Install Script lf_kinstall.pl

help: This message.
lfver: Specify LANforge version (i.e., 5.2.6)
kver: Specify kernel version, use a + at the end of kernel versions for Candelatech kernels
proxy: Use a proxy for curl, e.g. http://%user:%password@%proxy-ip:%port
do_all_ct: Enables all options except: --xrandr, --runlevel
do_upgrade: Also --do_update. Upgrades LANforge software, kernel, firmware, packages and OS packages. No system settings altered. Skips cpu-burn.
do_lanforge: Installs LANforge software ONLY, i.e. no kernel installed. No system settings altered.
do_firmware: Download and install ath10k 802.11AC NIC firmware.
do_kern: Install the kernel via download or --source_dir. Enables 'do_grub' option.
help_all: Show advanced options
skip_pip: Avoid doing pip upgrades; might be necessary if you have proxies
skip_yum_all: Don't yum update packages, or install new ones.

Please refer to the Install Guide and the options reference:
• Install guide: http://www.candelatech.com/lfserver_install.php#webauto
• Reference: http://www.candelatech.com/cookbook.php?vol=misc&book=lf_kinstall

Advanced Options
acknowledge: Also -g. Acknowledge that your licenses are out of date to continue updates
add_random_www_data: creates a series of files in /var/www/html accessable using the url /slug_list.html
bind_apache_mgt_port: configures an /etc/hosts entry lanforge-srv that matches the ip address of the mgt_dev in /home/lanforge/config.values. Updates the /etc/httpd or /etc/apache2 files to bind to that address. Use this option each time you change the mgt_dev.
build_scrcpy: Clone and build scrcpy tool (should not be needed for latest 5.4.6 builds)
build_url: Also: --build_path. This path is appended directly after the --download_from hostname. The default download path will not be used. The string $lfver will not be inserted. Build paths will not adhere to a directory pattern, use the full path.
create_install_bundle: Also: --install_bundle, --create_bundle, --create_tarball Create a tarball in tmp_dir for copying to another LANforge system, will infer --osver, --osveri for current system unless you specify --force_osver, --force_osveri
create_lanforge_user: adds user lanforge and directory /home/lanforge create:pypirc: create pypirc file
create_raid: Also --make_raid, --create_lvm, --make_lvm [drive1,drive2...] Turn two or more blank drives into a mirrored LVM filesystem If there have been filesystems installed on these drives before, use --wipe_raid to remove the filesystems.
Example: ./lf_kinstall.pl --make_raid nvme0n1p1,nvme1n1p1
com-speed: Also --com_speed. Specify serial com speed (defaults to 115200)
com_port: Specify the serial com port (defaults to ttyS0)
create_webpage: turn this help into HTML text for publication
debug: Also -d, --verbose. Enable extra output.
disable_audit_logs: Affects kernel audit messages. Use with --do_grub and reboot to have this setting take effect.
0: enable kernel audit logs (auditd.service not enabled)
1: disable kernel audit logs
disable_resolved: change NetworkManager dns=systemd-resolved to dns=default and disable systemd-resolved.service
do_all: Enables all options except: --xrandr, --biosdevname, --runlevel, and --serial Skips the CPU burn-in test.
do_abandoned_cleanup: create cronjob that erases systemd slices from logged out sessions every hour (might have occurred between F24-F27)
do_biosdevname: Enable biosdevname for interface names (uses terms like enp0s1 instead of eth0). Only takes affect when --do_grub is enabled.
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
-1: Use current settings (default)
do_cma: Configure cma buffer for extra VRF buffer space. Use with --do_grub, applies on reboot. Use these choices:
-1: do not change
0: disable
1: apply 64 megabyte value
>1: apply this value in megabytes
Example: --do_grub --do_cma 48
do_cpu_burn: Attemps the CPU burn task. NOTE: The --skip_cpu_burn flag below has precedence.
0: Do not attempt it.
1: Do it if we have not already run it on this system previously.
2: Always run it.
>10: Run CPU burn test for specified seconds.
do_ct_st: Download and install LANforge software and kernel only. Enables 'do_lanforge do_kern do_grub do_http do_selinux=0 do_iommu=0 do_firmware' No yum update. No system settings altered, except for selinux and iommu.
