[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler: defining network profiles

[Ole Ersoy]

+1

James_Martin at ao.uscourts.gov wrote:
> Greetings folks.  I was working out a RFE with mpdehaan in #cobbler this
> morning, and he thought I should post it here to get other folks input.
> 
> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/ticket/164
> 
> I think it would be a great addition to be able to define network profiles
> for systems/profiles, etc.
> 
> A network profile would consist of :
> 
> subnet mask default gateway dns server
> 
> I picture it working like this:
> 
> On the CLI:
> 
> First you would define your network profile with the appropriate addresses.
> 
> cobbler add network foonet --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=192.168.1.1
> --dns1=192.168.1.10 --domain=mylab.mycompany.com
> 
> Secondly, when adding a new system, there is the new option of "--network".
> So for system foo, which belonged to the foonet, you would do:
> 
> cobbler system add foo --network=foonet ip=192.168.101 --hostname=foo
> 
> This would become very handy especially if you have to re-ip your network,
> and its also a nice short cut.
> 
> In the background, my guess is that the information is still stored the
> same way, and if a network profile is changed, systems that use it are
> synced whenever a cobbler sync occurs.
> 
> In the webui, there would be an option for adding network profiles, and a
> drop down for select the network profiles when adding a system.
> 
> 
> James S. Martin, RHCE
> Contractor
> Administrative Office of the United States Courts
> Washington, DC
> (202) 502-2394
> 
> 
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