I got it working. I don't know what I did to solve it. I restarted the services (dhcpd/cobblerd) and checked the config files, then it suddenly works.
Thanks for your quick and kind assistance! /Daniel On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Alan Crosswell <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think you need to mess with the DHCP template at all; It's just > a matter of making sure you have --static enabled so the installed host > doesn't try to do a DHCP query. Here's my /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf which > uses 10.1.1.1 as my cobbler server. The host gets installed over a > crossover cable to my laptop, and then, I plug it in to the real network > and it runs statically as 10.16.253.14. > > Sorry it's so hard to read with the multiple levels of NAT! > > /a > > # ****************************************************************** > # Cobbler managed dhcpd.conf file > # generated from cobbler dhcp.conf template (Mon Mar 21 02:02:54 2011) > # Do NOT make changes to /etc/dhcpd.conf. Instead, make your changes > # in /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template, as /etc/dhcpd.conf will be > # overwritten. > # ****************************************************************** > > ddns-update-style interim; > > allow booting; > allow bootp; > > ignore client-updates; > set vendorclass = option vendor-class-identifier; > > subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 { > option routers 10.0.0.1; > option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1, 68.237.161.12; > option subnet-mask 255.0.0.0; > range dynamic-bootp 10.1.1.100 10.1.1.254; > filename "/pxelinux.0"; > default-lease-time 21600; > max-lease-time 43200; > next-server 10.1.1.1; > } > > # group for Cobbler DHCP tag: default > group { > host generic4 { > hardware ethernet 00:21:9B:FC:26:C3; > fixed-address 10.16.253.14; > option host-name "wb2zii-15"; > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.224; > option routers 10.16.253.1; > filename "/pxelinux.0"; > next-server 10.1.1.1; > } > > > On 03/21/2011 10:53 AM, Daniel Kertby wrote: > > That's right, I don't want the DHCP server to answer DHCP requests > > from nodes not setup using Cobbler during > > the installation part (after assigning hostname/ip/mac). The system > > then should have the same IP which was assigned during the Cobbler > > setup/install. > > > > As soon as I remove 'range dynamic-bootp' from the dhcp.template file, > > it stops working, > > > > How should I set this up in the cleanest/simpliest way? > > We will also have it multi-homing for appr. 10 networks (vlans) > > > > /Daniel > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Alan Crosswell <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > If I understand what you are saying, I believe what you do is have > the > > DHCP server assign IP addresses that it will respond to (so you have > > supply your system's MAC address) to that it can properly do the PXE > > boot and kickstart installation. You can then configure your > > system to > > use static addresses (non-DHCP) going forward by doing whatever the > > command line equivalent of unchecking the DHCP box is in the web UI. > > --static=1? > > > > On 03/21/2011 10:13 AM, Daniel Kertby wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been investigating how to setup Cobbler to use the local DHCP > > > server to setup static entries but > > > without success. > > > > > > when executing 'cobbler system add ...' I want Cobbler to use the > > > --ip-adress= and mac-address= variables to > > > setup the DHCP server to have the static mapping. I cannot find any > > > good documentation and my trials have failed. > > > > > > Anyone? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > cobbler mailing list > > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
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