.. _Standard Kickstart Options:

Standard Kickstart Options
--------------------------

Your kickstart file may include any of the standard Linux options used in kickstart files for installing Linux operating systems. For the full list of these options and their explanations, consult the respective Linux documentation (e.g., the *Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide*).

Listed below are the mandatory options and commands that you must include in each kickstart file.

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| Option                               | Description                                                   |
+======================================+===============================================================+
| ``auth``                             | Specifies authentication options for the |product_name|       |
|                                      | physical server.                                              |
| ``--enableshadow``                   |                                                               |
|                                      |                                                               |
| ``--passalgo=sha512``                |                                                               |
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| ``cdrom``                            | Install the product from the first optical drive.             |
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| ``cmdline``                          | Perform the installation in the unattended mode.              |
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| ``firstboot --enable``               | Starts the Setup Agent the first time the system is booted.   |
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| ``keyboard``                         | Sets the system keyboard type.                                |
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| ``lang``                             | Sets the language to use during installation and the default  |
|                                      | language to use on the installed system.                      |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``rootpw --iscrypted <value>``       | Sets the root password for the server in the encrypted form.  |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``selinux --disabled``               | Disables SElinux.                                             |
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| ``services --enabled="chronyd"``     | Enables time synchronization via NTP.                         |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``timezone <zone>``                  | Sets the system time zone.                                    |
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| ``autopart --type=lvm``              | Sets the partitioning type to LVM.                            |
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