Appendix C. Setting Up an Installation Server
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 install cobbler use the following
command:
yum -y install cobbler
The cobbler
command can check its own
settings for validity and report the results. Run the following
command to check the settings:
cobbler check
Change 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-version
/syslinux.doc
and
/usr/share/doc/syslinux-version
/pxelinux.doc
.