Michael DeHaan wrote: > Chris O'Regan wrote: > >>> If I was maintaining a disaster recovery setup, I'd just use "cobbler >>> replicate" between the two servers on cron, or if they are supposed to >>> always be in sync (and cron is unacceptable) and there isn't a reliable >>> concept of a master, possibly set up cobbler triggers to rsync >>> /var/lib/cobbler/config to the other server whenever something changes >>> on one of them. >>> >>> >> Interesting, I did not notice that on the wiki when I was hunting for >> information this afternoon. >> > > Thanks for the heads up! I'll put it up there. > > > >> Yeah, this sounds like what I want. Is this >> a push or a pull? >> > > It's a pull. > > >> I gather that "cobbler replicate" is run on each >> subcobbler (pull), right? >> > > Correct. Subcobblers can have subcobblers if you so wish :) > > >> Hrmm...my "ks_mirror" directory on my dev box >> is pretty much empty (just a "config" directory). Am I missing >> something? What should be in there? >> >> > > That's the directory used by "cobbler import", if you were sourcing > trees externally (without mirroring them) this data would not be in use. > > >> Is this going to replicate my kickstarts and snippets, too, or do I have >> to find a way of sharing them? If the latter, can those be put onto NFS >> safely? What mechanism is used for replication? >> >> > > Yes, it can help move over as little or as much as you want. See > "cobbler replicate --help"in 1.2.4. If it can't do something you want, > let me know, and we can see about adding it. > > Replication is achieved using Cobbler XMLRPC for basic data, and files > are transferred using scp/rsync. Usage of ssh-agent before cobbler > replicate is therefore recommended unless you are using authorized_keys. > > >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
We already had a page for this, though I've added to it a good bit. Other edits/tricks/tips welcome. https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/ReplicateMaster --Michael _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
