DevOoops: Client Provisioning (Kickstart Files)

Notes from the 2015 Devoops talk. Posting it so i can remove it from the slide deck but still refer to it.  Also relevant from a common problems with devops theme.

Kickstart Files

3 ways to set root password

1. Enter during installation

2. Crypted hash in the kickstart file
“rootpw --iscrypted”

3. Clear text in the kickstart file
“rootpw --plaintext”

Examples

 Kickstart Files Takeaways

Don't leave these files in open shares

Use the crypted password option for files

Have a process to change the password after initialization

Rotate the initial root password regularly