Re: [cobbler] cobbler Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2

[Bret Wortman]

Just run "cobbler distro add" or "cobbler import" once for each distro
you want to add.  


Bret Wortman
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>  On Jun 4, 2014, at 4:16 AM, Vatsal Thakor <vatsal34(a)gmail.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  
>  How can i add multiple distro to cobbler ??
>  
>  
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:49 PM, <cobbler-request(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
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> >    1. Re: Installation Help (Santosh Kumar Gupta)
> >    2. Re: DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> >       (Nishanth Aravamudan)
> >    3. Re: DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> >       (Nishanth Aravamudan)
> >    4. Re: DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N (Dan Alvarez)
> >    5. Re: DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> >       (Nishanth Aravamudan)
> >    6. Re: DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N (Jörgen Maas)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 11:23:06 +0530
> > From: Santosh Kumar Gupta <santosh0705(a)gmail.com&gt;
> > To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Installation Help
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> > Dear Vatsal,
> > The document provided at cobblerd.org is sufficient for get running Cobbler.
> > 
> > Here is are simple steps to install n configure Cobbler
> > => Install your CentOS 6 system
> > => For now you donot enable the selinux and iptables. Make sure these are
> > disabled.
> > => Cobbler need few extra packages to install, add EPEL repository in you
> > system. Get the EPEL rpm here:
> > http://epel.mirror.net.in/epel/6/i386/repoview/epel-release.html
> > => Download the Cobbler package from here:
> > http://www.cobblerd.org/downloads/packages.html
> > => Now install cobbler with yum localinstall cobbler-xxxx it will also
> > install all the dependency packages
> > => After it installed everything, start the cobblerd daemon n run cobbler
> > check command n check for the missing packages and configurations and fix it
> > => Cobbler quick start guide is sufficient to configure and get running
> > Cobbler. Follow the guide and configure Cobbler settings :
> > http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/quickstart/
> > => If you like to use the web front-end, download the cobbler-web package
> > and install it.
> > 
> > Hoping this will help you.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Vatsal Thakor <vatsal34(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> > 
> > > Hiii i m new in cobbler..i have knowlwdge of PXE server but i cnt
> > > understand cobbler will you please help me...i dont know where to start and
> > > which commands are used for cobbler configuration..if you already
> > > configured than please let me know the staps thank you
> > >
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:14:18 -0700
> > From: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
> > To: Dan Alvarez <dan.alvarez(a)xockets.com&gt;
> > Cc: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> > Message-ID: <20140603161418.GA16644(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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> > 
> > Hi Dan,
> > 
> > On 29.05.2014 [15:57:56 -0700], Dan Alvarez wrote:
> > > I read through the thread back in 2012, but it didn't look to have resulted
> > > in a final conclusion.   I'm happily using cobbler to set up my DHCP and
> > > DNS for the cluster.  It all works fine for my regular ports, but I'm also
> > > using provisioning through cobbler for my ipmi interfaces (DHCP and DNS)
> > > but I loose my DHCP leases on those after some time.
> > 
> > I'm not sure why there is a difference between the two, but...
> > 
> > > Why don't the dhcp entries persist even with netboot-enabled set to False?
> > >  Is there a way to force the dhcp entries for an interface to be persistent?
> > 
> > Upstream has commited an option "always_write_dhcp_entries" for exactly
> > this purpose.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Nish
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:14:57 -0700
> > From: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
> > To: Tim Skirvin <tskirvin(a)fnal.gov&gt;
> > Cc: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> > Message-ID: <20140603161457.GB16644(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > 
> > On 30.05.2014 [15:59:17 -0500], Tim Skirvin wrote:
> > > Dan Alvarez <dan.alvarez(a)xockets.com&gt; writes:
> > >
> > > > I read through the thread back in 2012, but it didn't look to have
> resulted
> > > > in a final conclusion.   I'm happily using cobbler to set up my DHCP
> and
> > > > DNS for the cluster.  It all works fine for my regular ports, but I'm
> also
> > > > using provisioning through cobbler for my ipmi interfaces (DHCP and DNS)
> > > > but I loose my DHCP leases on those after some time.
> > >
> > > > Why don't the dhcp entries persist even with netboot-enabled set to
> False?
> > >
> > >         I'm actually curious about the inverse - why do some dhcp entries
> > > persist even with netboot-enabled set to False?  It's not consistent, and
> > > it seems to have something to do with whether the host is set to bonding
> > > or not.
> > >
> > >         Is there some additional dhcp templating work that can be done to
> > > let both of us have what we want?
> > >
> > >         (I'm running 2.7.0.)
> > 
> > Are the interfaces in question set as "static"? Or, rather, *not* set as
> > "static"?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Nish
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:26:49 -0700
> > From: Dan Alvarez <dan.alvarez(a)xockets.com&gt;
> > To: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
> > Cc: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> > Message-ID:
> >         <CA+0s0M+k9O2cYGzUn_Z_uFVvRjE8qLToBr02Yh-sxb=M_kRS6A(a)mail.gmail.com&gt;
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > 
> > Hi Nishanth,
> > 
> > Thanks for the response.  Inline... [DA]
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com
> > > wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Dan,
> > >
> > > On 29.05.2014 [15:57:56 -0700], Dan Alvarez wrote:
> > > > I read through the thread back in 2012, but it didn't look to have
> > > resulted
> > > > in a final conclusion.   I'm happily using cobbler to set up my DHCP
> and
> > > > DNS for the cluster.  It all works fine for my regular ports, but I'm
> > > also
> > > > using provisioning through cobbler for my ipmi interfaces (DHCP and DNS)
> > > > but I loose my DHCP leases on those after some time.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure why there is a difference between the two, but...
> > >
> > 
> > [DA] I'm pretty sure it is because the ipmi interface rely on DHCP still
> > being there
> > after the initial lease expires.  The configuration learned from DHCP is
> > not persisted
> > in linux for the ipmi interfaces.  You could argue that I could provision
> > ipmi separately,
> > but I'm hooked on cobbler and would like to keep all my provisioning in one
> > place.
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > > Why don't the dhcp entries persist even with netboot-enabled set to
> > > False?
> > > >  Is there a way to force the dhcp entries for an interface to be
> > > persistent?
> > >
> > > Upstream has commited an option "always_write_dhcp_entries" for
> exactly
> > > this purpose.
> > >
> > 
> > [DA] Do you know what version of cobbler I need to pick up for this?
> > Thanks
> > 
> > dan
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Nish
> > >
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:51:18 -0700
> > From: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
> > To: Dan Alvarez <dan.alvarez(a)xockets.com&gt;
> > Cc: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> > Message-ID: <20140603165117.GC16644(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > 
> > Hi Dan,
> > 
> > On 03.06.2014 [09:26:49 -0700], Dan Alvarez wrote:
> > > Hi Nishanth,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response.  Inline... [DA]
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Dan,
> > > >
> > > > On 29.05.2014 [15:57:56 -0700], Dan Alvarez wrote:
> > > > > I read through the thread back in 2012, but it didn't look to
> have
> > > > resulted
> > > > > in a final conclusion.   I'm happily using cobbler to set up my
> DHCP and
> > > > > DNS for the cluster.  It all works fine for my regular ports, but
> I'm
> > > > also
> > > > > using provisioning through cobbler for my ipmi interfaces (DHCP and
> DNS)
> > > > > but I loose my DHCP leases on those after some time.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure why there is a difference between the two, but...
> > > >
> > >
> > > [DA] I'm pretty sure it is because the ipmi interface rely on DHCP
> > > still being there after the initial lease expires.  The configuration
> > > learned from DHCP is not persisted in linux for the ipmi interfaces.
> > > You could argue that I could provision ipmi separately, but I'm hooked
> > > on cobbler and would like to keep all my provisioning in one place.
> > 
> > Ok, that makes sense.
> > 
> > > > > Why don't the dhcp entries persist even with netboot-enabled set
> to
> > > > False?
> > > > >  Is there a way to force the dhcp entries for an interface to be
> > > > persistent?
> > > >
> > > > Upstream has commited an option "always_write_dhcp_entries" for
> exactly
> > > > this purpose.
> > > >
> > >
> > > [DA] Do you know what version of cobbler I need to pick up for this?
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > It only was merged in April of this year, so I'm not sure it's in any
> > release.
> > 
> > -Nish
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 19:19:44 +0200
> > From: Jörgen Maas <jorgen.maas(a)gmail.com&gt;
> > To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt;
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] DHCP entries removed when netboot-enabled=N
> > Message-ID:
> >         <CAL3dZDcH_L7DrWwky5V7=x4unN0Rnx++Qkhr-LSYyvrQX_virw(a)mail.gmail.com&gt;
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > 
> > Short reply: that feature got merged in to 2.6.0, see cobbler manual
> > section release notes.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Op 3 jun. 2014 18:51 schreef "Nishanth Aravamudan"
> <nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com
> > >:
> > 
> > > Hi Dan,
> > >
> > > On 03.06.2014 [09:26:49 -0700], Dan Alvarez wrote:
> > > > Hi Nishanth,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the response.  Inline... [DA]
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan <
> > > nacc(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Dan,
> > > > >
> > > > > On 29.05.2014 [15:57:56 -0700], Dan Alvarez wrote:
> > > > > > I read through the thread back in 2012, but it didn't look to
> have
> > > > > resulted
> > > > > > in a final conclusion.   I'm happily using cobbler to set up
> my DHCP
> > > and
> > > > > > DNS for the cluster.  It all works fine for my regular ports, but
> I'm
> > > > > also
> > > > > > using provisioning through cobbler for my ipmi interfaces (DHCP
> and
> > > DNS)
> > > > > > but I loose my DHCP leases on those after some time.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not sure why there is a difference between the two, but...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > [DA] I'm pretty sure it is because the ipmi interface rely on DHCP
> > > > still being there after the initial lease expires.  The configuration
> > > > learned from DHCP is not persisted in linux for the ipmi interfaces.
> > > > You could argue that I could provision ipmi separately, but I'm hooked
> > > > on cobbler and would like to keep all my provisioning in one place.
> > >
> > > Ok, that makes sense.
> > >
> > > > > > Why don't the dhcp entries persist even with netboot-enabled
> set to
> > > > > False?
> > > > > >  Is there a way to force the dhcp entries for an interface to be
> > > > > persistent?
> > > > >
> > > > > Upstream has commited an option "always_write_dhcp_entries"
> for exactly
> > > > > this purpose.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > [DA] Do you know what version of cobbler I need to pick up for this?
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > It only was merged in April of this year, so I'm not sure it's in any
> > > release.
> > >
> > > -Nish
> > >
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