do_ct_swak: Download and install LANforge software but only update grub to point to an already installed kernel. Enables 'do_lanforge do_grub do_http do_selinux=0 do_iommu=0 do_firmware' No system settings altered, except for selinux and iommu.
do_cups_pdf: install cups-pdf package
do_disk_test: Also: --disk_test. Fill and re-read disk to prove read errors?
0: Do not attempt it
1: Do it if /home/lanforge/did_disktest not found unless --skip_disk_test specified
>1: Always run it, ignoring --skip_disk_test
do_elevator: Add kernel option elevator=noop (i.e. not deadline) for single SSD CFQ optimisation.
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
-1: Use current settings (default) Only takes affect when do_grub is enabled.
do_enable_archive_baseurl: Select this option if your mirrors.fedoraproject.org URLs are unable to provide your repository because the content has been moved to archives.fedoraproject.org This option is pretty much opposite of --do_restore_metalinks.
do_enable_max_zram: write /etc/sysctl.d/70-lanforge.conf and apply agressive zram configuration (Fedora >= 30) To undo, remove file and reboot.
do_fedrepos_default: Select this option to use the fedrepos default command if your yum.repos.d repository URLs have become misconfigured. If fedrepos is not available, consider --do_restore_metalinks option.
do_ff_homepage: updates Firefox Homepage
do_gnome: Tweak gnome settings (enble desktop icons, etc)
do_grub: Modify the grub config files to boot the specified kernel.
do_gui_autostart: Start GUI in VNC server session which starts on boot. Requires LANforgeGUI of specified version to already be installed.
0: disable GUI autostart
1: enable GUI autostart
do_hs20: Build keys, configure apache ssl and other actions to enable this system to act as an HS20-R2 server. Requires specific LANforge configuration as well before this will actually work. This option must be explicitly enabled: It is not enable as part of any of the other option groupings.
do_http: Serve LANforge related files at http://localhost
do_image_prep: Erase the network settings and dnf cache in preparation for making a disk image for a clone. Expects /root/resize-home.sh
do_interop: installs LANforge server, GUI, firmware and required packages on system to sufficient to allow it to be a resource in a LANforge cluster. Right now, this focuses on Ubuntu based systems. This also will configure Networkmanager to ignore ports except the management interface. We cannot necessarily disable NM on interop equipment.
do_iommu: Configure system to enable/disable intel_iommu. This kernel feature decreases performance, so LANforge typically wants this disabled for optimal Ethernet performance. This can also be disabled in the BIOS by disabling the VT-d option and IOMMU options.
0: Disabled (default for do_all_ct, do_all, do_ct_swak, do_ct_st)
1: Enabled
-1: Use current settings (default) Only takes affect when do_grub is enabled. IOMMU is useful in these conditions: * virtual machine hosting * MediaTek radios * Ath10k radios
do_kmemleak: Configure kernel option for kmemleak. Requires kernel to be compiled with appropriate options to actually enable this.
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
-1: Use current settings (default) Only takes affect when do_grub is enabled.
do_mgt_dev: Also --md. Specify the device to dedicate with management network. Use this with --do_sys_reconfig.
do_noaer: Configure system to enable/disable pci error reporting. Requires --do_grub.
0: Disabled (removes grub bootline parameter)
1: Enabled (adds pci=noaer bootline parameter, DEFAULT)
-1: Use current settings
do_nomitigations: Configure system to enable/disable spectre and related mitigations. We try to compile out most of these security features since LANforge is not designed to be secure and performance is more important to us. To help make sure all of these mitigations are disabled, we will also pass command-line args to the kernel on bootup to request disabling mitigations. Default is '1'.
0: Do not add the mitigations=off option
1: Do add the mitigations=off (default)
-1: Use current settings Only takes affect when do_grub is enabled.
do_only_pkgs: Only install packages (and groups) and exit. Use when creating VMs or if you want to install all distro packages and reboot before proceeding. If you want to download everything needed, install yum packages for development imaging:
1) touch /home/lanforge/did_cpuburn /home/lanforge/did_disktest
2) ./lf_kinstall.pl --lfver ___ --kver ___ --do_selinux=0 --skip_yum_all
3) ./lf_kinstall.pl --lfver ___ --kver ___ --skip_yum_all --do_all_ct --force_web \
--tmp_dir /home/lanforge/Downloads --download_from http://ctdownloads/ --download_only
4) reboot
5) ./lf_kinstall.pl --lfver ___ --kver ___ --do_only_pkgs
6) poweroff and make your snapshot
do_pkgs: Install packages from Internet needed by LANforge.
do_print_label: Use the following two options to print a label with model and mac address information
1) print_host: hostname owning printer
2) print_queue: name of print queue, often 'QL-800' or 'LaserWriter-450'
3) serialno: provide the serial number for chassis, or use 'HOSTNAME'
Example: --do_print_label --print_host 192.168.100.14:8082 --print_queue QL-800 --serialno HOSTNAME
do_radius: Install and configure radius server (with default values).
do_release_mirror: for downloading install files necessary to host new releases on the system. These files are placed in /var/www/html/downloads and /var/www/html/private/downloads. In the GUI Release Mgr tab, Download From can list http://192.168.1.101 or whatever the mananagement port IP is.
do_restore_metalinks: Select this option if you see errors like below:
1) Repository updates-debuginfo has no mirror or baseurl set.
2) Repository updates-source has no mirror or baseurl set.
3) Repository fedora-debuginfo has no mirror or baseurl set.
4) Repository fedora-source has no mirror or baseurl set.
5) Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'updates'
6) Your /etc/yum.repos.d repo files have had changes and are unable to reach mirrors.fedoraproject.org
do_rfgen: shortcut to install packages necessary for using RF generator hardware
do_runlevel: Configure system to run-level 3 or 5
0: Use current settings (do nothing)
3: Set to use runlevel 3 (non graphical login)
5: Set to use runlevel 5 (graphical login, needed for cinnamon)
do_save_yumc: Specify:
1: Yum update then save cache.
20: Delete local cache first then update and save.
do_selinux: Configure selinux (it conflicts with LANforge.) do_grub should also be enabled to modify the kernel boot commands.
0: Disabled (default, if do_all and related options are selected)
1: Enabled
-1: Use current settings
do_serial: Enable serial console configuration in grub.
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
-1: Use current settings (default) Only takes affect when do_grub is enabled.
do_services: Enable/Disable services to work well with LANforge.
do_slub_debug: Enable/Disable SLUB memory debugging (at least on debugging kernels) Use with --do_grub, applies on reboot. Use these choices:
-1: do not change
0: disable
1: enable slub debugging
Example: --do_grub --do_slub_debug 1
do_ssd_fstab: Modify rw behaviour for SSDs in /etc/fstab.
do_sys_reconfig: Attempt to re-configure system config files. Only works on certain platforms (APU2, Jetway, Noah2, Axiomtek)
do_udev: Create /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file if it does not already exist. It may still need hand-editing.
do_vm_prep: Erase the network settings and dnf cache in preparation for making a OVA image. Expects /root/resize-home.sh
do_vm_reconfig: forces --do_sys_reconfig to run, looking for enpX interfaces and no radios
do_vnc: Configure VNC for user lanforge.
do_webui: installs and configures LANforge WebUI components. Fedora-34 and higher.
do_xrandr: Add work-around to disable LVDS1 using xrandr. This works around Gnome issues on the Lanner WiFi appliances, and perhaps other systems.
do_xrdp: should we adjust the xrdp.ini and sesman.ini files:
0: ignore files
1: adjust files
do_yum_update: Update OS packages from Internet. Does yum --upgrade or dnf --upgrade or apt-get upgrade.
download_from: Also: --from, --download_host. Specify web url to download LANforge packages from. Implies --force_web.
download_only: Download files to tmp-dir, but do not install them or make other changes.
download_videos: shortcut for downloading Candelatech videos into /var/www/html/videos so that they might be served for video testing. See /usr/local/lanforge/nginx/video.inc for stanza when enabling directory listings when using nginx.
fix_web_root: Enable do_http and reset the /etc/httpd/httpd.conf DocumentRoot and Directory from /home/lanforge/candela_cdrom to /var/www/html
force_new_certs: Re-generate the HotSpot 2.0 R2 (HS20-R2) and/or RADIUS certs, even if we have previously created them.
force_notes: Force creating lfnotes.html
force_osver: Override the detected osver string with this value.
force_osveri: Override the detected osversion integer with this value.
force_web: Force script to use webserver. Do not use with --source_dir.
hs20_server_ip: IP Address to advertise as HS20 servers. This could be IP address of management port in simple configurations, and for more realistic configurations, perhaps the IP address of something in same network as the HS20 OSEN and .1x APs.
hwver: Specify the hardware string: CT521, CT52x-PR, CT521, CT520, LF0202, CT523, CT523c, CT314, LF0312, LF0313, CT522 Can help with html info page configuration. Leave blank if unsure.
ignore_err: Ignore any (otherwise fatal) errors. May be useful for offline installs where some functionality is better than none.
install_large_file_cron: Creates a crontab entry that runs /home/lanforge/scripts/check_large_files.bash on a daily basis. If you want to run that check more frequently, you will have to modify the crontab rules yourself.
install_pip_lanforge_scripts: this does a pip3 install of lanforge-scripts. This is not necessary if you just need to use /home/lanforge/scripts/py-scripts casually.
install_selenium: install the selenium package using pip3 (implemented in 5.4.8)
install_vlc: VLC video player requires RPMFusion repository. This adds the repository and then installs VLC.
lf2100_8x: Specify adapter board used is the 8x internal splitter/combiner board, for do_sys_reconfig
make_ifcfg_eth0: Creates /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 from the eth0 entry found in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. Fedora only. Edit 70-persistent first.
mgt_dev: indicate what interface should be configured as the management interface. LANforge works best in cases where there is a dedicated management interface and management network (out of band management). In the case there is only one interface and it has to serve as a traffic port and a management port, that is possible (in band management). Currently this option is only used by the --regen_nm_conf option. If this option is not specified Specify one of these options:
1) {interface_name}: name of the interface to set
2) "existing": force the use of the mgt_dev in /home/lanforge/config.values
mgt_dns: specify IP address to add to [ipv4]mgt_dev.dns value in mgt_dev.nmconnection
mgt_ip: specify either "dhcp" or a "ip/cird/gateway" combination for mgt_dev.nmconnection:
1) mgt_ip=dhcp
2) mgt_ip=192.168.208.24/20/192.168.208.1
no_fmirror: Uninstall yum-fastest mirror.
nocache: Add fake URL argument to disable any HTTP caching.
ntwk_mgr_ok: Enable NetworkManager. It is disabled by default.
offline: Specify that the system is on an isolated network. Turns off: --do_only_pkgs --do_pkgs Enables: --skip_fmirror --skip_installer_check --skip_pip --skip_yum_all --skip_yum_update
print_host: Use with --print_label
print_only: Implies --show_urls without website check
print_windows: print out .bat file contents to help with downloading LANforge updates
rebuild_pip: this will uninstall the python pip user environments and build a new one from scripts/requirements.txt; if you see errors, you probably are missing newly required library packages provided by the distro. To make sure your packages are up to date, use:
Example: ./lf_kinstall.pl --do_pkgs
regen_https_key: regenerate the /etc/pki/tls/$hostname.crt and .key files so that they have F33+ 4096 bit keys, not smaller keys.
regen_nm_conf: Also --regen_nm_config. Backs up /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and recreates one that specifies that no interfaces except the one with the default route be managed. Enabled by default during do_interop. NM settings you do not want modified should live in separate conf files in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d. When this option is used without the --mgt_dev option, a new management device will be determined. Default value is 1.
0: do not modify NetworkManager.conf
1: update NetworkManager.conf and mgt_dev.nmconnection
2: update NetworkManager.conf, mgt_dev.nmconnection, but do not restart NetworkManager
remove_kern: Uninstall a LANforge kernel from /boot and /etc/grub.d. It will update the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.
remove_large_file_cron: removes the cronjob created by --install_large_file_cron
remove_passwords: removes the passwords from accounts root and lanforge and reconfigures sshd to accept empty passwords. Yes...really, it IS crazy, right?
remove_pipewire: Removes pulseaudio-pipewire packages.
0: do not remove pipewire (default)
1: remove pipewire
reset_pip: Use when pip3 updates were installed as root and you have system pip3 package conflicts. This will reinstall the python-pip3 package and 'pip3 remove -r requirements.txt' to remove pip3 libraries from system folder. Follow this with --update_pip to get pip3 libraries into user lanforge folder.
save_gui_cfg: Use this to restore GUI settings on reboot. Running this a second time copies a changed LANforgeGUI/lfcfg.txt file to $home to save new changes.
1) backup: copies the LANforgeGUI/lfcfg.txt file to $home. Disables lfcustom_gui.bash if it exists.
2) static: implies backup, creates lfcustom_gui.bash that replaces lfcfg.txt into LANforgeGUI directory every time LANforgeServer is started.
serialno: use with --do_print_label, specifies serial number on label
set_swiotlb: Also: --swiotlb, --do_swiotlb. Configure IOMMU buffer size. Requires you use IOMMU setting, so use with --do_grub --do_iommu=1
Example: --do_grub --do_iommu=1 --set_swiotlb=65536
show_large_pkgs: Also: --show_larges_pkgs, --largest_pkgs, --large_pkgs. Show top 20 largest packages. Useful during do_image_prep if you want to reduce install footprint.
show_urls: Show URLS for all files that should be downloaded, and exit.
skip_cpu_burn: Don't burn-in CPU.
skip_disk_test: avoid do_disk_test if /home/lanforge/did_disktest is missing
skip_fmirror: Don't alter systems existing use of yum-plugin-fastestmirror.
skip_grub: Don't do kernel install, even if other options would have selected it.
skip_gui: Don't install LANforge-GUI, even if other options would have selected it.
skip_instller_check: avoids checking MD5 sum of lf_kinstall.pl
skip_ifrename: avoids renaming interfaces and rewriting 70-persistent-net. If OUIs of VMs are detected, the file /home/lanforge/LF_NO_IFRENAME is created. If /home/lanforge/LF_NO_IFRENAME is found, this option is automatically enabled.
skip_installer_check: turn off checking md5sum of ./lf_kinstall.pl
skip_kern: Do not install a kernel package, suppresses do_grub, do_kern
skip_radius: Do not attempt to reconfigure radius. Useful when attempting to speed up do_sys_reconfig on slow systems.
skip_resume: Don't try to use HTTP resume when downloading packages.
skip_xorp: Don't install Xorp virtual-router package, even if other options would have selected it.
skip_yum_update: Don't execute dnf/yum --update
source_dir: Specify location of installation files (must be absolute path). Implied by --use_bundle. Useful when downloading install packages on an isolated system (typically to /home/lanforge/Downloads). Example: ./lf_kinstall.pl --lfver 5.4.7 --kver 6.7.5+ --do_upgrade --source_dir /home/lanforge/Downloads --offline
tmp_dir: Specify the script temporary working directory and backups of system files. Typically defaults to /var/tmp.
update_pip: Upgrades pip userland
use_install_bundle: Also --use_bundle, --bundle [bundle file] Upgrade LANforge using an install bundle file. Bundle files Sets $source_dir, $tmp_dir to directory containing bundle.tar file. See http://www.candelatech.com/lfserver_install.php#offline_bundle Bundle installations require the system OS matches compiled OS version in the bundle. Confirm your OS version using: "grep Y /etc/os-release". Not intended for --do_interop.
use_yum_cache: do not erase and rebuild yum cache
wipe_raid: Also --remove_raid --remove_lvm [drive1,drive2...] Remove LVM volumes and signatures from specified disks. Use this before doing --create_raid the first time on any disk that already has a filesystem.
Example: ./lf_kinstall.pl --wipe_raid nvme0n1p1,nvme1n1p1

Install Script lf_kinstall.pl

Goal: Install and reconfigure your LANforge server with the lf_kinstall.pl script.

Usage

Common Options

Advanced Options

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