Working Tips On ansible-cobbler
May 4, 2016
Technology
Source
The source are downloaded from:
https://github.com/signed8bit/ansible-cobbler
Git clone it via:
$ git clone https://github.com/signed8bit/ansible-cobbler.git
Test
The test will be done via vagrant up, while we met the problem: the cobbler version
in ansible playbooks are too old, thus the command cobbler get-loaders won’t acts
well. we have to changing to the newest cobbler version which is available in
Manually Steps(Ubuntu)
Install the newest cobbler via:
$ wget -qO - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler26/xUbuntu_14.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/libertas-ict:/cobbler26/xUbuntu_14.04/ ./"
$ sudo apt-get install -y cobbler
$ cobbler --version
Cobbler 2.6.11
source: ?, ?
build time: Sat Jan 23 14:13:42 2016
Change Password of the cobbler:
Change the password for the 'cobbler' username:
htdigest /etc/cobbler/users.digest "Cobbler" cobbler
visit the url of http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/cobbler_web and you could access the management interface of cobbler.
Import CentOS7.2
Import the iso via following command
$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop ./CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1511.iso /mnt1
$ sudo cobbler import --name=CentOS-7.2 --arch=x86_64 --path=/mnt1
Examine the imported iso:
root@cobbler-ubuntu:~# cobbler profile list
CentOS-7.2-x86_64
root@cobbler-ubuntu:~# cobbler distro list
CentOS-7.2-x86_64
Change the default password of root:
# openssl passwd -1
# vim /etc/cobbler/settings
- default_password_crypted: "$1$mF86/UHC$WvcIcX2t6crBz2onWxyac."
+ default_password_crypted: "$awegwaegoguoweuouoeh/"
# cobbler sync
# service cobbler restart
# service cobblerd restart
Todo
How to automatically install the mate desktop via kickstart?
First find out all of the pkgs in group, then add them into the kickstart file?
For Making Mate
Steps are listed as following:
# curl http://mirrors.aliyun.com/repo/epel-7.repo>/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-7.repo
# curl http://mirrors.aliyun.com/repo/Centos-7.repo>CentOS-Base.repo
# yum groupinstall "X Window system"
# yum groupinstall "MATE Desktop"
Remain the yum cache:
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
#cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
cachedir=/root/cache/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=1
For setting mate as the default desktop envs:
# systemctl isolate graphical.target
# systemctl set-default graphical.target
Repo In Cobbler
We could setup the cobbler’s repository via following steps:
The configuration of this repo:
Now you repo’s configuration file should be like following:
root@cobbler-ubuntu:/var/lib/cobbler/snippets# cat /srv/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/centos7_mate/config.repo
[centos7_mate]
name=centos7_mate
baseurl=http://${http_server}/cobbler/repo_mirror/centos7_mate
enabled=1
priority=99
gpgcheck=0
Copy the rpms into /srv/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/centos7_mate/, and then createrepo for generating the package informations.
