3.4. Kickstarting through Cloned or Custom Channels

Procedure 3.14. Creating a Distribution Tree for a Cloned Channel

1. Copy your cloned channel. For example, for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6:

   # cd /var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/
   # mkdir custom-distro-rhel-6.6
   # cd custom-distro-rhel-6.6
   # cp -rpv ../ks-rhel-x86_64-server-6-6.6/* .
   

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2. Set the permissions for all files in the tree to be 644 with apache:apache as the ownership.

   # find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
   # find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chown apache:apache
   

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   Set the permissions for all directories in the tree to be 755 with apache:root as the ownership.

   # find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755
   # find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chown apache:root
   

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3. Login to the Satellite 5 server web UI and navigate to Systems Kickstart Distribution create new distribution
4. Set the following values:
   • Distribution Label: custom-distro-rhel-6.6
   • Tree Path: /var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/custom-distro-rhel-6.6/
   • Installer Generation: 6
   When complete, click Create Kickstart Distribution.