[et-mgmt-tools] Installing cobbler on a debian system

[Michael DeHaan]

Javier Palacios wrote:
>> Not really (it's been used to deploy Debian systems though, see "cobbler
>> distro add --breed=debian"), but if you run into anything, we can
>> probably work through them.
>>     
>
> Most of our machines are debian/ubuntu, so that was the second step.
> The manpage states "limited experimental support" for debian/suse but
> for your comments I understand that it works right. The "distro add"
> arguments resembles those for a syslinux/pxeboot. Is it posible also
> to import debian packages, manage debian repos and so on?
>   

No support for apt repos, though patches to add them can be applied.


>   
>> I believe "make install" from a source checkout is largely functional on
>> Debian, though there are some places where the code relies on
>> /sbin/service, createrepo,
>> and some other tools.
>>     
>
> Yes, `make install` did work with just a couple of easy requirements.
> But locates some files (apache config for example) in places where
> debian does not look for them. It also requires rhpl (easy but not
> available as official debian package), and other things to come ....
>   

rhpl is there to support eventual translation, should we ever want to 
translate strings. 

> Although I'll probably setup a fedora box, I'll keep trying to install
> & run cobbler from a debian system. If you think it might be valuable,
> I'll keep you/the list informed about the (expected) progress.
>   

Sounds good.

> Javi
>
>
>
>   
>> (It would be much happier on a F8 machine.)
>>
>> --Michael
>>
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