Now edit the existing profile’s repo configurations:
# cobbler profile list
CentOS-7.2-x86_64
# cobbler profile edit --name=CentOS-7.2-x86_64 --repo='centos7_mate'
Examine it via:
# cobbler repo report --name=centos7_mate
Name : centos7_mate
Apt Components (apt only) : []
Apt Dist Names (apt only) : []
Arch : x86_64
Breed : yum
Comment : This Repo is for installing MATE Desktop
Createrepo Flags : <<inherit>>
Environment Variables : {}
Keep Updated : False
Mirror :
Mirror locally : True
Owners : ['admin']
Priority : 99
External proxy URL :
RPM List : []
Yum Options : {}
Using the repo in kickstart
First define the snippet:
root@cobbler-ubuntu:/var/lib/cobbler/snippets# pwd
/var/lib/cobbler/snippets
root@cobbler-ubuntu:/var/lib/cobbler/snippets# cat mate
# Install mate
mkdir -p /etc/yum.repos.d/back
mv /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS* /etc/yum.repos.d/back/
yum install -y abattis-cantarell-fonts abrt abrt-addon-ccpp abrt-addon-kerneloops abrt-addon-pstoreoops abrt-addon-python abrt-addon-vmcore abrt-addon-xorg abrt-dbus abrt-desktop abrt-gui abrt-gui-libs abrt-java-connector abrt-libs abrt-python abrt-retrace-client accountsservice adwaita-cursor-theme adwaita-gtk2-theme adwaita-icon-theme alsa-plugins-pulseaudio alsa-utils atk atkmm atril atril-caja atril-libs at-spi2-atk at-spi2-core audit-libs-python augeas-libs avahi-autoipd avahi-glib avahi-libs bind-libs-lite bind-license brasero brasero-libs bzip2 ca-certificates cairo cairo-gobject cairomm caja caja-extensions caja-extensions-common caja-image-converter caja-open-terminal caja-schemas caja-sendto cdparanoia cdparanoia-libs cdrdao centos-indexhtml check checkpolicy cjkuni-uming-fonts clutter clutter-gst2 clutter-gtk cogl colord-libs compat-libcogl12 compat-libcogl-pango12 compat-libcolord1 coreutils cpp crda cronie cronie-anacron cryptsetup cups-libs cyrus-sasl-lib dbus-x11 dconf dconf-editor dejavu-fonts-common dejavu-sans-fonts dejavu-sans-mono-fonts dejavu-serif-fonts desktop-file-utils device-mapper device-mapper-event device-mapper-event-libs device-mapper-libs djvulibre-libs dleyna-connector-dbus dleyna-core dleyna-server dosfstools dracut dracut-config-rescue dracut-network dvd+rw-tools elfutils emacs-filesystem enchant engrampa eom exempi fftw-libs-double filezilla firefox firewall-config flac-libs fontconfig fontpackages-filesystem fortune-mod fros fuse fuse-libs gamin GConf2 gcr gd gdb gdisk gdk-pixbuf2 genisoimage geoclue2 ghostscript ghostscript-fonts giflib glibc glibc-common glibmm24 glx-utils gmp gnome-abrt gnome-desktop3 gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-extras gnome-icon-theme-legacy gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pam gnome-online-accounts gnome-python2 gnome-python2-canvas gnome-themes-standard gnote gnu-free-fonts-common gnu-free-mono-fonts gnu-free-sans-fonts gnu-free-serif-fonts gnutls gom google-crosextra-caladea-fonts google-crosextra-carlito-fonts gparted gpm-libs graphite2 grilo grilo-plugins grub2 grub2-tools gsm gssdp gstreamer gstreamer1 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad-free gstreamer-plugins-base gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-tools gtk2 gtk2-engines gtk2-immodule-xim gtk3 gtk3-immodule-xim gtkmm24 gtkmm30 gtk-murrine-engine gtksourceview2 gtkspell3 gucharmap gupnp gupnp-av gupnp-dlna gvfs gvfs-afc gvfs-archive gvfs-fuse gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-mtp gvfs-smb harfbuzz harfbuzz-icu hicolor-icon-theme hunspell hunspell-en-US ibus ibus-chewing ibus-gtk2 ibus-gtk3 ibus-hangul ibus-kkc ibus-libpinyin ibus-libs ibus-m17n ibus-rawcode ibus-sayura ibus-setup ibus-table ibus-table-chinese icedax ilmbase ImageMagick initscripts iso-codes iw jasper-libs jbigkit-libs jomolhari-fonts json-glib kernel kernel-tools kernel-tools-libs kexec-tools khmeros-base-fonts khmeros-fonts-common kpartx krb5-libs lcms2 libao libarchive libart_lgpl