Hi Michael, This is a great feature! Thanks for putting the work in on this. I am working on the apache lockdown items for my organization and look forward to building a "Live Provisioning CD" that meets our requirements.
Thanks again! Yours, Aaron On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Michael DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For a while Cobbler has had a solution based on koan and the live CD to > enable network provisioning of bare metal in environments that either do not > have DHCP, or do not have control over DHCP that is sufficient enough to set > up a PXE environment. Naturally, if you can set up a PXE environment with > Cobbler, it's very useful to have, and you'll want it. > > So, along came the live CD. > > The live CD was built using a recent Fedora, and it had the magic ability > to install any distro -- /except/ you had to use Fedora to build the Live > CD, and the build process was slow, and the live image was a bit bigger than > it needed to be. However, due to driver constraints, it didn't always > support the latest in storage technology -- that was a problem. > > We have finally implemented the low-tech solution, thanks to various folks > in Red Hat GPS, and some hacking I've done to integrate that closer into > cobbler. > > Using 0.9.X or later (it's checked in now into the git "devel" branch) you > can do: > > cobbler buildiso [--iso=] [--tempdir=] [--profiles=] > > This will automatically generate an ISO that allows for menus just like > Cobbler's PXE boot menus, for installing new systems. I also plan to allow > a configurable default profile for those who want to mass deploy this image > using remote management processors, etc. > > The menu will contain an entry for each bare metal bootable profile, with > the current data set in Cobbler. Given that Cobbler now generates > kickstarts in real time, changes to the kickstart templates can be made > without reburning the CD! > > Again, the live CD is more dynamic, but this is much smaller, faster, and > easier to build. > The one thing the live CD still offers is simulation of the MAC address > detection feature of PXE, but if you don't need to use cobbler system > records to provision your lab/datacenter/etc, this will also get you there > -- and is probably the perfect fit if the Live CD was not working out for > you. > > Test release will be available soon, git is available now. > > --Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools >
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