[et-mgmt-tools] new cobbler install

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael Harrison wrote:
> 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 
>
>   

Not in this case, actually.

Import does use createrepo when using rsync, because the 
/etc/cobbler/rsync.excludes file may remove some packages that are 
deemed unneccessary -- so we run createrepo
to repair what we have rebuilt as well as to make packages in the 
install tree (that are not yet in an upgrades repo) also available as a 
yum repository.

It probably wouldn't hurt to go ahead and install it in case you might 
want it later.    If using EL4, this package should be available in EPEL 
or EPEL testing.


> --- 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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