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Cobbler is a network based provisioning tool for Linux systems.

Cobbler is a highly configurable provisioning tool for Linux systems that allows for network based bare-metal installations as well as supporting virtualized guests in Xen, qemu, KVM, and some VMware environments. By making use of python and Cheetah scripting kickstart files can be generated on the fly for either individual, or groups of systems. While aimed primarily at RedHat derivatives (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, etc) some support for Debian systems is also available.

More info at http://cobbler.github.io/

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cobbler can't sync to repo I added

I added the centos base repo to cobbler: cobbler repo add --arch=x86_64 --name=Centos-Base --mirror=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra but running cobbler reposync failed: received on stderr:…
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Cobbler and PXE

I have successfully installed a Cobbler server in virtualized Centos in a ESXi, so I can provide automated installation for a small bare-metal cluster I need to set up. There is a black boxed DHCP and DNS set up in my company I can't manage nor…
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Cobbler reposync failure

I'm trying to add the CentOS7 repository to cobbler via reposync. I've added the mirror information to the cobbler web interface with the following settings: Arch: x86_64 Breed: yum Mirror: http://mirror.as29550.net/mirror.centos.org/7/ Name:…
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Getting "Connection timed out" on a tftp server though it seems everything is configured correctly, what could be the reason?

I've just installed a cobbler (with tftp/dhcp) server on a CentOS 6.6 machine at work. I've configured tftp to run under xinetd and the conf file looks like so: service tftp { disable = no socket_type =…
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Cobbler import failing

I've been playing with Cobbler lately (on a CentOS 7 distrib), and I've gone through an error while importing a CentOS 7 iso. I've been able to find a work around to the problem, and I thought it'd be cool to share what I learnt. Here's the issue in…
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Spacewalk, Kickstart, Cobbler, PXE, Dnsmasq

I have installed a Spacewalk server. One of the final features I am trying to configure is Kickstart. I cannot seem to find any definitive documentation on how to set this up in a "real environment". We already have a DHCP server, I would like to…
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Cobbler import of RHEL6 DVD doesn't seem to create yum repo

I setup cobbler (2.4.0) and imported the RHEL6.4 DVD. It copies all of the packages over to /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/RHEL6.4-x86_64. It even runs createrepo and loads the metadata, etc. So you would think that with 'yum_post_install_mirror: 1'…
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How do I set up PXE boot so that it failsover to another server when a MAC address is unrecognized?

We want to automate our OS installations. We currently have Linux and Windows boxes. We already use Cobbler for Linux installs with preliminary plans to use Windows Deployment Services for Windows. Unfortunately, we have both OSs on mixed in…
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Creating a custom kickstart file for cobbler and fedora installation

I am trying to write a custom kickstart file for use with cobbler in automating installations across the network. I am having some issues understanding the kickstart file and wondered if anyone knows of a resource that clearly explains the options…
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PXE booting / TFTP/DHCP issue (using Cobbler 2.0)

I'm using Cobbler 2.x from the EPEL repositories. Have used 1.6 for ages. I've imported the CentOS 5.5 DVD (also tried this with 5.4). The DVD imports with no apparent issue, and sets up the standard and xen kernel distros. If I build a system…
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Possible to run system-config-network during %post kickstart?

I'm currently trying to figure out a smart way to set IP, hostname, gateway and DNS settings during a kickstart (with user input during the kickstart). Doing this with firstboot after the install is not acceptable, so this must be done during…
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Problems with kickstart script, partition info crashes deployment

Currently testing cobbler, but have problem with the kickstart script when the partition information is loaded. Here is my ks: http://pastebin.ca/1824343 I can't figure out what is the problem with the partsection at all. Without it, it works. I've…
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Correctly use getVar() in Cobbler provisioning server

In the Cobbler kickstart file, I want to use getVar() for templating purpose. Specifically, I want the $root_password_crypted variable be set to $password_crypted variable if present in ksmeta, or $default_password_crypted otherwise. If I drop the…
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Cobbler PXE Boot [PXE-E53: No boot filename received]

My setup: VirtualBox DHCP/Cobbler VM server (CentOS 7) PXE VM Client DHCP/Cobbler server (1 device setup as NAT)…
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how to add custom additional rpm to existing distro in cobbler?

how to add custom rpm to existing distro in cobbler ? I have tried copying additional rpm packages to the repo URL, but it doesn't pick it from there !
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