[sle-beta] Problems getting autoyast2 working on SLES 15 GMC

[Scott Garman]

On 06/20/2018 02:31 AM, Holger Sickenberg wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> On 20.06.2018 03:06, Scott Garman wrote:
>> I first posted this on the Suse Support Forum and was referred to this
>> mailing list.
>>
>> I'm trying to get an autoyast setup working with SLES 15 GMC. I've
>> generated an autoinst.xml from a manual install of the OS, but I cannot
>> seem to use it to perform an automated install. The automated install
>> begins, but during the "Configure software selections" step, I get the
>> error:
>>
>> These packages cannot be found in the software repositories:
>> autoyast2: The package is not available
>> autoyast2-installation: The package is not available
>>
>> This then prevents the auto-installer from proceeding to stage2 where I
>> need a few additional packages installed (kernel-devel, gcc, make, etc).
>>
>> I've tried this by also enabling my SLES 15 beta registration code in the
>> autoinst.xml file, but with the same results. I've included a sanitized
>> autoinst.xml file below (without the suse_register section). Please let
>> me know what I'm doing incorrectly.
> 
> I think you are at least missing the add-on registration part:
> 
>    <suse_register>
>      <addons config:type="list">
>        <addon>
>          <arch>x86_64</arch>
>          <name>sle-module-server-applications</name>
>          <version>15</version>
>        </addon>
>      </addons>
>    ...
>    </suse_register>
> 
> or add the local repos:
> 
>    <add-on>
>      <add_on_products config:type="list">
>        <listentry>
>          <product>sle-module-basesystem</product>
>          <media_url><![CDATA[your path to basesystem]]></media_url>
>          <product_dir>/</product_dir>
>        </listentry>
>        <listentry>
>          <product>sle-module-server-applications</product>
>          <media_url><![CDATA[your path to server-applications]]></media_url>
>          <product_dir>/</product_dir>
>        </listentry>
>      </add_on_products>
>    </add-on>

Thanks Holger, this was exactly what I was missing!

Scott

> 
> 
> Best wishes
> Holger
> 
> 
> 
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