Linux using cobbler can quickly establish a Linux network installation environment, greatly reducing the Linux network installation technology threshold, then how to install the Linux system cobbler it?
Introduction to Cobbler
Cobbler is an open source project supported by Redhat to deploy and install the system. So for the Redhat series OS support is better. However, support for Ubuntu is very poor. Cobbler many settings, only for Redhat effective, but also due to the different distribution of the installation is a difference. Cobbler feel like the relationship with Ubuntu is more tense.
Cobbler is not just a PXE server, he can also manage DNS (BIND), DHCP. In a general data center or production environment, DHCP is not allowed, but PXE must require DHCP, so we need to allocate IP based on MAC address so that DHCP does not affect the network.
1. Installation Cobbler
Configure Epel source http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/fedora/epel/6/i386/in advance.
[Root@60sec/]# yum-y Install Cobbler
[root@60sec/]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: [OK]
[root@60sec/]# Service Cobblerd start
Starting Cobbler daemon: [OK]
2, the implementation of the Cobbler Check command checking the problem, and then follow the prompts to resolve the
[Root@60sec/]# Vim/etc/cobbler/settings
next_server:192.168.83.137
server:192.168.83.137
manage_tftpd:0
[root@60sec/]# yum-y Install Syslinux
[Root@60sec/]# chkconfig rsync on
[root@60sec/]# yum-y Install Pykickstart
[Root@60sec/]# OpenSSL passwd-1-salt ' OpenSSL rand-hex 4 '
Password:
$1$openssl $.ODUSWBHLJ6JQAWVSLO/H1
[Root@60sec/]# Vim/etc/cobbler/settings
default_password_crypted: "Penssl $.oduswbhlj6jqawvslo/h1"
[Root@60sec/]# cd/usr/share/syslinux/
[Root@60sec syslinux]# Cp-r. /*/var/lib/cobbler/loaders/