#2962 Issue closed: Automatic recover should be set as default or via user input in local.conf

Labels: support / question, fixed / solved / done

pawelRusin opened issue at 2023-03-28 14:03:

  • ReaR version ("/usr/sbin/rear -V"):
    Relax-and-Recover 2.4 / Git

  • If your ReaR version is not the current version, explain why you can't upgrade:

  • OS version ("cat /etc/os-release" or "lsb_release -a" or "cat /etc/rear/os.conf"):

NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.4 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.4"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (Ootpa)"

  • ReaR configuration files ("cat /etc/rear/site.conf" and/or "cat /etc/rear/local.conf"):

  • Hardware vendor/product (PC or PowerNV BareMetal or ARM) or VM (KVM guest or PowerVM LPAR):

OUTPUT=ISO
OUTPUT_URL=nfs://...........
BACKUP=NETFS
BACKUP_URL=iso:///mnt/backup
BACKUP_PROG_EXCLUDE=("${BACKUP_PROG_EXCLUDE[@]}" '/root/OS' '/tmp' '/run/log/journal')
KERNEL_CMDLINE="unattended"
USER_INPUT_TIMEOUT=1

  • System architecture (x86 compatible or PPC64/PPC64LE or what exact ARM device):
    x86_64

  • Firmware (BIOS or UEFI or Open Firmware) and bootloader (GRUB or ELILO or Petitboot):
    BIOS

  • Storage (local disk or SSD) and/or SAN (FC or iSCSI or FCoE) and/or multipath (DM or NVMe):

  • Storage layout ("lsblk -ipo NAME,KNAME,PKNAME,TRAN,TYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT"):

  • Description of the issue (ideally so that others can reproduce it):

Hello, I would like to use rear in CI and it should be fully automated.
OS - Red Hat - 8.4
OUTPUT = ISO
OUTPUT_URL=nfs
I have added some variables
KERNEL_CMDLINE="unattended"
USER_INPUT_TIMEOUT=1
but it hasn't solved my problem. I still have to manually choose in rear but menu bwtween:
Reciver/ Aumatic recover/ Boot First Local Disk etc.

How can I configure it to choose Automatic recover or set Automatic recover as default option?

  • Workaround, if any:

  • Attachments, as applicable ("rear -D mkrescue/mkbackup/recover" debug log files):

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pcahyna commented at 2023-03-28 14:28:

We have been using ReaR in CI. These settings have worked well for us in the case of ISO output and BIOS booting:

ISO_DEFAULT=automatic
ISO_RECOVER_MODE=unattended

pawelRusin commented at 2023-03-29 07:42:

Thank you very much.

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