AutoYaST compatibility reference

Let's describe which sections and elements from an AutoYaST profile are (or will be) supported in Agama. In some cases, you might find a table with the following columns:

• AutoYaST: name of the AutoYaST element.
• Supported: whether it is (or will be) supported. The meaning of each value is:
  • Yes: fully supported.
  • Planned: not supported yet, but there are plans to support it.
  • Undecided: no decision about whether it should be supported.
  • No: there are no plans for supporting that element.
• Agama: name of the Agama element.
• Comment: any comment or reason about the element.

add-on

This section is supported.

add-on/add_on_products

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
media_url	yes	url
product_dir	yes	productDir
product	no
alias	yes
priority	yes
ask_on_error	no
confirm_license	no
name	yes

add-on/add_on_others

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
media_url	yes	url
product_dir	yes	productDir
product	no
alias	yes
priority	yes
ask_on_error	no
confirm_license	no
name	yes

bootloader

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
device_map	no
loader_type	no

bootloader/global

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
activate	no
append	yes	bootloader.extraKernelParams
boot_boot	no
boot_custom	no
boot_extended	no
boot_mbr	no
boot_root	no
cpu_mitigations	no
generic_mbr	no
gfxmode	no
os_prober	no
password	no
suse_btrfs	no
serial	no
secure_boot	no
terminal	no
timeout	yes	bootloader.timeout
trusted_boot	no
update_nvram	no
vgamode	no
xen_append	no
xen_kernel_append	no

dasd

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
device	no
dev_name	no
channel	yes
diag	yes

files

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
file_path	yes	files.destination	Creating directories by using trailing slash is not yet supported.
file_contents	yes	files.content
file_location	yes	files.url
file_owner	yes		In agama it is split to files.user and files.group
file_permissions	yes
file_script	planned

iscsi-client

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
initiatorname	yes	iscsi.initiator
version	no

iscsi-client/targets[]

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
authmethod	no
portal	yes	iscsi.targets[].address	Splitted into two values, address and port.
startup	yes
target	yes	iscsi.targets[].name
iface	yes	iscsi.targets[].interface

kdump

There are plans to support this section in the future.

keyboard

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
keymap	yes	localization.keyboard
capslock	no
delay	no
discaps	no
numlock	no
rate	no
scrlock	no
tty	no

language

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
language	yes	localization.language
languages	no

networking

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
backend	no		Only NetworkManager is supported.
dhcp_options	no
ipv6	yes		It affects method4 and method6.
keep_install_network	no
managed	no
modules	no
net-udev	no
routing	no
s390-devices	no
setup_before_proposal	no
strict_IP_check_timeout	no
virt_bridge_proposal	no

networking/dns

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
dhcp_hostname	no
hostname	yes	hostname.static
nameservers	yes	network.connections[].nameservers	Copied to each connection.
resolv_conf_policy	no
searchlist	yes	network.connections[].dns_searchlist	Copied to each connection.

networking/interfaces[]

This section is supported. It corresponds to Agama connections, but the format is not exactly the same.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
device	yes	interface
name	yes	id
description	no
bootproto	no	method6	Different set of values.
startmode	no		Do not set up network connections you won't use.
lladdr	yes	macAddress
ifplugd_priority	no		Not relevant (no ifplugd support).
usercontrol	no
dhclient_set_hostname	no
ipaddr	yes	network.connections[].address[]
prefixlen	yes	network.connections[].address[]
netmask	yes	network.connections[].address[]
aliases	yes	network.connections[].address[]
broadcast	yes	network.connections[].address[]
network	yes	network.connections[].address[]
mtu	no
ethtool_options	no
wireless	yes	wireless	It uses a different format.
dhclient_set_down_link	no
dhclient_set_default_route	no
zone	no
firewall	no
bonding_master	planned
bonding_module_opts	yes	network.connections[].bond.options
bonding_slave0	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave1	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave2	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave3	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave4	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave5	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave6	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave7	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave8	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bonding_slave9	yes	network.connections[].bond.ports
bridge	planned
bridge_forwarddelay	planned
bridge_ports	planned
bridge_stp	planned
vlan_id	planned
wireless_auth_mode	yes
wireless_ap	no
wireless_bitrate	no
wireless_ca_cert	no
wireless_channel	no
wireless_client_cert	no
wireless_client_key	no
wireless_client_key_password	no
wireless_default_key	no
wireless_eap_auth	no
wireless_eap_mode	no
wireless_essid	yes	ssid
wireless_frequency	no
wireless_key	no
wireless_key_0	no
wireless_key_1	no
wireless_key_2	no
wireless_key_3	no
wireless_key_length	no
wireless_mode	yes	mode
wireless_nick	no
wireless_nwid	no
wireless_peap_version	no
wireless_power	no
wireless_wpa_anonid	no
wireless_wpa_identity	no
wireless_wpa_password	yes	password
wireless_wpa_psk	yes	password

