Cobbler2.4 + CentOS 6.4 installation and configuration
I. Installation Package
# Rpm-Uvh http://mirrors.hustunique.com/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
# Yum install cobbler-web
# Yum install dhcp httpd
# Chkconfig cobblerd on
# Chkconfig httpd on
# Cobbler check
Error Detection: See the appendix.
Ii. Configure the environment
# Vi/etc/cobbler/settings/modify the cobbler configuration file
Server: '192. 168.200.1 '# modify the address of the cobbler server
Next_server: '192. 168.200.1 '# modify
Manage_dhcp: 1 # cobbler takes over dhcp
# Vi/etc/cobbler/dhcp. template/cobbler-dhcp set the routers-ip and range segments of dhcpd
Ddns-update-style interim;
Allow booting;
Allow bootp;
Ignore client-updates;
Set vendorclass = option vendor-class-identifier;
Option pxe-system-type code 93 = unsigned integer 16;
Subnet 192.168.200.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
Option routers 192.168.200.254;
Option domain-name-servers 192.168.200.254;
Option subnet-mask limit 255.0;
Range dynamic-bootp 192.168.200.50 192.168.200.70;
Default-lease-time 21600;
Max-lease-time 43200;
Next-server $ next_server;
3. Configure the web Environment
# Vi/etc/cobbler/modules. conf
Module = authn_configfile/change the Authentication mode to the password file type
# Htdigest/etc/cobbler/users. digest "Cobbler" tech/Add tech users and prompt to enter the password twice for confirmation
# Cobbler sync/output *** task complete *** indicates no configuration error
#/Etc/init. d/httpd restart
#/Etc/init. d/cobblerd restart
Access the web page https: // 192.168.200.1/cobbler_web/log on with the user you just created
Web Page Management
1: Add a DVD source,
Click Importer DVD (attach image ISO first), then Importer, and click run
2: Events observation log
Tue Nov 19 08:11:54 2013 Sync complete log/complete indicates completion:
3: view the source in Distros
CentOS6.4-x86_64
4: Add deployment project in Profiles
Select the location of the Distros and ks files, and then save
5: after the client starts from the network, select the corresponding project file to start automatic deployment.
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