Ignite-UX Custom Configuration files

Comments on the SD based cfg clause
The clause created does nothing except install a generic core operating system (OE) from an SD
depot (with the patches included with the operating system). The important thing is that it will install
HP-UX. To enable this all you have had to do is create a core operating system (OE) depot, run
make_config once, and then manage_index twice.
In the following sections, you will add to this by adding new depots to allow additional
applications to be installed and custom configuration to be executed.
You have saved a lot of time by using the default configuration files that Ignite-UX supplies for every
HP-UX revision (the config and hw_patches_cfg files) as a basic configuration for file systems
and some additional configuration for patching. The release-specific (in this case
/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/config) configuration file supplies some important
variable definitions. Including this file prevents changes to Ignite-UX in the future from impacting
you because you automatically receive changes to the release-specific config and
hw_patches_cfg files as with each new release of Ignite-UX.
How to setup your environment to boot systems so that they can contact your Ignite-UX server to
allow you to install systems is not discussed in this paper. For more information on completing the
setup of your server, refer to the Ignite-UX Administration Guide.
Extending the generic SD cfg clause with applications
In this section, you will enhance the core operating system (OE) bundle that you previously created
by making available some of the applications from the HP Application Media. In this example, you
will be copying the December 2003 Application DVD. The application media is created and
copied in much the same way as "Creating the core operating system depot".
Creating the application depot
First, you must copy the applications from the DVD into a depot so that you can use them. The
following command begins the process:
# make_depots -d /var/opt/ignite/depots/Rel_B.11.11/apps_1203 \
-s /dev/dsk/c0t1d0
If the media contains codeword-protected applications, so you must supply the codewords directly
to the make_depots command (for more information, see make_depots(1M)). This command
can take a long time to complete.
Creating a configuration for the application depot
Since you created the depot, you can create the configuration file for the depot using the following
command:
# make_config -s /var/opt/ignite/depots/Rel_B.11.11/apps_1203 \
-c /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/apps_1203_cfg
Remember that you do not use the –r option so that manage_index is run by make_config to
update every cfg clause that uses HP-UX B.11.11 to include the file. You should only add the
apps_1203_cfg file to one cfg clause.
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