On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:01:50 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
> Quoting Owen Beckley <[email protected]>:
> 
> >>
> >> I've got a need to deploy servers across multiple VLANs from the same
> >> cobbler server - is this possible?
> >>
> >> Ideally, I'd like to manage/build all servers from the same cobbler
> >> instance, however it would appear that cobbler only allows for the
> >> management on a single subnet (we're faced with one subnet on
> >> 192.168.x.x and another on 172.16.x.x :( )
> >>
> >> Is this possible, or should I just drop DHCP management from cobbler
> >> (the servers are set to static IP after build), serve up a basic image
> >> using PXE and go from there?
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> Matt
> >
> > There are a couple of ways to handle this. If the second subnet is
> > available locally, you could add a second interface to your cobbler
> > server and have it serve dhcp to both subnets directly. You should be
> > able to do this with either a physically separate interface or by VLAN
> > tagging your existing interface so it has both subnets on it.
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> This is how the server is currently configured, I'm having issues with  
> the /etc/cobbler/settings file to get cobbler to manage the IP Ranges  
> on both VLANS.
> 
> Do you use cobbler to manage the DHCP server or do you do that by  
> another method?

In /etc/cobbler/settings you just have to tell it to manage dhcp. Then
you will want to add subnet definitions for each vlan in
/etc/cobbler/dhcp.template. Then do a cobbler sync and your dhcp server
should be able to answer dhcp requests for the subnets listed in dhcp.template.

-- 
Scott Henson
Red Hat CIS Operator
WVU Alum BSAE/BSME

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