[OmniOS-discuss] network configuration script

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 13:43:36 -0400
Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:

> 
> You have an interactive setup.  It then invokes certain commands like "ipadm create-addr ....".
> 
> Instead of invoking those commands, what if it wrote those commands to a file (i.e. scribbled those commands :) ) or even stdout?  The file I was imagining was "/mnt/.initialboot", because after a fresh ISO/USB installation, any commands in the file are invoked once when the new system boots the first time.
> 
> One could put the bring-up-networking commands on the newly installed machine using your tool and the commands it outputs.
> 
I see. This should be easy. Simply add a boolean command line option.
Eg -r|--record which when present will output create commands to
stdout. I prefer using stdout for a broader usage scenario leaving
decision where to output to the invoker.

What do you think?

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