[et-mgmt-tools] Want to install EL5 via xen.

[Michael DeHaan]

Deependra Shekhawat wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response. I am moving forward with my learning.
The response below is of course absolutely correct.    

One thing to point out -- Since you are running DHCP on the cobbler 
server, this would be an excellent time to try out cobbler's dhcp 
management.  

Just edit /var/lib/cobbler/settings to change manage_dhcp to '1', then 
edit /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template to include the correct dhcp setup 
information -- just replace any IP addresses that are wrong and leave 
all the "$" fields as is, as cobbler will template those out for you.    
Then run "cobbler sync".    Cobbler will now be managing your dhcp 
configurations, so whenever you add a system in cobbler, you can also 
specify the IP address it will get (optionally) and  you won't have to 
hand edit your dhcpd.conf file again.

>
> On 3/30/07, *Dhawal Doshy* <dhawal at netmagicsolutions.com 
> <mailto:dhawal at netmagicsolutions.com>> wrote:
>
>     Deependra Shekhawat wrote:
>     > Hello guys,
>     >
>     > I have installed EL5 via xen. Now I wanted to try cobbler + koan to
>     > install EL5. Somewhat like un-attended virtual machine
>     installation. I
>     > have installed cobbler and koan from the python code. I did 'cobbler
>     > check' and it only said about /etc/dhcpd.conf. It says to include
>     > next-servers line. But why I need it when I have DHCP on the
>     same server
>     > as I have xen, cobbler and koan. Other things are setup well.
>     > But now I don't know how do I proceed. If someone have been
>     through this
>     > thing please help.
>
>     From 'man dhcpd.conf'
>     The next-server statement:
>     The next-server statement is used to specify the host address of the
>     server from which the initial boot file (specified in the filename
>     statement) is to be loaded. Server-name should be a numeric IP address
>     or a domain name. If no next-server parameter applies to a given
>     client,
>     the DHCP server's IP address is used.
>
>     To summarize, you could leave it null if your dhcp/pxe server are the
>     same, else mention the IP address of the pxe server. If cobbler
>     insists
>     on the next-server line, then try using your local IP address.
>
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