[Libguestfs] [PATCH] builder: templates: set "unassigned" hostname
Richard W.M. Jones
rjones at redhat.com
Thu Sep 26 20:13:07 UTC 2019
On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 04:55:11PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> By default the installer will set the hostname to what the DHCP returns,
> exposing details of the machine where make-template.ml runs.
>
> Instead, force "unassigned-hostname.unassigned-domain" as hostname, so
> plays nicely with the hostname setting code in virt-customize.
> ---
> builder/templates/debian.preseed | 2 +-
> builder/templates/ubuntu.preseed | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/builder/templates/debian.preseed b/builder/templates/debian.preseed
> index 1f13eadbd..8c51fa7f9 100644
> --- a/builder/templates/debian.preseed
> +++ b/builder/templates/debian.preseed
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
> # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
> # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
> # and adjust the following line.
> -#d-i netcfg/hostname string somehost
> +d-i netcfg/hostname string unassigned-hostname.unassigned-domain
>
> # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
> d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
> diff --git a/builder/templates/ubuntu.preseed b/builder/templates/ubuntu.preseed
> index 236e17497..595d897a6 100644
> --- a/builder/templates/ubuntu.preseed
> +++ b/builder/templates/ubuntu.preseed
> @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
> d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
> d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
>
> +# If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP
> +# server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment
> +# and adjust the following line.
> +d-i netcfg/hostname string unassigned-hostname.unassigned-domain
> +
> # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
> d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
> # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts.
Yes, good idea, ACK.
I've been trying to build a CentOS 8 image for a couple of days,
so far without success ...
Rich.
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