On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> > Hello. > > I am in charge of ~50 GNU/Linux stations but I am not a real computer > guy and my general knowledge about the various issues related to > network installations (PXE, dhcp, tftp, etc.) is very poor, so > although I spent days searching the Internet, I cannot find a > definitive answer to the following question (indeed, I find various > docs/tutorials confusing at best, contradictory at worse). > > I work in a lab which runs its own dhcp server. > > The question: on my computer, is it possible to install cobbler so > that I can perform fully automated network installations on my 50 > stations without having access to that dhcp server? > > By not having access, I'm inferring you can't set the filename and next-server parameters on it. > An example of things that appear at first sight contradictory to me: > > On the one hand, I read on > https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Build-iso that > > "Often an environment cannot support PXE because of either (A) an > unfortunate lack of control over DHCP configurations (i.e. another > group owns DHCP and won't give you a next-server entry), or (B) you > are using static IPs only." > > and my understanding is that I am exactly in case (A), that the answer > to my question is "no", and that the workaround is to use "buildiso", > which does not provide a fully automated solution. > > Depends if you call sticking some media in and picking a single menu option, and going to get a Mountain Dew fully automated or not. The actual install is still fully automated. You can't do "next time this MAC address boots, reinstall this box" because to PXE you need DHCP. So yeah, not fully… > > On the other hand, I read on > http://serverfault.com/questions/53116/howto-setup-cobbler-with-pxe-if-you-cant-change-the-dhcp-server > (which is dated *before* the previous link): > > "According to the documentation i've read it [...] should be possible > to have an unmodified dhcp server (for example if the admin at your > location denies access) and a separate server that ONLY returns the > boot information. > > The proxy stuff seems logical (though it's news to me, interesting), but you'd have to make sure the other DHCP server didn't answer, right? > The person further claims he has been able to do that with cobbler > using dnsmasq. > > Thank you in advance for any hint. > > Alain > > -- > EOST (École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre) > IPG (Institut de Physique du Globe) | [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > 5 rue René Descartes | Phone: +33 (0)3 68 85 50 44 > F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France | Fax: +33 (0)3 68 85 01 25 > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >
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