KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.1 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

Edit a scripted installation

Edit a scripted installation

You can rename, duplicate, remove, or edit scripted installations.

The Scripted Installation Detail page allows you to view the image settings, add a boot action, download the log files for the image, and set the options for how the appliance responds to errors.

The Installation Plan enables you to create a task sequence by adding the available pre-installation, mid-level, and post-installation tasks to run in the order that you place the tasks for the deployment.

NOTE: Read-only users do not have access to this field.

Create a configuration file

Create a configuration file

You can create your own configuration file or modify an existing one with the configuration tasks that are typically prompted for during an attended scripted installation. The type and name of the file depends on the OS used in the scripted installation. For example, for Microsoft Windows systems, you create or modify an answer file, unattend.xml, while Debian Ubuntu uses a preseed.cfg file.

NOTE: The name of the configuration file displayed in these options depends on the target platform. For example, Windows uses an answer file (unattend.xml), while Ubuntu uses a preseed file (preseed.cfg) file.

Section	Option	Description
Select Preseed Template		Click and select the template that you want to use for this configuration. The list of templates that appear depends on the previously selected platform under Source Media.
Template Data	Root Password	Specify the root password for this configuration. If you want to disable root login for the target system, select Disable root login.
	NOTE: If you choose the server template, this is the only option that appears. All of these options are available with the desktop template.
	User Account	To add a new user account using this method, select Create User Account. Any user accounts that are created this way are granted sudo access. Provide the full name, user name, and password for the account.
	Time Zone	Select the time zone for the target system.
	Time Zone Server	Specify the host name of the applicable time zone server.
	Language	Select the locale for the target system.
	Desktop GUI	Select the graphical user interface that you want to use on the target system: GNOME Desktop Environment, or KDE Desktop Environment, as applicable.   NOTE: For Ubuntu GNOME and KDE desktop deployment, the repository URL must be enabled.

NOTE: The information you provide on this page cannot be changed. If updates are required, you must create a new scripted installation with the desired configuration.

Registration Data settings

Registration Data settings

The settings for the Registration Data vary depending on the operating system or the Source Media that was used.

Administrator Account settings

Administrator Account settings

Creates the local administrator account during the installation process and sets whether the device automatically logs in to the account after the device reboots. Post-installation tasks, such as renaming the device and installing software require the script to automatically log back in to the device with an administrator account.