[et-mgmt-tools] new cobbler install

[Michael Harrison]

Michael, thank you for the quick help.

So "cobbler repo add" is for the case where the repo is on the cobbler
server. But don't I need to "cobbler import
--available-as=ftp://server:/path ?

Thanks,
-Mike 


--- Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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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