Michael DeHaan wrote:
A while back I wrote about Cobbler, a provisioning tool I've written
to help with setting up provisioning infrastructure (PXE, Xen, running
systems, etc). Cobbler is designed to eliminate the need to
understand things like PXE, and just allow the admin to concentrate on
what they want to provision.
Cobbler is an upgrade over system-config-netboot because it checks for
prerequisites, handles things other than PXE, and has some support for
kickstart templating and dhcpd.conf management.
Also, rather than just managing the files in /tftpboot, it works in
terms of profiles -- allowing manipulation of kernel parameters,
kickstarts, and so forth, from human readable config files that
maintain a hierarchical relationship between distributions, profiles,
and systems. Properties are inherited down the chain, making changes
to a wide array of systems as easy as changing the profile.
Relatively new site here: http://cobbler.et.redhat.com
--SNIP--
Thanks to suggestions from kickstart-list readers, I've made
cobbler-0.2.7 build and install cleanly on RHEL4 (before it had a taste
for a few libraries that were mainly in Fedora, and I've removed
those). So if you've tried cobbler before and couldn't use it because
of RHEL4 installation issues, please check out 0.2.7.
Thanks,
Michael
