[et-mgmt-tools] new install with existing repos

[Michael Harrison]

Okay, I've decided not to configure cobbler on my working pxe server
and  put it on new hardware instead. I'll configure it they way it was
intended, adding distros locally, and exploring what it does.

Thank you for the great help!
-Mike

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

> Michael Harrison wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What's the high-level configuration overview for the case in which
> > repos exist, and there is no need to replicate them on the cobbler
> > server?
> >   
> 
> Add them to your kickstart file as normal in that case.
> 
> There is an RFE for being able to represent external repos in the 
> cobbler configuration
> for easy management (in fact, I think I filed it) but nothing is 
> implemented quite yet.
> > I haven't figured out how to tell cobbler "the repo is at this ftp
> or
> > http server/path".
> >
> >   
> 
> cobbler repo add --name=foo --path=http://blah is how this is done
> for 
> repositories that you
> want to mirror.
> 
> For repositories that you do not want to mirror, you can just add
> them 
> into your kickstart file/template
> manually.
> 
> > I tried cobbler import --available-as, but that complained about
> > missing a --path argument. There is no path, the distro is on the
> ftp
> > server.
> >   
> Cobbler import does require a filesystem path, --available-as was 
> created for doing imports of distribution trees that
> are also available on external filers, so trees can be scanned over
> NFS 
> and not duplicated.  
> 
> (Do not confuse install trees with yum repositories.)
> 
> 
> > A different angle on the same question, I expect cobbler to need
> what
> > argument to give the url argument in the kickstart file, which is
> the
> > ftp/http/nfs path I tried passing as the --available-as argument. 
> 
> Yes, import sets the url parameter automagically.   If you do an
> import 
> (a DVD import
> may be easier for starters, if you are having trouble figuring out
> what 
> --available as is, it's a niche
> case, as I've said, for external filers) and then cat 
> /var/lib/cobbler/distros, you'll see that there is a metadata
> variable set for "tree" and a matching "$tree" in the kickstart
> template 
> where this is filled in.
> 
> See here:
> 
> http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/cobbler-import.php
> 
> > It
> > shouldn't need to have a repo local on the cobbler system.
> >
> >   
> Correct.
> 
> > Thanks,
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >      
>
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