[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler & inherited profiles

[Aaron Lippold]

This really should be easier in life sometimes...

Dying is easy, why can't life be?

On 6/18/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
> Aaron Lippold wrote:
> > I'll take a look at it. I think the largest issue is going to be my
> > lack of python skills. Where in the code should I start?
>
> I'd check out Revisor's source and see how they build CD images, build
> something based on that.   Also
> https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/pungi
>
> This seems like it will almost certainly require a distribution that is
> pulled in via a "cobbler import" so that all of the tree data is there.
> It should also
> look at the cobbler profile to determine what other repositories
> ("cobbler repo add") have been added to it, and also put a copy of
> packages used in those
> repositories on the CD.
>
> You'd probably have to use something like pykickstart to parse the
> package list out of the kickstart to keep the
> CD images small -- or otherwise just require DVD usage.   However
> pykickstart won't run on the templates directly.  Instead, look in
> /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/$name and use the rendered template out of
> there for parsing/inclusion.
>
> I'd try this as a stand alone program using the cobbler API at first,
> and if useful, it can be integrated into Cobbler later.
>
> >
> > This is going to be more of an issue for me soon because I just got my
> > ks file as perfect as I can until some bugs are fixed on code outside
> > my control.
> >
> > I was told to make the testing 'caveman simple' so 'plug in the cd'
> > seems simple.
> >
>
> Not as simple to implement, unfortunately :)
>
>
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 6/15/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> Aaron Lippold wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Is anyone working on the cobbler buildcd profile=x for 0.5.0? I know
> >> > that was talked about and if I can help then I'd like to.
> >> >
> >> > Aaron
> >>
> >> Not yet that I'm aware of.    I still think this would be great and
> >> you're welcome to start something.   Possibly some way to integrate with
> >> Revisor (though I'm not sure Revisor will be able to deal with
> >> RHEL4/5)?    See  http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/
> >>
> >> On a related subject -- I did know of one person looking at making a CD
> >> that would allow syslinux type PXE behavior without the need for DHCP
> >> blessed next-server, but that effort has apparently stalled.   I still
> >> think this would be great -- just build a CD image with a hard-coded
> >> value for the location of the TFTP server ("cobbler build-netboot-cd"),
> >> which would have the machine go out and PXE itself  without the need for
> >> PXE BIOS or a DHCP next-server entry.    For instance, if your company
> >> had a PXE server on your network you didn't like, usage of this CD would
> >> allow you to install baremetal (using full PXE menus) from your own
> >> internal cobbler server.   If no one else picks this up, I'll take a
> >> look at it somewhere down the pipe.
> >>
> >> I see there are existing floppy disk images that do this with the DHCP
> >> portion (for NICs that can't netboot), so all that seems required is
> >> hacking the DHCP parts out and allowing a config file (or equivalent) to
> >> specify the /tftpboot server -- so if you're sitting in your lab and
> >> office, you can network install off of an arbitrary cobbler server from
> >> bare metal without having to have the Cobbler server be blessed by
> >> DHCP.    This wouldn't even have to be something Cobbler specific but
> >> would be insanely useful.
> >>
> >> The non-network install CD/DVD thing is useful too.
> >>
> >> --Michael
> >>
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