Quick start

From the OS Build Plans screen, select a Build Plan to modify. To customize the installation of Red Hat Linux on a server, select the HP ProLiant OS – RHEL 6.3 x64 Scripted Install Build Plan. Then select Actions→Save as.

Save the Hewlett Packard Enterprise provided Build plan with a new name so it can be modified

In the Save as dialog box, rename the Build Plan to be unique, for example MyCopy-HP ProLiant OS – RHEL 6.4 x64 Scripted Install and click OK. You can now make changes to the Build Plan you copied. The following steps demonstrate how to change the kickstart file, which is a typical modification.

Enter a new name for the Build Plan you want to modify

Select the copied Build Plan and in the Steps pane select the Kickstart file (RHEL 6.3 x64 en_us Kickstart) in the list of steps. This is a configuration file.

Select the OS Build Plan’s Kickstart step to modify

When you click on the step name, the Configuration File screen is displayed with the RHEL x64 en_us Kickstart file selected. To modify this configuration file you must first save a copy. Select Actions→Save as.

Save the configuration file with a new name so it can be modified

In the Save as dialog box, rename the configuration file to be unique, for example, RHEL 6.3 x64 en_us Kickstart MyCOPY and click OK. You can now make changes to this new configuration file.

enter a new name for the configuration file

In the Configuration Files screen, with the new configuration file selected, select Edit in the Configuration File pane.

Select Edit configuration file

In the Edit screen make the necessary changes. For this example, scroll down to the end and add emacs to the list of components. Click OK.

A message indicates that the configuration file is updating.

Modify the configuration file copy

Select OS Build Plans from the Main Menu and then select the copy of the Build Plan you created earlier. It should already be selected when you go to the Build Plans screen.

In the Steps pane select Edit.

On the OS Build Plans screen select Edit steps

In the Steps dialog box locate the step RHEL 6.3 x64 en_us Kickstart and select the Edit icon.

In the Steps dialog box select the edit icon next to the Config file to be replaced

In the Edit Step dialog box, select the modified Kickstart configuration file RHEL 6.3 x64 en_us Kickstart MyCOPY and click OK.

Select the modified configuration file to replace the default configuration file in the Build Plan

The Edit OS Build Plan dialog box is displayed. In the list of steps, the default configuration file is replaced with the modified Kickstart file. Click OK. A message indicates the Build plan is updating.

The modified configuration file replaces the default file in the Build Plan

On the OS Build Plans screen you will now see the modified Kickstart configuration file listed in the steps.

You can run this customized Build Plan just as you would a Hewlett Packard Enterprise provided Build Plan.

OS Build Plan with the modified configuration file in the steps

Go to the Scripts screen and select Create script.

Select Create a script

In the Create scripts dialog box enter the following:

1. Select script type UNIX.

2. Give the script a name (in this example whats-my-name).

3. Enter a description.

4. Type in the script contents. In this example the script contents is:

   #!/bin/bash
   echo “Hello”
   echo “This is my system name ‘hostname’ ”
   echo
   echo “This was your parameter $*”
   

5. Click Create.

Create a new script

Go to the OS Build Plans screen and select Create OS Build Plan to create a new Build Plan. In the Create OS Build Plan dialog box give the Build Plan a name (in this example Post Install Job) and enter a description.

Select the Build Plan you created and then select Edit in the Steps pane to add a step to the Build Plan that will run the script you created.

Select Edit steps in the Build Plan

In the Edit dialog box click Add steps.

Select Add steps

In the Add Step dialog box enter the following:

1. Select the step type Run script.

2. Find the name of the script you created and select it.

3. Enter a parameter for the script (in this example Display me).

4. Enter a description.

5. Then click Add.

Add the script as a step

In the Edit step dialog box you will now see one step listed. Click OK to save the edited Build Plan.

Add the script as a step

Now you can run this Build Plan on a server that already has an OS running on it. Select Run OS Build Plans and add a server to run it on. It can be run against a production server or one in the service OS.

Run the Build Plan on a server that already has an OS installed

After the job runs, select the Logs link on the Jobs screen which should indicate that the job succeeded. You can see that the script was run and the parameter is displayed.

Check the Logs to see that the script ran