Thanks for the reply Neil. Yes, what you described helped a lot. It was only necessary to host the ISO and extract it to the root of an apache server. I did not need to modify anything further.
I tried with 6.5 and it seemed to work just fine. We are not using 7 yet. On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 1:52:51 PM UTC-7, Neil Hanlon wrote: > > Sorry! I almost forgot about this! > > Basically what you need to do is extract the ISO to a directory inside > your HTML root on some server. Then, create a file inside it called > .treeinfo > > This file is essentially what pulp uses to figure out what the KS tree for > an operating system is. It'll only work with XenServer 7 right now because > XenServer 6 does not follow the normal KStree guidelines. > > This is what I have in my .treeinfo: > > [platform] > name = XCP > version = 2.1.0 > > [branding] > name = XenServer > version = 7.0.0 > > [general] > name = XenServer-7 > family = XenServer > timestamp = 1449700442.21 > variant = > version = 7 > packagedir = > arch = x86_64 > > [images-x86_64] > kernel = boot/vmlinuz > initrd = install.img > boot.iso = boot/xen.gz > > [images-xen] > kernel = boot/vmlinuz > initrd = install.img > boot.iso = boot/xen.gz > > > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 7:47 AM Neil Hanlon <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Definitely possible, and yes, it will work to pull in and sync the OS to >> your proxies. Are you using Katello as well? >> >> It should be noted it will only work with xenserver >7. >> >> Let me throw together some notes when I get into the office and Ill share >> :) >> >> On Mar 24, 2017 03:54, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Hey there, Just started using foreman and I had a question about using >>> it to deploy Xenserver. Anyone done this successfully? I see there are >>> templates... >>> >>> From the various issues I've browsed, I can see it supports it through >>> the pxe and the answefile. >>> >>> I am also wondering if I can just host the ISO on http on a server >>> somewhere and pull from that? And does the Smart proxy auto-cache it from >>> that point on? >>> >>> I browsed the documentation and there was no clear way on how to >>> approach this but seeing the templates is exciting. >>> >>> I am happy to contribute documentation to make it clear. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Foreman users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Foreman users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