libasyncns libatasmart libavc1394 libblkid libbluray libburn libcanberra libcanberra-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk3 libcdio libcdio-paranoia libcgroup libchewing libdmapsharing libdmx libdnet libdv libdvdnav libdvdread libepoxy liberation-fonts-common liberation-mono-fonts liberation-sans-fonts liberation-serif-fonts libevdev libevent libexif libfontenc libgdata libgee06 libglade2 libgnomecanvas libgnome-keyring libgphoto2 libgpod libgsf libgtop2 libgudev1 libgusb libgxps libhangul libICE libicu libiec61883 libieee1284 libimobiledevice libiptcdata libisofs libjpeg-turbo libkkc libkkc-common libkkc-data libldb libmatekbd libmatemixer libmateweather libmateweather-data libmbim libmediaart libmount libmpc libmpcdec libmspack libmtp libmx libnatpmp libnl libnm-gtk libnotify libntlm liboauth libofa libogg libosinfo libpeas libpinyin libpinyin-data libplist libpng libqmi libraw1394 libreport libreport-centos libreport-filesystem libreport-gtk libreport-plugin-mantisbt libreport-plugin-reportuploader libreport-plugin-rhtsupport libreport-plugin-ureport libreport-python libreport-web librsvg2 libsamplerate libsecret libsemanage-python libsexy libshout libsigc++20 libSM libsmbclient libsndfile libspectre libsrtp libssh2 libtalloc libtar libtdb libteam libtevent libthai libtheora libtiff libtomcrypt libtommath libtool-ltdl libudisks2 libusal libusb libusbx libuser-python libuuid libv4l libvisual libvorbis libvpx libwbclient libwebp libwmf-lite libwnck libwnck3 libwvstreams libX11 libX11-common libXau libxcb libXcomposite libXcursor libXdamage libXdmcp libXevie libXext libXfixes libXfont libXft libXi libXinerama libxkbfile libxklavier libxml2 libxml2-python libXmu libXpm libXrandr libXrender libXres libXScrnSaver libxshmfence libxslt libXt libXtst libXv libXvMC libXxf86dga libXxf86misc libXxf86vm lightdm lightdm-gobject lightdm-gtk lightdm-gtk-common lklug-fonts lockdev logrotate lohit-assamese-fonts lohit-bengali-fonts lohit-devanagari-fonts lohit-gujarati-fonts lohit-kannada-fonts lohit-malayalam-fonts lohit-marathi-fonts lohit-nepali-fonts lohit-oriya-fonts lohit-punjabi-fonts lohit-tamil-fonts lohit-telugu-fonts lrzsz lvm2 lvm2-libs lz4 m17n-contrib m17n-db m17n-lib madan-fonts marco mariadb-libs marisa mate-applets mate-backgrounds mate-calc mate-control-center mate-control-center-filesystem mate-desktop mate-desktop-libs mate-dictionary mate-disk-usage-analyzer mate-icon-theme mate-media mate-menus mate-menus-libs mate-menus-preferences-category-menu mate-netspeed mate-notification-daemon mate-panel mate-panel-libs mate-polkit mate-power-manager mate-screensaver mate-screenshot mate-search-tool mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon mate-system-log mate-system-monitor mate-terminal mate-themes mate-user-guide mate-utils-common mathjax mathjax-ams-fonts mathjax-caligraphic-fonts mathjax-fraktur-fonts mathjax-main-fonts mathjax-math-fonts mathjax-sansserif-fonts mathjax-script-fonts mathjax-size1-fonts mathjax-size2-fonts mathjax-size3-fonts mathjax-size4-fonts mathjax-typewriter-fonts mathjax-winchrome-fonts mathjax-winie6-fonts mdadm media-player-info mesa-dri-drivers mesa-filesystem mesa-libEGL mesa-libgbm mesa-libGL mesa-libglapi mesa-libGLU mesa-libxatracker mesa-private-llvm mobile-broadband-provider-info ModemManager ModemManager-glib mozilla-filesystem mozo mpfr mtdev net-tools NetworkManager NetworkManager-adsl network-manager-applet NetworkManager-glib NetworkManager-libnm NetworkManager-openconnect NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-pptp NetworkManager-team NetworkManager-tui NetworkManager-vpnc NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome nhn-nanum-fonts-common nhn-nanum-gothic-fonts nm-connection-editor nspr nss nss-softokn nss-softokn-freebl nss-sysinit nss-tools nss-util numactl-libs oddjob oddjob-mkhomedir opencc openconnect OpenEXR-libs openjpeg-libs