Your own OEM configuration: YaST Firstboot

“Have you ever thought how users should configure their systems,
deployed by AutoYaST or kiwi? One of possible answers is called
YaST Firstboot.

“The YaST firstboot utility is a special kind of configuration
workflow that can be run after the basic system is installed. It is
started on the first boot of the system and guides a user through a
series of steps that allow for easier configuration of their
desktops. YaST firstboot does not run by default and has to be
configured to run by the user or the system administrator. It is
useful for image deployments where the system in the image is
already configured (read: AutoYaST, SUSE_Studio, KIWI), and
end-user should do only the last few steps, like setting the root
password. Enabling Firstboot

“To enable running firstboot configuration sequence on the
machine, it is necessary to:

* Have yast2-firstboot package installed. Depending on your
installation method, this means adding the package to the list of
packages to be installed (e.g. for AutoYaST) or that are part of
installation image.

* Create the empty file /var/lib/YaST2/reconfig_system. If this
file is present on system boot, firstboot configuration sequence is
started. YaST Firstboot removes the file when the configuration is
done.”

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