Information about the cobbler directory tree is here: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/File%20System%20Information
And yes, cobbler handles all the bootp setup for you. This is pretty much the first thing it ever did :) I'm not sure I follow the part about the test ISOs. When I looked at Orchestra's screenshots, it looked to be not much more than a CSS reskinning and some sample packaged preseeds, and some helper programs to automate some distro import steps. All of this really belongs in Cobbler's upstream project, and not Orchestra … so if someone would like to look at how to bring more of that back in, that would be awesome. It would be also great if we could build debs straight from Cobbler's packaged makefile and a checkout on an Ubuntu/Debian box. --Michael On Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Javier Domingo wrote: > I was making my own "cobbler" version. > > Just with (ubuntu) packages: > - apt-cacher-ng (alternatives are worst) because it is the only one fully > functional, that nowadays work and it is just for that. Doesn't give any > extra service > - bootp and tftpd: I find them *quite* easy to configure, and they have easy > use > - kickstart vs preseed: there is no much docs about them on Ubuntu, or at > least, they seem to be outdated. > > I wanted to use cobbler to manage them, in that way, I would get pretty > simpler to see configs. I rely _a lot_ in netboot and proxy/mirroring > archives because I think that is the key to speed up tests, and because I > *hate* CDs/DVDs/etc. and I always have full USB or no USB.. > > What I want more is to know if cobbler has been designed specifically to work > with some programs, or has some type of interface to them, in which I can put > another one (for example bootp, which is very plain_text to configure) > > I came to cobbler because I got into orchestra, and I wanted orchestra > features but without orchestra, at the end, this I have thought, is to have > each tester in his house to speed up tests, has to be easy to use it, fast, > and with no extra features. > > I find your cobbler interface (if ubuntu's package didn't change it much) > quite familiar, and easy to use, (the web one), and the commands are also > quite intuitive. The only weird thing was the one about kickstarts, in the > web interface they were very mixed (the default ones). > > As images are also taken into the ubuntu archive, I could use it through the > apt-cacher so that I always get latest, instead of relying in a cron script. > I actually don't know if you also have that thing about the archives > containing the test isos, etc. But if you do, that would be a +1. > > Will try to get again into working with cobbler with a in-depth sight, and > also will come back with more specific questions. > > One of them, though may require me to study more about pxe images, would be > if you could point me to a file that explains what is stored where for > something. I found many directories, but didn't know the structure cobbler > uses. > > Thanks for the fast response, > > Javier Domingo > > > 2012/1/21 Michael DeHaan <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> > > Sorry you have been having problems. > > > > Cobbler was originally developed to support Fedora, Red Hat, and CentOS -- > > and SLES came along later. Both are pretty simple. Debian/Ubuntu support > > is more recent but not exactly that old either. Previously it was added > > and then removed because various core features (repo add, etc) were > > incomplete -- now imports have gotten better, but unfortunately > > documentation hasn't been updated much -- basically at all, which really > > sucks -- so the process of setting it up is not documented, nor is the > > process of working on it there from a development perspective. I would > > like the Canonical folks using it in Orchestra to do this -- wink wink, > > nudge nudge, but maybe someone here can be of service. Docs would make > > your distro easier to consume and deploy -- and even be experimented with > > by people on other platforms -- again, @Canonical, hint hint. However > > they don't usually answer questions here, so may I interest you in some > > easier to consume, much better Fedora? :) > > > > As for DHCP management, that itself is not so hard to understand and we can > > definitely help answer questions around that, but it sounds like you have > > other challenges to chase first. > > It's generally not something you start using unless you get the basics set > > up, then you just follow the Wiki docs. > > > > --Michael > > > > On Friday, January 20, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Javier Domingo wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been trying to use cobbler, and didn't succeed, so I am coming > > > here. My main idea was to develop a system, that having a central > > > computer, was able to leave blank with all the packages installed when > > > needed. > > > > > > I started searching about all the stuff I could use, and the most similar > > > thing I found to what I was planning to create, was cobbler. I must say > > > that I am going to use cobbler in Ubuntu, to deploy Ubuntu. I installed > > > the cobbler package, and for me was all messy, I started to read docs, > > > and were all about importing systems, configuring proxys, etc. > > > > > > I know it is a server deployment feature system, and that importing > > > systems could be usefull etc. But I didn't find how to get pxe-s in the > > > system. I might be easy, but I don't get the right way. I also wanted to > > > use that DHCP management, but I don't understand how it works, or if it > > > works without it. > > > > > > Also the same thing about mirroring and tftpd. > > > > > > So my questions are, > > > > > > 1) Is it possible to use cobbler to just manage a bootptab file, and the > > > tftpd-dir with all the images I want to use? > > > > > > 2) Does cobbler do some of those things about PXE? I mean, does it have > > > the tftpd, and the DHCP servers included? > > > > > > 3) Isn't there any easy way to configure the repos with apt-cacher-ng? > > > (Don't actually like squid) > > > > > > 4) Is it possible to use all that great configuration interface > > > cobbler-web has, with profiles management, systems, etc. But changing the > > > bellow apps? > > > > > > > > > I hope this isn't too newbie, > > > > > > Javier Domingo > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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] (mailto:[email protected]) > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >
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