Hello, I think you can use anaconda for this task, you can configure some actions after the installation. Best regards, El dt, 8 nov 2016 a les 18:44 Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com> va escriure: > Am 08.11.2016 um 16:47 schrieb cpolish at surewest.net: > > On 2016-11-07 14:35, Bernard Fay wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> We have a virtual environment based on XenServer. In this environment I > >> defined a template for CentOS 7 servers. > >> > >> I would like to start a script a boot time to complete the > configuration of > >> new VMs based on this template. How can I have a script started before > any > >> login prompt to ask question to the user to complete the configuration > such > >> as hostname, IP address, etc? > > > > Hi Bernard, > > > > My first impulse was "don't!", and that's probably the best > > advise. A popular model is that the "firstboot" package takes > > care of this at the first user login, and *nix systems sort of > > depend on this "logged in users do stuff" model. > > > > Even better, use ansible, cfengine, chef, or puppet to automate > > the task of setting things up. This is the _best_ solution and > > you will eventually come back to it. > > > > But, the darker, cynical part of my brain, the part that says > > "what, you're cutting down on coffee?" part, said "sure you > > can". Here's how it _could_ be done. > > > > DON'T DO THIS. TURN BACK NOW. > > > > Replace /sbin/init with a shell script that does what you want. > > It will be the first userland process started, have the console > > for I/O, and run as root. At completion, restore the original > > /sbin/init and reboot. Leave no traces behind. Do not document > > your awful hack, others will use your words against you. > > > > :-) ... kernel parameter init=/root/yourscript > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > -- > LF > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >