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

[Vatsal Thakor]

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;
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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
>  >
>  > --
>  > Vatsal Thakor
>  > CCIE,RHCSA,RHCE,RHEVA,RHOSA,RHSSA,JCHNE
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>  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;
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>  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;
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>  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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Vatsal Thakor
CCIE,RHCSA,RHCE,RHEVA,RHOSA,RHSSA,JCHNE

cobbler Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2

[Bret Wortman]

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


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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;
> wrote:
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> > 
> > Today's Topics:
> > 
> >    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)
> > 
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 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
> > Message-ID:
> >         <CABWo6Na8+qqTZKvcHFdA3QgmpbySZmhrDCW+bFUkfArrBP1oow(a)mail.gmail.com&gt;
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > 
> > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Vatsal Thakor
> > > CCIE,RHCSA,RHCE,RHEVA,RHOSA,RHSSA,JCHNE
> > >
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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;
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > 
> > 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:
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> > 
> > 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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cobbler Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2

[Alan Evangelista]

Or use Cobbler XML-RPC interface. I'd use CLI for quick work and Cobbler 
XML-RPC interface for serious automation.

Regards,
Alan Evangelista



On 06/04/2014 05:31 AM, Bret Wortman wrote:
> Just run "cobbler distro add" or "cobbler import" once for each
distro 
> you want to add.
>
>
> Bret Wortman
> http://bretwortman.com/
> http://twitter.com/BretWortman
>
> On Jun 4, 2014, at 4:16 AM, Vatsal Thakor <vatsal34(a)gmail.com 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>> How can i add multiple distro to cobbler ??
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:49 PM, 
>> <cobbler-request(a)lists.fedorahosted.org 
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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
>>     <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>>     To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
>>     <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>>     Subject: Re: [cobbler] Installation Help
>>     Message-ID:
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>>     Dear Vatsal,
>>     The document provided at cobblerd.org <http://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 <mailto:[e-mail]>> 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
>>     >
>>     > --
>>     > Vatsal Thakor
>>     > CCIE,RHCSA,RHCE,RHEVA,RHOSA,RHSSA,JCHNE
>>     >
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