CentOS 8 kickstart packages in post aren't getting installed

witchkinkofangmar · 08-18-2020, 04:04 PM

I need to install a few packages in the kickstart post section but they aren't being installed. I can install them manually after creating a machine.

vmware-tools gets install but the next section with wget and others don't get installed.

Code:

# XXX FIXME TODO Make the open-vm-tools install optional if building non-vmware targets?
%packages --excludedocs --ignoremissing
@Core --nodefaults
audit
chrony
cronie
cronie-anacron
iptables-services
net-tools
openssh-clients
openssh-server
rsyslog
sudo
yum
%end

# Install VMware tools
%post
yum -y install open-vm-tools
%end

# Install other packages - temporary
%post
yum -y install wget libselinux python3-libselinux glibc glicb.i686 libX11.so.6 curl libXext unzip bzip2 which kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc libgcc.i686 libnsl.so.1
%end

berndbausch · 08-18-2020, 08:28 PM

Isn't there an installation log?

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/20358 might help you. I can't read it since I have no RHEL contract.

EDIT: My brain misfired and thought you were talking about RHEL. This page tells you how to specifically log %post for Centos kickstarts: https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart.