[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler 0.4.6

[niyaz chistee]

Thanks for the new release Michael. Going to try it now.

Regards
SysAdmin

On 4/6/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Cobbler 0.4.6, codename "Easter Squirrel", is now released.
>
> The main point of this release was to bugfix some of the repository
> handling code, as well as cobbler_syslogd -- all things reported on this
> list -- and also to improve repository management in general to
> add some new capabilities.
>
> Cobbler can now mirror http:// and ftp:// yum mirrors with "cobbler repo
> add".  This is relatively huge as rsync:// mirrors are generally hard to
> come by, especially for 3rd party software.   I also have some
> very-very-beta support for mirroring channel content from RHN.   All of
> this is detailed here:
> http://et.redhat.com/page/Cobbler%2C_Repositories%2C_And_You
>
> Another thing to be aware of is that cobbler now knows how to set up
> your provisioned boxes to use the cobbler server as a source for yum
> "core packages" out of the box, without you doing anything.
> To take advantage of this, you'll need to do a fresh "cobbler import",
> as import now keeps track of some extra information in order to do
> this.  If you're provisioning machines on one network and then
> moving them to another, you probably want this turned off.     How to do
> this is mentioned in the manpage in the "advanced topics" section.   If
> you aren't using "cobbler import", it won't do this.
>
> To understand really what's going on, feel free to look at kickstarts in
> /var/www/cobbler/kickstarts and /var/www/cobbler/kickstarts_sys after
> you run "cobbler sync", and it should be fairly obvious.   As always,
> suggestions/comments welcome.
>
> --Michael
>
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