On 23.07.2015 [11:09:25 -0400], Danko Antolovic wrote:
I am evaluating Cobbler for potential use, rather than using it
actively, so my knowledge of it is superficial. Here is my question:
As far as I can see, a repository can be made available to a target
machine (one that is being built) in two ways:
- by mirroring the repo's contents locally, on the Cobbler server,
in which case the target gets the local repo URL in the ks file, and
accesses it over the local network, one which is used for netboot
and initial installation;
- by not mirroring the repo, where the target receives the actual
(remote) URL of the repo in the ks file, and accesses it via a
network that faces the wider world.
Is it possible to set things up so that the server proxies the repo
contents, i.e. the server talks to the Internet and passes the rpm's
to the target via the local network?
Uh, do you mean can you run squid on your cobbler server? Yes, you can.
-Nish