Liarte, Guillermo wrote:
Hello,
I am going to run a proof of concept using Cobbler and I need some
advise as it differs substantially from the current scenario.
At the moment this is the way we build our new servers:
We have a build server with httpd that contains the kickstart
tree and the kickstart configuration templates. We have an static
website where we enter the information for a new build ( ip, netmask,
console type, etc) and it passes the variables to an script that
builds the kickstart file for that system feeding the template with
the variables. Then using ILO or similar, we boot from a minimum cd,
and we do a normal ks installation using http.
That method has worked fine for RHEL3 and RHEL4 and people would
just make some changes in the scripts and collectors and a new version
could be used. However we don't mantain a decent documentation about
howto do any of this and I started doing some research about it, until
I found cobbler.
What I need is Cobbler to be able to mantain my existing RHEL3 and
4 kickstart trees and kickstart templates ( we don't want to change
them ) and also help me making more dynamic and diversified RHEL5
installations in a tidy, structured way.
We are also willing to be able to upgrade servers using koan ( or any
other method ).
I would like someone to recommend some material I could follow to
achieve this. No PXE, NoDHCP, NO Bind. We use static IPs.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Regards,
Guillermo Liarte
Hi Guillermo,
Cobbler can definitely help with this and there are other users using it
with static configurations and existing kickstart-builders. Since
we've moved Cobbler's mailing list recently so it could get it's own
space, could you please repost this question to
https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler ? You will need
to sign up for the new list before you can post.
Thanks!
--Michael
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