The installation fails and ends with this error message.

auditd[130]: getaddrinfo() failed[node name or service name not known].
auditd[130]: adt_get_local_address failed, no Audit IP address available, 
faking loopback for   and error Network is  down.


On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 2:49:00 AM UTC-7, Trisha Hoang wrote:
>
> Hello Foreman users,
>
> From my understanding, there is no support for Solaris 11 install on 
> Foreman. Not sure if the reason is that Solaris 11 has its own automated 
> installer or if there are technical challenges. At any rate, we have many 
> users and would like to provide a single platform for OS install and were 
> able to gently hack the 
> /usr/share/foreman/app/models/operatingsystems/solaris.rb file with the 
> changes as attached.
>
> Installation media pointing to Solaris 11 AI:
> http://x.x.x.x:5555/export/auto_install/solaris$major_$minor-i386/
>
> Boot filename:
> /var/lib/tftpboot/pxegrub2
>
> Boot menu:
> /var/lib/tftpboot/boot/grub/grub.cfg (file attached)
>
> Foreman proxy:
> DHCP, TFTP services
>
> After creation of new host, Foreman was able to download the kernel and 
> boot_archive from the AI server. At time of install, these steps were also 
> successful:
>  - get static IP from DHCP
>  - display the grub.cfg boot menu
>  - transfer kernel and boot_archive to new host
>
> Upon completion of transferring kernel and boot_archive, according to 
> /var/log/messages, the new host once again request for the IP.
>
> dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 'static-ip' to 00:00:00:a0:63:75 via ens160
> dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 'static-ip' ('foreman proxy ip') from 
> 00:00:00:a0:63:75 via ens160
>
> (Scenario 1)
> Even though the Foreman DHCP proxy server has all the relevant information 
> (ie, static IP, MAC) in /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases, this info does not get 
> passed onto the new host the second time. Without obtaining an IP, the 
> install failed.
>
> (Scenario 2)
> In another scenario, we have an external DHCP server (not Foreman proxy 
> server), the new host gets its static IP the second time and the install 
> succeeds.
>
> It's understandable that it would be difficult to reproduce these 
> scenarios as many pieces are involved, but any help is greatly appreciated 
> as I have run out of ideas.
>
> Thank you.
> Trisha
>

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