The "noexec" mount option prevents installation of Automation Suite

Automation Suite installation is failing with error " Installation stuck or fails at rke2-server installation stage".

Issue Description: Automation Suite installation is failing with error. Installation stuck or fails at rke2-server installation stage.

Root Cause: The "noexec" mount option causes prevents installation of Automation Suite.

Resolution:

  1. Check the file systems that are mounted at boot time with the following command:
  • $ sudo more /etc/fstab

  1. Identify mounts with noexec options, edit file and remove noexec, and save (var, tmp)
  • $ sudo vi /etc/fstab
  • UUID=a411dc99-f2a1-4c87-9e05-184977be8539 /var ext4 rw,relatime,discard,data=ordered,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 2

  1. Then resume infra installation.