ntp-client

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
ntp_policy	no
ntp_sync	no

ntp-client/ntp_servers[]

This section is supported. All servers are considered of type "pool"

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
address	yes	ntp.sources[].address
iburst	yes	ntp.sources[].iburst
offline	yes	ntp.sources[].offline

proxy

There are plans to support this section in the future. Meanwhile set the proxy using the kernels' command line.

scripts

This section is supported.

scripts/pre-scripts[]

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
filename	yes	scripts.pre[].name
location	yes	scripts.pre[].url
source	yes	scripts.pre[].content
interpreter	no		Use the shebang line in your scripts.
feedback	no
feedback_type	no
debug	no
notification	no
param-list	no
rerun	no

scripts/postpartitioning-scripts[]

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
filename	yes	scripts.postPartitioning[].name
location	yes	scripts.postPartitioning[].url
source	yes	scripts.postPartitioning[].content
interpreter	no		Use the shebang line in your scripts.
feedback	no
feedback_type	no
debug	no
notification	no
param-list	no
rerun	no

scripts/chroot-scripts[]

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
filename	yes	scripts.chroot[].name
location	yes	scripts.chroot[].url
source	yes	scripts.chroot[].content
interpreter	no		Use the shebang line in your scripts.
feedback	no
feedback_type	no
debug	no
notification	no
param-list	no
rerun	no

scripts/post-scripts[]

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
filename	yes	scripts.init[].name
location	yes	scripts.init[].url
source	yes	scripts.init[].content
interpreter	no		Use the shebang line in your scripts.
feedback	no
feedback_type	no
debug	no
notification	no
param-list	no
rerun	no

scripts/init-scripts[]

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
filename	yes	scripts.init[].name
location	yes	scripts.init[].url
source	yes	scripts.init[].content
rerun	no

services-manager

This section is supported. Automatically converted into post-installation script

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
default_target	yes

services-manager/enable

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
service	yes

services-manager/disable

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
service	yes

services-manager/on_demand

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
service	yes

software

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
do_online_update	no		No 2nd stage
install_recommended	no
instsource	no
kernel	no
packages[]	yes	software.packages[]
post-packages[]	no
patterns[]	yes	software.patterns[]
products[]	yes	software.id
remove-packages[]	no
remove-patterns[]	no
remove-products[]	no

suse_register

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
do_registration	yes		The whole suse_register section is ignored if "false".
email	yes	product.registrationEmail
install_updates	no
reg_code	yes	product.registrationCode
reg_server	yes	product.registrationUrl
reg_server_cert	no
reg_server_cert_fingerprint	yes	security.sslCertificates[].fingerprint
reg_server_cert_fingerprint_type	yes	security.sslCertificates[].algorithm
addons[]	yes	product.addons[]	Does not check the dependencies, it registers addons in the given order.
slp_discovery	planned

timezone

This section is supported.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
timezone	yes	localization.timezone
hwclock	no

users[]

This section is supported. Only the root and the first user are considered.

AutoYaST	Supported	Agama	Notes
username	yes	user.userName
fullName	yes	user.fullName
password	yes	user.password
encrypted	yes	user.hashedPassword	If set to true, it uses "hashedPassword" instead of "password"
authorized_keys	yes	root.sshPublicKeys

zfcp

This section is supported.

Unsupported sections

The following sections are not supported and there are no plans to support them in the future.

• audit-laf
• auth-client
• configuration_management
• deploy_image
• dhcp-server
• dns-server
• fcoe-client
• firstboot
• ftp-server
• general
• groups
• host
• http-server
• mail
• nfs
• nfs_server
• nis
• nis_server
• printer
• report
• samba-client
• sound
• squid
• ssh_import
• sysconfig
• tftp-server
• upgrade