Exercise 3: Setting up a netboot environment with cobbler

Author:

Richard Berger

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In this exercise we will install our cluster using cobbler. Cobbler is a provisioning system which manages a database of cluster objects and uses it to populate configuration templates and control various daemons such as DHCP, DNS, HTTP and TFTP.

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• 1. Preparation
• 2. Install cobbler and prerequisites
• 3. DHCP Configuration
• 4. Initial DNS Configuration
• 5. Import CentOS distribution and create a default profile
• 6. Add a system to cobbler
• 7. Finalize DNS configuration
• 8. Network Booting with Cobbler
• 9. Kickstart Templates with Cobbler
• 10. Create Profile
• 11. Final tasks