[et-mgmt-tools] new cobbler install

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael Harrison wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just added cobbler to an existing, working pxe server with the
> expectation that it will handle the ks, dhcp, and tftp configuration
> with one interface. Am I on the right track understanding what cobbler
> does ?
>   
Yes.
> This pxe server has dhcp / tftp / ks files, as I mentioned. The distro
> bits come from another server via ftp and http, so distros are not kept
> on the pxe server.
>
> A "cobbler check" comes back with the following:
>
> reposync is not installed, need for cobbler reposync, install/upgrade
> yum-utils?
>
> yumdownloader is not installed, needed for cobbler repo add with
> --rpm-list parameter, install/upgrade yum-utils?
>
> In my setup, as described above, do I need to install reposync and
> yumdownloader ? By name they seem to be useful only if I served the
> distros from the pxe / cobbler server.
>   

Createrepo should be installed if you want to use "cobbler repo add" or 
"cobbler import".

See also:  http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/cobbler-repos.php

> Cheers.
> -Mike
>
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