commit 707c0c6ca9d079e3f88488d858c6be9496391507
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Fri Sep 5 23:32:13 2014 -0600
We like cobbler, you should go read about it.
en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml | 19 +++++++++----------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml
b/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml
index b5ba577..5e8bae3 100644
--- a/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml
+++ b/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml
@@ -21,15 +21,7 @@
<para>
For a PXE network installation, the client's NIC with PXE support sends out a
broadcast request for DHCP information. The DHCP server provides the client with an IP
address, other network information such as name server, the IP address or hostname of the
<command>tftp</command> server (which provides the files necessary to start
the installation program), and the location of the files on the
<command>tftp</command> server. This is possible because of PXELINUX, which is
part of the <filename>syslinux</filename> package.
</para>
- <para>
- In the past, administrators needed to perform a great deal of manual
configuration to produce an installation server. However, if you have a server running
&PRODUCT; or a similar operating system on your local network, you can use
<package>cobbler</package> to perform these tasks. To configure a PXE server
manually, see <xref linkend="sect-install-server-manual"/>
- </para>
- <para>
- To perform the tasks in this section, switch to the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> account with the command
<command>su -</command>. As an alternative, you can run a command with the
<option>-c</option> option, using the form <command>su -c
'<replaceable>command</replaceable>'</command>.
- </para>
-
- <section id="sect-install-server-cobbler">
- <title>Setting Up cobbler</title>
+ <title>Setting Up cobbler</title>
<para>
To install <application>cobbler</application> use the following
command:
</para>
@@ -574,7 +566,14 @@ set timeout=1
</section>
</section>
-
+ <section id="sect-install-server-cobbler">
+ <para>
+ For more complex environments, &PRODUCT; offers the
<package>cobbler</package> installation server. Tasks like managing
kickstart configurtations, coordinating repositories, maintaining dns records, dhcp
servers, and even puppet manifests are effectively automated by
<package>cobbler</package>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ While levaraging all of the features provided by cobbler can be relatively
simple, the full functionality of this powerful tool is too broad to be documented in this
guide. The cobbler community provides excellent documentation at <ulink
url="http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.6.0/" /> to accompany the packages in
the Fedora repository.
+ </para>
+
<section id="sect-booting-pxe-installation">
<title>Booting the Network Installation</title>
<para>