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Ubuntu system package type

The System Package Types window lets you create a custom system package type or change configuration information for the Ubuntu system package type.

Field definitions

Ubuntu version

Select the Ubuntu version for which you want to create a custom system package type.

System package type

Name of the system package type.

OS installer location

Directory where the operating system installer is located.

(For Ubuntu versions earlier than 22.04)

The location you specify should be relative to the root directory of the data store.
For example, if the root directory of the data store is the location: C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\pxestore
and the OS installer files reside in C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\pxestore\Ubuntu12 or 
C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\pxestore\Ubuntu14, enter Ubuntu12 or Ubuntu14.

The requirement is that the installer path name must be the parent directory of the following directory for the version of Ubuntu Linux that you are provisioning: images.

(For Ubuntu version 22.04)

NEW IN 23.2 For Ubuntu 22.04 and later versions, TrueSight Server Automation supports image-based provisioning, so you need to specify the relative path to the operating system installation ISO image file.

The location you specify should be relative to the root directory of the data store.
For example, if the root directory of the data store is C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\pxestore 
and the OS installer file (ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso) resides in C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\pxestore\Ubuntu22, enter 
Ubuntu22\ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso.

RSCD agent installer Location

Directory where the installer for the RSCD agent resides.

Copy the rscd.deb package

Boot kernel file name

The name assigned to the boot kernel file stored in the X86PC\pxelinux\ directory on the TFTP server (for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\tftproot\).

For Ubuntu versions earlier than 22.04, the default boot kernel file is named linux.
For Ubuntu 22.04 and later versions, the default boot kernel file is named vmlinuz.

Boot image file name

The name assigned to the boot image file stored in the X86PC\pxelinux\ directory on the TFTP server (for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\BladeLogic\PXE\tftproot\).
For Ubuntu versions earlier than 22.04, the default boot image file is named initrd.gz.
For Ubuntu 22.04 and later versions, the default boot image file is named initrd.

Where to go from here

 System-package-panels-generic

 

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TrueSight Server Automation 23.4