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QA:Testcase Kickstart Installation Al Bowles 2022-07-08
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Rocky Linux
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!!! info "Associated release criterion" This test case is associated with the Release_Criteria#Kickstart Installation release criterion. If you are doing release validation testing, a failure of this test case may be a breach of that release criterion.

Description

This test case verifies that installations via both local and remote Kickstart configuration files are successful.

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Setup

  1. Copy a valid Kickstart file to a USB stick
  2. Connect the USB stick to the test system {% include 'testing/qa_setup_boot_to_media.md' %}
  3. Hit the Tab key to edit the boot command
  4. Provide a local Kickstart file by supplying the GRUB boot option inst.ks=file:/path/to/local.ks or a remote Kickstart file by supplying the GRUB boot option inst.ks=https://git.resf.org/testing/createhdds/raw/branch/rocky/server.ks.

How to test

  1. Continue booting the installer as normal.

Expected Results

  1. The installation should complete and boot successfully, automatically populating the options specified in the Kickstart file.

Testing in openQA

The following openQA test suites satisfy this release criteria:

  • install_kickstart_nfs
  • server_realmd_join_kickstart

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