openldap open-sans-fonts openssh openssh-clients openssh-server openssl openssl-libs open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop openvpn opus orc overpass-fonts PackageKit-glib PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin paktype-naskh-basic-fonts pango pangomm paratype-pt-sans-fonts pcsc-lite-libs perl perl-Carp perl-constant perl-Encode perl-Exporter perl-File-Path perl-File-Temp perl-Filter perl-Getopt-Long perl-HTTP-Tiny perl-libs perl-macros perl-parent perl-PathTools perl-Pod-Escapes perl-podlators perl-Pod-Perldoc perl-Pod-Simple perl-Pod-Usage perl-Scalar-List-Utils perl-Socket perl-Storable perl-Text-ParseWords perl-threads perl-threads-shared perl-Time-HiRes perl-Time-Local pexpect pinentry-gtk pixman pkcs11-helper pluma pluma-data plymouth-graphics-libs plymouth-plugin-label plymouth-plugin-two-step plymouth-system-theme plymouth-theme-charge policycoreutils-python polkit polkit-gnome poppler poppler-data poppler-glib pptp procps-ng psmisc pulseaudio pulseaudio-libs pulseaudio-libs-glib2 pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils pycairo pygobject2 pygobject3 pygtk2 pygtk2-libglade pygtksourceview pyOpenSSL pytalloc python-augeas python-backports python-backports-ssl_match_hostname python-beaker python-chardet python-cups python-dmidecode python-inotify python-IPy python-kitchen python-mako python-markupsafe python-paste python-perf python-pwquality python-pyudev python-setuptools python-six python-tempita pyxdg qemu-guest-agent rarian rarian-compat rdma realmd recode redhat-menus rest rhythmbox rtkit samba-client-libs samba-common samba-common-libs samba-common-tools samba-libs sane-backends-libs satyr SDL seahorse selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted setools-libs setroubleshoot setroubleshoot-plugins setroubleshoot-server sg3_utils-libs sil-abyssinica-fonts sil-nuosu-fonts sil-padauk-fonts simple-scan skkdic smc-fonts-common smc-meera-fonts sos sound-theme-freedesktop soundtouch speex spice-vdagent startup-notification stix-fonts stoken-libs sudo system-config-date system-config-date-docs system-config-language system-config-printer system-config-printer-libs system-config-users system-config-users-docs systemd systemd-libs systemd-python systemd-sysv taglib teamd telepathy-glib texlive-kpathsea-lib thai-scalable-fonts-common thai-scalable-waree-fonts totem totem-pl-parser tracker transmission-common transmission-gtk tuned tzdata ucs-miscfixed-fonts udisks2 unique upower urw-fonts usb_modeswitch usb_modeswitch-data usbmuxd usermode usermode-gtk util-linux vim-common vim-enhanced vim-filesystem vlgothic-fonts vorbis-tools vpnc vpnc-script vte wavpack web-assets-filesystem webkitgtk webkitgtk3 webrtc-audio-processing wireless-tools wodim wqy-microhei-fonts wqy-zenhei-fonts wvdial wxBase wxGTK xcb-util xchat xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xdg-utils xkeyboard-config xml-common xmlrpc-c xmlrpc-c-client xorg-x11-drivers xorg-x11-drv-ati xorg-x11-drv-dummy xorg-x11-drv-evdev xorg-x11-drv-fbdev xorg-x11-drv-intel xorg-x11-drv-nouveau xorg-x11-drv-qxl xorg-x11-drv-synaptics xorg-x11-drv-v4l xorg-x11-drv-vesa xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse xorg-x11-drv-vmware xorg-x11-drv-void xorg-x11-drv-wacom xorg-x11-font-utils xorg-x11-server-common xorg-x11-server-utils xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-utils xorg-x11-xauth xorg-x11-xinit xorg-x11-xkb-utils xvattr yelp yelp-libs yelp-xsl yumex zenity
systemctl isolate graphical.target
systemctl set-default graphical.target
Now involved this snippet in ks_end
# pwd
/var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts
# vim sample_end.ks
# Insert a key
$SNIPPET('publickey')
# Instal mate
$SNIPPET('mate')
# End final steps
%end
Now run cobbler sync for syncing your configurations.
Next time you bootstrap a machine, it will automatically runs into MATE desktop.
