Thoughts on kickstart provisioning -- call for input

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> A while back I wrote about Cobbler, a provisioning tool I've written 
> to help with setting up provisioning infrastructure (PXE, Xen, running 
> systems, etc).  Cobbler is designed to eliminate the need to 
> understand things like PXE, and just allow the admin to concentrate on 
> what they want to provision.
>
> Cobbler is an upgrade over system-config-netboot because it checks for 
> prerequisites, handles things other than PXE, and has some support for 
> kickstart templating and dhcpd.conf management.
>
> Also, rather than just managing the files in /tftpboot, it works in 
> terms of profiles -- allowing manipulation of kernel parameters, 
> kickstarts, and so forth, from human readable config files that 
> maintain a hierarchical relationship between distributions, profiles, 
> and systems.  Properties are inherited down the chain, making changes 
> to a wide array of systems as easy as changing the profile.
>
> Relatively new site here:  http://cobbler.et.redhat.com
>
--SNIP--

Thanks to suggestions from kickstart-list readers, I've made 
cobbler-0.2.7 build and install cleanly on RHEL4 (before it had a taste 
for a few libraries that were mainly in Fedora, and I've removed 
those).  So if you've tried cobbler before and couldn't use it because 
of RHEL4 installation issues, please check out 0.2.7.

Thanks,

Michael