Define FAI_CONFIG_SRC from dhcp info
Thomas Lange
lange at informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE
Tue Feb 6 23:52:13 CET 2007
>>>>> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:52:25 +0100, Nicolas Courtel <courtel at cena.fr> said:
> My FAI server (version 3.1.6 for Etch) is connected to several networks,
> and has a different name on each network.
> I have configured the DHCP server so that it sends the appropriate name
> on each interface, and would like to do the same thing for the
> FAI_CONFIG_SRC variable : I'm looking for an FAI variable which would be
> set using the "server-name" dhcp variable, and could be used as the NFS
> server in FAI_CONFIG_SRC.
Have a look at dhclient-perl. There you see that the DHCP vendor
option 170 are mapped to FAI_CONFIG_SRC.
option_170 FAI_CONFIG_SRC
So you should use this in dhcpd.conf
option option-170 "nfs://faiserver/usr/local/share/fai"; # FAI_CONFIG_SRC
But I never tested this.
> if there's a another way to
> dynamically set FAI_CONFIG_SRC?
Another trick would be to write some shell code into fai.conf inside the
nfsroot. This file is sourced and defines FAI_CONFIG_SRC. So you could
write some code that sets this variable depending on your network
environment.
But if the DHCP thing work, I guess that's the best solution for you.
BTW. Maybe you like to update your FAI questionnaire from 2004 and
sent it back to me.
--
regards Thomas
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