AutoYaST Configuration Management System
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AutoYaST Configuration Management System

Anas Nashif

Uwe Gansert

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The run-time module interface in AutoYaST
3. Run-time modules in auto mode
4. Module functions needed for Auto-Install
5. Configuration file
6. Conventions for module Writers
6.1. Exported Data
6.2. YaST2 Module Types
6.3. Module behaviour

1. Introduction

The plugin-like design has the following advantages:

  • New Run-time module can be integrated automatically in AutoYaST, thus new features in YaST2 mean new features in the auto-installer.

  • Only installed run-time modules are offered and used to autoinstall the system. This allows the integration of speciality run-time modules which are only present on business products for example.

  • Code which is relevant to one run-time configuration module is kept in one place instead of maintaining it in different modules.

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   2. The run-time module interface in AutoYaST