This module manages GRUB 2 bootloader
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Red Hat
- CentOS
- Gentoo
- SLES / OpenSuse
- Arch Linux
- Specify a path to a background image
- STRING : Empty by default
- Define some memory addresses for BadRAM filtering
- STRING : Empty by default
- Template used for GRUB config file
- STRING : 'grub2/default_grub.erb'
- Arguments passed to the kernel
- STRING : Empty by default
- Arguments passed to the kernel
- STRING : Empty by default
- Arguments passed to the kernel
- STRING : Empty by default
- Arguments passed to Xen
- STRING : Empty by default
- Define on which kernel the system will boot
- STRING : '0'
- Define on which hard drive the MBR will be write
- ARRAY : Empty by default
- Define if GRUB should use the UUID in the root= path
- BOOL : false
- Define if GRUB should add the results of os-prober to the menu
- BOOL : false
- Define if GRUB should display the recovery entry in the menu
- BOOL : false
- Define if GRUB should display the submenu
- BOOL : false
- Define if GRUB should check for encrypted disks and generate additional commands needed to access them during boot
- BOOL : false
- Define which resolution should be used if VBE is used
- STRING : Empty by default
hidden_timeout
- Define how long (in seconds) grub should wait for a user to enter the menu
- STRING : Not present in config file by default
hidden_timeout_quiet
- Define if the hidden timeout is quiet or not
- BOOL : false
- Path to GRUB installation command
- ABSOLUTE_PATH : Value depends on Linux distribution
- Path to GRUB configuration file update command
- ABSOLUTE_PATH : Value depends on Linux distribution
- Install the GRUB packages and install GRUB in the MBR
- BOOL : false
- Puppet stuff, define in which state should be the GRUB packages
- STRING : 'present'
- Enable password to protect the GRUB configuration
- BOOL : false
- Set the username that will be able to edit the GRUB configuration
- STRING : Empty by default
- Set PBKDF2 password hash generated via grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 or grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 commands
- STRING : Empty by default
- Set default timeout value for GRUB2. Useful to stop headless machines stalling during boot.
- INTEGER : 5
- If true, the last selected entry will become the new default one GRUB_DEFAULT should be set to "saved" and not to 0
- BOOL : false
- Set settings for the serial console
- STRING : Empty by default
- Whether the root disk is a btrfs snapshot or not
- BOOL : false
- Define on which terminal the ouput should be display
- STRING : Empty by default
- Define how long (in seconds) that the menu should appear
- INTEGER : 5
- Define if GRUB should make a beep when he starts
- STRING : Empty by default
- Regenerate the GRUB configuration after updates
- BOOL : true
class { 'grub2':
update_grub => false,
install_grub => false,
cmdline_linux_default => 'quiet crashkernel=256M nmi_watchdog=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS1,115200n8',
terminal => 'serial console',
default_entry => 0,
timeout => 5,
serial_command => 'serial --speed=115200 --unit=1 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1',
disable_uuid => true,
disable_recovery => true,
tune => '480 440 1',
device_install => ['/dev/sda'],
hidden_timeout => 0,
hidden_timeout_quiet => false,
recordfail_timeout => 5,
password => true,
password_username => 'chewbacca',
password_pbkdf2_hash => 'grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.EDBE1B820072D36A7B0059C7C33A2AA8B9D60888B0A44E7A566CB92E35F16A0F20770E79FB2E283680715ED916498D59B72F02599B461E4A087704E5E8A2A92D.911F2E7867A16DE76C170AD6E1C14D3F0AE2B7E1B58D1D967F98CEC9F2C2EAF7397ADE15CFB661CA94F6B7963A9C98BEFFB3026A4285FC04DB9F4118BDA39D58',
}
This module also supports the configuration of the parameters it exposes
using Hiera. You can do this by namespacing around grub2
. For instance, to
set the value of timeout
to 10
, you would use something like that in
your Hiera files:
grub2::timeout: 10