kickstart for the first time.
I've copied the files off a mounted Centos 6.6 minimal iso to a local ftp server: ftp: //198.162.1.161/pub/inst/
My kickstart configuration file has been copied into ftp: //198.162.1.161/pub/inst/isolinux/ks.cfg (not sure if right spot)
I run:
virt-install -n server1.example.com -r 768 --disk /vz/kvm/server1.example.com.img --cdrom ftp://198.162.1.161/pub/inst/ --debug
I get:
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Launched with command line:
/usr/bin/virt-install -n server1.example.org -r 768 --disk path=/vz/kvm/server1.example.com.img --cdrom ftp://192.168.1.161/pub/inst --debug
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI default
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'.
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Received virt method 'hvm'
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Hypervisor name is 'kvm'
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG DISPLAY is set: graphics defaulting to VNC.
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG --graphics compat generated: vnc
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a network source.
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro:
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Fetching URI: ftp://192.168.1.161/pub/inst/.treeinfo
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Saved file to /var/tmp/virtinst-.treeinfo.hbJW39
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Guest.has_install_phase: True
Starting install...
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG scratchdir=/var/lib/libvirt/boot
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro:
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Fetching URI: ftp://192.168.1.161/pub/inst/.treeinfo
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-.treeinfo.1xVxAr
Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 592 B 00:00 ...
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 ERROR No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64'
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 631, in start_install
noboot=options.noreboot)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1209, in start_install
self._prepare_install(meter, dry)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 966, in _prepare_install
meter=meter)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 420, in prepare
dev = self._prepare_cdrom(guest, meter)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/DistroInstaller.py", line 258, in _prepare_cdrom
self.scratchdir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 162, in acquireBootDisk
scratchdir, type)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 150, in _acquireMedia
None, media_cb)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 131, in _locationCheckWrapper
return callback(store, fetcher)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 145, in media_cb
media = store.acquireBootDisk(guest, fetcher, progresscb)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 285, in acquireBootDisk
return fetcher.acquireFile(self._getTreeinfoMedia("boot.iso"),
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/OSDistro.py", line 343, in _getTreeinfoMedia
return self.treeinfo.get("images-%s" % t, mediaName)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 541, in get
raise NoOptionError(option, section)
NoOptionError: No option 'boot.iso' in section: 'images-x86_64'
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:22:04 DEBUG Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start server1.example.org
otherwise, please restart your installation.
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start server1.example.org
otherwise, please restart your installation.
/var/lib/libvirt/images -> /vz/kvm as a symlink.
Googling this error says that the issue is a missing .treeinfo, but that exists:
Contents of ftp:// 192.168.1.161/pub/inst/.treeinfo:
[general]
family = CentOS
timestamp = 1414159790.06
variant =
totaldiscs = 1
version = 6.6
discnum = 1
packagedir =
arch = x86_64
[images-x86_64]
initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img
[images-xen]
initrd = images/pxeboot/initrd.img
[stage2]
mainimage = images/install.img
Here's a copy-paste of what the pub/inst directory looks like when accessed through the browser:
Index of /pub/inst/
Name Size Date Modified
[parent directory]
CentOS_BuildTag 14 B 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
EFI/ 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
EULA 212 B 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
GPL 17.6 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
Packages/ 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html 1.3 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 1.7 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Debug-6 1.7 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Security-6 1.7 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-Testing-6 1.7 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
TRANS.TBL 3.3 kB 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
images/ 6/3/15, 9:21:00 PM
isolinux/ 6/3/15, 9:19:00 PM
repodata/ 6/3/15, 9:17:00 PM
Updated troubleshooting:
- Determined it's not SELinux doing it (suspected permissions issue)
- Tried mkisofs to make a new iso out of the files with the ks.cfg file built in, mounted the iso, copied THOSE files into the FTP directory...still nada
Does the FULL Tree exist or just the .treeinfo if it doesn't that could /would cause that error to be thrown.. – linuxdev2013 – 2015-06-04T01:35:15.350
Added a copy-paste of the pub/inst directory contents as seen through the browser (.treeinfo not shown because it's a hidden file of course) – Respheal – 2015-06-04T01:40:26.783
Well unless those are empty dirs, check the status of virtsh – linuxdev2013 – 2015-06-04T01:58:05.573
They're not empty. Copied straight off a CentOS iso. Do you mean virsh? That's running, too. I thought it might be SELinux, but disabling that doesn't work either. – Respheal – 2015-06-04T20:41:01.737
ls -Z on the parent tree dir look sane? should be system domain – linuxdev2013 – 2015-06-05T10:49:50.853