[cobbler] Cobbler uses DHCP instead of a static IP
Elliott Barrere
elliott at mywedding.com
Thu Nov 29 17:52:28 UTC 2012
Zack Perry <zack.perry <at> sbcglobal.net> writes:
> That's OK. When you do PXE network install, a DHCP server is a
> mandatory component. Once installed, the system can use a different
> network interface for production. This is fine.
Figured. That't the current setup.
> If your kickstart template has provided all necessary information,
> then anaconda shouldn't prompt you for anything. There are two ways
> that you can do:
>
> 0. Use the kickstart logging option to log everything to a remote
> logging server
Sounds like a nice option, however this is before the system has any IP
addresses so I don't suppose it will be able to syslog remotely :)
> 1. In /etc/cobbler/settings, turn on anamon, and use the anamon
> snippets in the /var/lib/cobbler/snippets to help you get the
> installation log
I will look in to this.
> Granted, the above logs won't appear until anaconda is started. So,
> in case like this, I would use tcpdump to figure out what's going on.
It only gets to Anaconda init before trying DHCP, so I doubt either of the
above log methods will work. What would you look for in a packet capture? I
guess the kickstart file could be sniffed from the wire?
> During PXE installation, you do. After installation, if your nodes
> use static IP addresses, then the DHCP server is out of the
> picture.
Got it. Thanks again for your help with this.
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