Lessons Learned

Fedora Kickstart

Network

The installer was able to retrieve Kickstart files via HTTPS through Pangolin.

DNS

Initial tests indicated DNS resolution issues. Verification showed that network connectivity was available and the Kickstart file could be downloaded.

Disk Naming

The virtual machine used:

VirtIO SCSI controller
SCSI disk (scsi0)

The installer exposed the disk as:

/dev/sda

not:

/dev/vda

Therefore:

ignoredisk --only-use=vda

caused installation failure.

User Accounts

An unattended installation requires either:

a valid root account configuration
or a local user definition

Post Installation

The following actions were successfully executed in %post:

MOTD creation
Git installation
Ansible installation
Repository cloning

Architectural Validation

The following concept has been successfully validated:

Generic installation media → Activation service → Profile → Installer definition → Automatic installation → Git repositories → Configuration management

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