[Spacewalk-list] Using Spacewalk for Deployment Without PXE?

[Wojtak, Greg]

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From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Justin Sherrill
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Using Spacewalk for Deployment Without PXE?

Wojtak, Greg wrote:
> Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am unable to perform a
> DHCP/PXE boot of new servers to allow for fully automated deployment
> with Spacewalk/Cobbler.  I presume I can leave out the DHCP/PXE
> boot-up.  I’d like to boot off media and point the server at the
> spacealk  server for the kickstart file and for the packages.  I’m just
> not sure of the proper way to do this (ie, locations of files, any extra
> parameters that need to be passed on the boot: line, that sort of
> thing).  Are there any guides or can somebody throw me a bone so I can
> get deployment going?
> 
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> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Greg
> 

Hi Greg,

The easiest way would be to create the kickstart profile and distros as
needed, and then use the cobbler bootiso feature.  To build it, simply
run 'cobbler buildiso', then burn the iso to a cd or dvd.  When you boot
to it, it will present a PXE-like menu that you can select which profile
to use.

The only downside is if you add or remove profiles you have to
regenerate and reburn the iso.  If you simply make changes to exisiting
profiles, there is no need to do so though.

There is a whitepaper that may be of use to you that was released with
Satellite 5.3 (but is completely applicable to spacewalk 0.6):

http://www.redhat.com/pdf/Provisioning_HowTo.pdf


-Justin


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Thanks, I'll take a look.  This may work just as well because we use VMware and iLO/DRAC/ALOMs which allow the use of virtual media (iso images), so we shouldn't even need to waste CD/DVD's.