Publishing your kickstart file using httpd

You can save your kickstart file to a USB stick (or any other medium), but this becomes a bit cumbersome if you need to install multiple systems in different locations.

Loading kickstart files over the network from the kernel line during an install only supports NFS, HTTP, and FTP.

In this recipe, I choose HTTP as it is a common technology within companies and easy to secure.

How to do it…

Let's start by installing Apache httpd, as follows:

1. Install Apache httpd through the following command:

   ~]# yum install -y httpd
   

2. Enable and start the httpd daemon, as follows:

   ~]# systemctl enable httpd
   ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service'
   ~]# systemctl start httpd
   

3. Create a directory to contain the kickstart file(s) by running the following command:

   ~]# mkdir -p /var/www/html/kickstart
   ~]# chown apache:apache /var/www/html/kickstart
   ~]# chmod 750 /var/www/html/kickstart...