I have not been using cobbler in a while but now I need to. I basically need to install virtual guests (running under the Mac OS X version of Virtual Box...and I have a Mac OS X host). My goal is to import the Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 desktop distribution into cobbler and then have my VirtualBox guest pxe boot to the installer for itand do the entire install over the network.
Cobbler version:
[root@cobbler1 ~]# cobbler version Cobbler 2.4.0 source: 923574f, Thu Jun 20 00:42:48 2013 -0500 build time: Sun Aug 4 11:58:30 2013
On reading the documentation on cobblerd.org for Distros:
"In general, it’s really a lot easier to follow the import workflow -- it only requires waiting for the mirror content to be copied and/or scanned. Imported mirrors also save time during install since they don’t have to hit external installation sources. Please read the Cobbler Import http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.4.0/4/2/4_-_Import.html documentation for more details."
...I decided to try this without first creating "distro" or "system" objects:
cobbler import --path=/media/stuff --name=ubuntu-13-x86_64 --arch=x86_64
I have this result:
received on stderr: Found a matching signature: breed=ubuntu, version=raring Adding distros from path /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ubuntu-13-x86_64-x86_64: No distros imported, bailing out !!! TASK FAILED !!!
Do I need to manually create a "distro" and "system" first?
Thanks
Bob Cochran