Appendix C. Setting Up an Installation Server
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Experience Required |
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This appendix is intended for users with previous Linux experience. If you are a new user, you may want to install using minimal boot media or the distribution DVD instead. |
In the past, administrators needed to perform a great deal of manual configuration to produce an installation server. However, if you have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, or Fedora server on your local network, you can use cobbler to perform these tasks.
To perform the tasks in this section, switch to the root account with the command
su -. As an alternative, you can run a command
with the -c option, using the form su -c
'.command'
C.1. Setting Up cobbler
To install cobbler use the following command:
yum -y install cobblerThe cobbler command can check its own
settings for validity and report the results. Run the following
command to check the settings:
cobbler checkChange the settings in the
/var/lib/cobbler/settings file to reflect the
IP address information for the server. You must change at least
the server and next_server
options, although these options may point to the same IP
address.
If you are not already running a DHCP server, you should also
change the manage_dhcp option to
1. If you are running a DHCP server,
configure it according to the instructions found in the
syslinux package documentation. For more
information, refer to your local files
/usr/share/doc/syslinux-
and
version/syslinux.doc/usr/share/doc/syslinux-.version/pxelinux.doc