Koelewijn, Marcel - Acision wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cobbler- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan >> Sent: maandag 15 september 2008 14:23 >> To: cobbler mailing list >> Subject: installing cobbler in a virtual host (Re: pxe menu timeout) >> >> Rui Gouveia wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I need to install a server for an institution. I'm thinking of using >>> xen, lvm2 and cobbler for managing some of the institution hosts. >>> >>> Regarding this thread, can I iunstall cobbler in a xen virtual host? >>> >>> Thanks for your time. >>> >>> Rui Gouveia >>> (Portugal) >>> >>> >> Yes, though running it on metal is recommended as that makes for one >> less layer of things to debug if you want to serve DHCP and DNS so >> forth >> from there. >> > > For that matter - it works well when running (and provisioning) in vmware > (tested on server, workstation and player, not on ESX). > > /marcel > > This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended > recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential > information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, > disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an > intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment > and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > Yes, there is nothing virt-type specific or anything that cobbler knows about that would prevent that. The question is just whether you want to serve DHCP and DNS from a VM. I'm pretty sure you don't. If those are external and cobbler is just your next_server, that is probably ok.
Provisioning also tends to have a lot of storage requirements (especially if mirroring trees or packages), so that's another reason possibly to not put cobbler on a VM (unless you want to mount external storage and bother about relocating directories -- see Wiki). For testing or just simple stuff, sure. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
